The action was picked up in a pot of just over 80,000 on a board showing J♦9♦6♠3♣. Gregory Caubet checked from the big blind to Daniel Tighe, who fired out an oversized bet of 160,000 from middle position.
Caubet took a few seconds before announcing all in for close to 500,000 and Tighe quickly folded.
On the A♥4♣2♠ flop, Angel Freytez-Vasquez checked before Chance Kornuth fired a bet of 12,000 into the pot of 59,000. Sam Stein was on the button and made the call.
The action was back on Freytez-Vasquez, who check-jammed his entire stack. Kornuth and Stein both quickly mucked their hands.
On a board 9♠8♣3♦Q♦ in a heads-up pot, Assad Kamran bet 27,000 and faced a raise worth 100,000 from William Ysmael. After a minute of thinking, Kamran decided to let it go.
Maher Al Mouselly raised to 20,000 with the A♣K♣ and Frank Bonacci three-bet to 66,000 from one seat over with the 7♥7♦. The 7♠6♦5♥ flop saw Al Mouselly check and Bonacci continued for 37,000 to earn a call by the initial preflop raiser.
Both headed to the J♣ turn on which Al Mouselly checked and Bonacci bet 90,000. Al Mouselly stuck around to the 7♣ river which gave Bonacci quads.
However, it was Al Mouselly who bet 185,000 and Bonacci then moved all-in to force out his opponent.
Albert Hoekendijk flagged PokerNews as he claimed to have made the biggest call of the day.
As he tells the story, he held AxKx suited and called the raise of Michael Banducci on his right.
The flop came 8xKx2x, Banducci continued with a bet and Hoekendijk called.
The turn was a Qx and Hoekdijk called another continuation-bet.
The river completed the board with a 9x and Banducci put him all in. Hoekendijk called his three-barrell and doubled up with a pair of kings.
Davor Bojovic opened to 16,000 in the cutoff and Jordan Grant three-bet to 55,000 in the small blind. Bojovic called and they went heads-up to a flop of A♦K♦10♣.
Grant led out with a bet of 50,000 and Bojovic stuck around to see the 6♥ on the turn. Grant dropped in a stack of 25,000 chips, enough to put Bojovic to the test for his remaining 255,000. Bojovic tanked for a couple of minutes and then finally stuck in the chips to call.
Davor Bojovic: A♥K♠
Jordan Grant: 10♥10♦
Grant flopped a set of tens, which left Bojovic drawing to just four outs. The river was the 6♠ and Grant improved to a full house to eliminate Bojovic. There are now 1,509 players remaining, just two eliminations away from the money.
Amin Hosein was automatically all in from the big blind for 15,000 chips during hand-for-hand play. However, the entire table folded and he won back his own chips plus the small blind, enough to survive another orbit.
On the J♥10♦4♠7♠ turn there was about 100,000 already in the middle, and Franco Amorelli had already checked before facing a bet of 34,000 from Jarrett Mullins. Amorelli was in the tank for about 30 seconds and made the call.
The 9♥ completed the board on the river, and Amorelli checked to Mullins once more before he fired a bet of 120,000.
Amorelli tanked even longer this time, and eventually tossed in a call to hear the greatest words ever as the bubble was approaching, "Good call."
Mullins tabled 5♥3♥, and Amorelli fist-bumped as he tabled A♥7♥ to drag the pot.
With the tournament clock currently reading 1,510 players remaining, the action has been paused at all of the tables. This will be the start of the hand-for-hand process for the next three eliminations until the money bubble bursts. Two minutes will be taken off the clock after each hand is played.
The board already showed 10♥4♦5♦8♠J♠ in a heads-up pot with more than 300,000 in the middle.
Carlos Lam checked to Kwanghwan Park who bet 162,0000. Lam went deep into the tank and eventually released his cards into the muck.
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