Jason Topp put in a raise from early position, making it 18,000 to go. There was a little interest from a couple players, but ultimately they all folded to Topp's raise.
As he was collecting the pot, he decided to show down his pocket aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
145,500
|
145,500 |
Players are back from their first break of the day, and they are just eight away from the paid spots. The tournament will go hand for hand with 53 players left, but with 59 players still in, play proceeds normally for now.
Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Players have left the room for their first 20 minute break of the day. They'll return to the felt fro Level 20 with blinds at 4,000/8,000/8,000.
The player under the gun shoved his small stack of 54,000, and it folded around to Lyndon Knutson in the cutoff. He went into the tank for a bit before making the call, and the rest of the table got out of the way.
I was a race situation with the all-in player announcing "Gretzky" and showing the 
against the 
overs of Knutson. When the board of 
was out, Knutson won the race.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
With the field down to 61 players, that means there are just ten more eliminations before everyone is in the money. A minimum cash is worth $1,253, but everyone has their sights set on the top prize of $45,769 plus the bracelet and a ticket to the 2020 WSOP Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000
293,000
|
293,000 |
|
475,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
420,000
189,500
|
189,500 |
|
400,000
198,000
|
198,000 |
|
360,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
320,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
|
310,000
84,500
|
84,500 |
|
230,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
225,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
220,000
85,500
|
85,500 |
|
|
180,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
|
150,000
59,500
|
59,500 |
|
130,000
-99,000
|
-99,000 |
|
|
62,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
50,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Brian Borsheim elected to shove his remaining 50,500 and it folded around to Jim Loudon on the button. He flat called, and after a few seconds of thought, the players in the blinds mucked their hands.
Borsheim was in rough shape with 
against the big slick in clubs for Loudon. There was a bit of diamond sweat on the 
board, but in the end, Loudon's hand held and Borsheim was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
In a hand heard across the tournament room, Carlos Prevost knocked a player out with something of a bad beat. Prevost was in with king-ten and dominated against the ace-ten of his shorter stacked opponent. The entire poker room heard about when the king hit however, as he yelled in triumph as he scooped the pot.
