Morillo and Mietz Eliminated

Will Mietz and Omar Morillo were just eliminated from the tournament simultaneously after Mietz shoved pocket eights into the pocket Jacks of Anthony Martinez.

As for Morillo, he went all in for 177,000 from middle position over an early-position limp from Steve Wilkie. There was a communicative mishap that resulted in Syd Masters calling from the button and the two turned up their hands upon Wilkie folding.

Omar Morillo:
Syd Masters:

The board ran out [qh9d3hjs5] to give Masters a straight and send Morillo to the payout desk.

There are now 27 players remaining. Players have just completed the redraw and are in the process of providing their chip counts. Stay tuned for full information on a redraw as well as chip counts on everybody left in the tournament.