Jerry Wong: / /
Nathan Gamble: / /
Matthew Szymaszek: / /
Jerry Wong bet sixth and seventh to get called by Nathan Gamble and Matthew Szymaszek. He tabled the for a flush and a nine-low but Szymaszek took the second half of the pot with for the superior low while Gamble was scooped.
Despite losing this pot, Gamble remains the far biggest stack at his table.
After the second draw, Matt Glantz bet on the button and was called by Eric Kurtzman and Benny Glaser. Kurtzman patted while Glantz and Glaser took one card each. Glantz then bet again and Kurtzman was his only caller.
"I have a nine nine," Glantz announced and tabled the for a Nine-Dugi and nine-five. Kurtzman vaulted out of his seat for a second to study the hand of his opponent and mucked his cards thereafter.
Felipe Ramos was moved tables since table 430 was short, having lost Anderson Ireland and Bryce Yockey. The new big stack there is Marco Johnson with more than two times the starting stack.
On a completed board of with around 15,000 in the middle, Ian O'Hara checked. Scott Bohlman bet 10,000 for O'Hara to then jam for around 26,500 and no call by Bohlman followed.
On a flop of , the two short stacks Pj Cha and Peter Neff got their stacks in. Cha was freerolling with the versus and the turn ensured the split pot, making the river a formality.
On the second draw, Frank Crivello and Amnon Filippi took one each and Crivello check-called to then draw one again, as did Filippi. Another check-call followed and Filippi tabled the / for a jack-eight and an Eight-Dugi. Crivello had / for an eight-six and three-card Badugi to earn half the pot.
Out of a field of 72 entries, it appears that 70 players remain and they have gone on a scheduled 15-minute break. The only other early casualty has been Daniel Zack.