Down to around one third of the starting stack, Andres "chokitin" Korn got his chips in from the button and he was called by initial raiser Sam "samsam81" Higgs in the lowjack.
Andres "chokitin" Korn:
Sam "samsam81" Higgs:
On a board of , Higgs improved in equity on each street and sent Korn to the rail.
Five minutes remain in the fourth level of the day as the first scheduled six-minute break of the tournament has kicked off. The field has grown to 867 entries and there are 774 players remaining.
Sergey Rybachenko doubled into a big stack right before the break when he got it in after the turn with from under the gun. "smallbrain" in the small blind tabled for two pair and the river was a blank.
Alex "Badgrandma33" Clark had dropped further behind and then jammed it in from the big blind, which was called by Gaetan "Red Panda" Lheureux on the button to create the following showdown.
Alex "Badgrandma33" Clark:
Gaetan "Red Panda" Lheureux:
On a board of , Lheureux flopped the nuts and Clark failed to pair up.
"Meal Ticket" raised to 1,380 and was called by chip leader "dnflek" who called a bet of 1,704 on the turn. "Meal Ticket" then check-called 4,200 on the river and was good with , as "dnflek" only tabled and played the board.
China's "boom!" got half the starting stack in preflop from under the gun with the and Chad "ThefastLayne" Layne" looked them up out of the big blind with the and a superior stack by a mere 230 chips.
On a board of , Layne held up with flopped trips kings.