Joe Pavan opened under the gun to 235,000 and faced a shove to his immediate left from Joshua Honegger for around 900,000. Action folded back to Pavan who called and turned his hand up.
Joshua Honegger: K♥Q♦
Joe Pavan: A♣K♣
The board ran out A♦8♣7♣6♦4♣ giving Pavan the nut flush and sending Honegger to the rail in 14th place for $2,915.
The final 14 players have returned from their dinner break in Level 27 with blinds at 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante.
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The remaining 14 players have stepped out for a 60-minute dinner break. Players are expected to return at ~5:55 p.m. local time.
Bruce Jiang had opened under the gun but when he pulled his hand back from dropping the chips, he accidentally exposed the J♦10♦ to Michael Mcfadden who was sitting in the big blind.
Floor was called and it was the Tournament Director's ruling that Jiang would be forced to play with his hand exposed. He did not offer any further penalty to Jiang, as it was an obvious accident. The TD later went on the say, "I'm not penalizing you because you punished yourself".
The table then folded around, explaining they would act as if they hadn't seen his hand. However, once it was folded to the big blind, Mcfadden did go all-in, forcing Jiang to fold.
Mcfadden showed the A♠Q♥, explaining he wouldn't have made a move with a random weak hand in this particular circumstance. Jiang made light of the situation and requested that Pokernews report the incident, as it was a funny turn of events.
Michael McFadden opened to 150,000 before seeing Kevin Kivela three-bet shove for not much more. After making the call, the cards were turned on their backs.
Kevin Kivela: A♣K♣
Michael McFadden: K♦K♥
The board ran out 3♠6♥2♠8♠2♥, sending Kivela to the rail in 15th place for $2,915 as the tournament breaks for dinner.
Guitong He went all-in from early position, only to be called by Peter Thai in the small blind and Sean Balfour in the big blind.
All three players saw a flop of A♣Q♣8♠. Thai bet 175,000 into Balfour and he called.
The turn brought the 2♠, which Thai checked. Balfour then went all-in, forcing Thai out of the pot.
Guitong He: 6♣6♠
Sean Balfour: 8♣8♠
He was drawing dead and the river was an inconsequential brick, eliminating He in 16th place for $2,915.
Meanwhile, Eric Zavodnik was eliminated in 17th place.
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Kenneth Weinstein was all in and at risk after raising from the button and getting reraised by Peter Thai in the small blind, ultimately leading them both getting all-in preflop.
Kenneth Weinstein: J♣J♥
Peter Thai: A♦A♠
The flop brought the QxAx6x and a brick on the turn and river sent Weinstein to the payouts.
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