Elias Hangs Tough, Hand-for-Hand Begins

The action folded to Christoph Vogelsang who raised it up on the button. Darren Elias called from the big blind and the two players went heads-up to a flop of . Elias check-called a bet from Vogelsang and the landed on the turn.

Elias checked again and Vogelsang tossed in a bet of 50,000. Elias continued to call and the paired the board on the river. Elias checked one more time and Vogelsang reluctantly checked it back. Elias tabled and that proved to be enough to take down the pot.

With 185 players remaining, the tournament director has elected to start the hand-for-hand process a bit early to prevent stalling. The clock will continue to run throughout the hand-for-hand process.