Since we're now well and truly close to the money with just 82 players remaining, we at PokerNews thought it would be a good time to remind you exactly what everyone is playing for.
The top 81 players will pad their bankroll with a guaranteed $10,123, but it will be the final table where every player will be striving for as they look to take home their lion's share of the $4,065,500 prizepool and coveted gold bracelet.
On a board Justin Schwartz and WIll Molson were involved a raising war, culminating with Schwartz being all in for about 110,000 with . Molson had him demolished with .
The turn sealed the deal, making the river irrelevant.
Kory Kilpatrick raised from middle position to 9,500 and then Carlos Mortensen reraised to 30,000. Action folded back to Kilpatrick and he tanked for a long time. Eventually, he gave it up to the 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event champion.
Peter Gilmore opened to 8,000 from middle position only to have Christian Harder three-bet shove for 51,500 from the cutoff. Once the action returned to Gilmore, he made the call to put Harder at risk.
Gilmore:
Harder:
The board rolled out to see Harder fall a few places shy of the money as Gilmore moves to 300,000 in chips.
Brian Schmidt opened the button to 8,000 and JC Tran defended his big blind to see a flop fall.
Both players checked before Tran led at the with an 11,000-chip bet which Schmidt called. When the river of the landed, Tran check-folded for 26,000 while slipping to 260,000 as Schmidt moved to 180,000 in chips.
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board Justin Schwartz and WIll Molson were involved a raising war, culminating with Schwartz being all in for about 110,000 with 
. Molson had him demolished with 
.
turn sealed the deal, making the 
to see Katz snag a double to 150,000 as Tran drops to 185,000 in chips.
to see Harder fall a few places shy of the money as Gilmore moves to 300,000 in chips.
flop fall.
with an 11,000-chip bet which Schmidt called. When the river of the