With 80 places getting paid Stephen Chidwick just got us down to the money bubble stages, in the following hand.
Chidwick raised before the flop and a player with about 130,000 chips moved all in. Chidwick called, creating the following showdown.
Chidwick: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Chidwick chipped up to 560,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
Action folded to Josep Maria Galindo on the button and he moved all in for 30,500. Sam Cohen in the small blind shoved all in over the top and the big blind folded.
Josep Maria Galindo: 
Sam Cohen: 
The board ran out 
and with the rivered flush Galindo doubled. The third shorty on the bubble to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
70,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
A big pot just went down at Table 27 involving Josep Maria Galindo and Jack O'Neill.
Unfortunately we arrived to the scene late when there was around 220,000 already in the middle and a board reading 
. Jack O'Neill had 185,000 out in front of him on the button and Galindo, who was sitting in the hijack, was in the tank.
Minutes passed by as a swarm of media and spectators awaited Galindo's decision, which if he called would cost him all but 40,000 of his chips. Eventually Galindo spiked in a call, and he no doubt regretted it as O'Neill confidently rolled over the 
for kings full of queens. Galindo mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
|
40,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
Thomas Miller just found himself all in for 74,000 chips on the featured table, and he was up against Dylan Honeyman.
Miller: 
Honeyman:
The board ran out 
and Miller kept his hopes of cashing alive with just 82 players remaining, and 80 paid spots.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
334,000
-111,500
|
-111,500 |
|
134,000
50,500
|
50,500 |
Joe Hachem just showed that he isn't scared to put his chips in on the bubble of a major event. Two times in back-to-back hands, Hachem moved all in. On the first, he shoved from under the gun and everyone at his table folded. On the second, Hachem three-bet jammed from the big blind and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
On a 
flop Sailendra Sha was all in for his final 36,000 chips and he was up against Mustapha Kanit.
Sha:
Kanit: 
The board ran out 
, and the river gave Sha a better two pair to stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
|
85,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
We were there only for the showdown of this big hand, but Xingrong Ren was kind enough to fill us in on the details afterwards.
After an early position raise to 10,000 it was Phillipp Gruissem who called from middle position. Ren three-bet squeezed to 36,000 from the small blind and the big blind and initial raiser both gave up. Gruissem called in position.
The flop came 
and Ren made a bet of 40,000. Gruissem called.
The fell on the turn and Ren checked. Gruissem announced all in and Ren snap called for 174,500!
Philipp Gruissem:
Xingrong Ren: 
The river was a blank and Gruissem parted ways with a huge part of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
515,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
200,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
|
|
||
Ari Engel just raised to 12,500 and Daniel Engels called from the small blind before Yuki Ko three-bet to 52,500 from the big blind. Engel tanked for a bit before folding, and Engels made the call.
The flop brought out and both players checked. On the turn the hit and again the action was checked. The river brought the 
and now Engels lead out for 88,000 and Ko called right away.
Engels showed 
and Ko won the pot with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
585,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
580,000
484,600
|
484,600 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
445,500
-25,500
|
-25,500 |
|
214,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
209,500
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
168,500
69,500
|
69,500 |
|
|
||
|
115,500
-38,500
|
-38,500 |
|
||
|
113,400
-74,100
|
-74,100 |
|
89,500
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
|
83,500
19,500
|
19,500 |
Last level, Max Silver doubled through Jason Brown with aces against Big Slick. The hand left Brown crippled, and as fate would have it Silver would finish the job here in Level 16.
We missed the elimination hand, but Silver explained it was blind on blind. He held pocket kings in the small, Brown had jacks in the big, and long story short it resulted in the latter busting from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
382,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
