When Christopher Kruk raised to 300K, Victor Ramdin, strong from a successful bluff against Isildur1, 3bet to 900K. Kruk pushed his 3M stack forward, and Ramdin called instantly.
Kruk: 
Ramdin: 
Board: 
Kruk was the first to leave the final table, and cashes $27,500 for his efforts. Well done!
Marc Macdonnell raised to 300K, and was called by Kevin Hobbs from the blinds. Hobbs checked the flop, passing the action to Macdonnell, who continued with a bet of 350K. Hobbs put some pressure right away with a raise to 1,120,000. Macdonnell went all-in for 3,215,000 and Hobbs quickly called.
Hobbs: 
Macdonnell: 
Board: 
What a monster flop for these 2 hands. Macdonnell was covered and Hobbs takes down a pot of about 7.1M chips. Macdonnell left with a $20,000 prize for his efforts. Congratulations!
Before the start of Day 2, partypoker LIVE extended the payout table to 11 places paid, allowing for one more player to leave with a prize.
Here is the new payout table:
| Rank | Pos | Prize | Prix |
|---|---|
| 1st | $300,000 |
| 2nd | $180,000 |
| 3rd | $120,000 |
| 4th | $90,000 |
| 5th | $72,500 |
| 6th | $57,500 |
| 7th | $45,000 |
| 8th | $35,000 |
| 9th | $27,500 |
| 10th | $22,500 |
| 11th | $20,000 |
Gal Yifrach was taken out on the bubble after losing a pre-flop showdown with against Kevin Hobbs’ 
. There are now 11 money finishers in the event. The shot clock has been introduced, and players have been given their time extension cards. They have 30 seconds for every decision.
The final table will be formed 2 eliminations from now, with 9 players left.
Viktor Blom opened the pot to 225K, which was raised to 700K by big-stack Darren Elias. The action was folded back to Blom, who decided to go all-in after very little thinking. Elias snapped, not caring about the size of Blom’s stack – which was about 4.5M.
Blom:
Elias: 
Board: 
Blom hit running spades for a jack high flush and a 10 million pot!
He is now sitting in 2nd place with about 11M, close to his neighbor David Eldridge who is in the lead with about 12M. In the picture below, Blom is watching closely as the dealer proceeds to double him up.
Darren Elias lost his remaining million shortly after, and was followed by Benoit Gallant.
With Michael Watson’s elimination on the stage, the tournament is now 16-way. A full reseating is in the works, and half of the remaining players will go on the live stream table, while the other half will battle on table 58, next to the tournament desk.
A little less than 30 minutes after play resumes, players will take their first break of the day.
Here is the new seating arrangement (58 is the stream table), followed by some shots of the final 16:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège |
|---|---|---|
| Gal | Yifrach | Table 38 - Seat 1 |
| Parker | Talbot | Table 38 - Seat 2 |
| Louis | Boutin | Table 38 - Seat 3 |
| Kevin | Hobbs | Table 38 - Seat 4 |
| Yuan | Jiang | Table 38 - Seat 5 |
| Christopher | Kruk | Table 38 - Seat 6 |
| Marc | Macdonnell | Table 38 - Seat 7 |
| Jonathan | Vanfleet | Table 38 - Seat 8 |
| David | Eldridge | Table 41 - Seat 1 |
| Viktor | Blom | Table 41 - Seat 2 |
| Ami | Alibay | Table 41 - Seat 3 |
| Darren | Elias | Table 41 - Seat 4 |
| Shaan | Siddiqui | Table 41 - Seat 5 |
| Benoit | Gallant | Table 41 - Seat 6 |
| Victor | Ramdin | Table 41 - Seat 7 |
| Christopher | Moorman | Table 41 - Seat 8 |
A few more eliminations took place in the last level, including Martin Jacobson in 23rd, Kristen Bicknell in 22nd, Taj Alakoozi in 21st, Anthony Zinno in 20th, Samuel Chartier in 19th and Peter Jetten in 18th. After the next elimination, the High Roller will merge to just 2 tables.
Don’t forget that the feature table is streamed here with a 30-minute delay.
Feature table players: Shaan Siddiqui, Marc Macdonnell, Michael Watson, Louis Boutin, Jonathan Vanfleet and Viktor Blom.
