The action was folded around to Marc MacDonnell on the button who raised to 410,000. Thiago Grigoletti was in the small blind and moved all in for his remaining 780,000 and the big blind folded. MacDonnell called and the cards were tabled.
Grigoletti:
MacDonnell:
The board ran out and Grigoletti avoided any disaster to get a double-up and stay alive in the tournament.
Not much has been happening over on feature table two while players are on the unofficial final table bubble.
Pablo Mariz holds a commanding lead with over 15 million in chips, good for a quarter of the chips in play. The rest of the players are either getting walks, or giving them. Raises are getting through preflop, and players are protecting their stacks as much as possible with just 11 players remaining and eyeing that massive first-place prize of over $1.2 million.
Players are off on their first 15-minute break of the day. They are just one elimination away from joining together to make the unofficial final table. Here is how their chip stacks line up:
Action folded around to Bryce Yockey in the small blind and he raised to 500,000. Alexander Farahi was in the big blind and three-bet to 1,400,000. Yockey thought for a moment and called.
The flop came and Yockey checked. Farahi bet 1,000,000 and Yockey tank-folded.
Farahi is built his stack up to 7,700,000 heading into the first break of the day.
Marc MacDonnell raised to 320,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Chan put in a three-bet to 755,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and MacDonnell made the call.
The two players went heads-up to the flop of . Chan led out for 430,000 and MacDonnell raised all in. Chan quickly tossed his cards away and MacDonnell added some more chips to his growing stack.
Pablo Mariz raised to 350,000 from the cutoff, and Ralph Perry three-bet to 950,000 from the big blind. Mariz called.
The flop came and Perry led out for 800,000. Mariz called.
The turn was the and Perry led out for 1,500,000 this time. Mariz called again.
The river was the and Perry emptied the clip, moving all in for 3,355,000. Mariz called, and Perry tabled for two pair, aces and eights. Mariz tabled for a full house and scooped the pot, sending the start-of-day chip leader to the rail in 12th place.
Hector Martin raised to 370,000 from early position and Marc MacDonnell moved all in for 2,030,000 on the button. Martin folded his pocket tens face-up and the table was in shock.
In the very next hand, Martin called a 340,000 raise preflop from Dejuante Alexander and the flop came . Both players checked to the turn and again to the river. At that point, Martin decided to fire out a bet of 560,000 which was called by Alexander. Martin showed and Alexander had better with .
and Grigoletti avoided any disaster to get a double-up and stay alive in the tournament.
and Yockey checked. Farahi bet 1,000,000 and Yockey tank-folded.
. Chan led out for 430,000 and MacDonnell raised all in. Chan quickly tossed his cards away and MacDonnell added some more chips to his growing stack.
and Perry led out for 1,500,000 this time. Mariz called again. 
and Perry emptied the clip, moving all in for 3,355,000. Mariz called, and Perry tabled 
for two pair, aces and eights. Mariz tabled 
for a full house and scooped the pot, sending the start-of-day chip leader to the rail in 12th place.
. Both players checked to the 
and Alexander had better with 
.