The chips were in the middle and the cards on their back preflop with Berkeley Yuan at risk against Jiwoo Hyul.
Berkeley Yuan:
Jiwoo Hyul:
The flop of looked like the end for Yuan, but the turn gave him some hope. The river was the answer to his prayers as the struck the river to give Yuan a straight.
"Ohhhh," rang out at the table.
Yuan moves over two million as Hyul was left wondering what just happened.
Nicole Greene was in early position facing an all in bet from Benjamin smith in the big blind, with several players behind. She decided on just a call, but the remaining players opted to fold, and the cards were tabled as they went to the flop, with Smith at risk.
"You got aces dont you?" Smith asked as he tabled .
"Nope," replied Green as she showed her ladies .
On the runout of , Greene's queens held to win the pot and eliminate Smith.
A short stack pushed forward his last 175,000, Jiwoo Hyul re-shoved for 1,700,000, Femi Fashakin called all-in for less and Casey Campbell also called off for less.
Short Stack:
Casey Campbell:
Femi Fashakin:
Jiwoo Hyul:
The flop came as a crowd gathered around the table. The turn was a big one for Campbell as he made a full house.
"Let's go," shouted Campbell.
The river brought the and Hyul held to eliminate the other two players.
"Side pot yea," Hyul shouted.
Both the short stack and Day 1 chip leader Fashakin were sent to the rail.
With the field down to just 99 players, plenty of big names are still in the hunt as they look to win the elusive gold bracelet and $335,286 top prize.
Qing Liu is far in front of the pack with an incredible 9.2 million chips as he looks to add to his impressive poker resume.
Jimmy D'Ambrosio aka Jimmy D has spun his starting stack up to 5.3 million as he will look to compete for his first career WSOP bracelet.
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski is very much in the hunt with his 2.45 million chips.
Chrishan Sivasundaram, who finished third in this event last year, is going for back-to-back final table runs as he sits on 1.7 million.
Nicole Limo Greene aka Nikki Limo from the popular YouTube channel TotallySketch is also still in the running with 1.3 million.
Marle Spragg is also in the final 99 players as she is on a million chips.