During hand-for-hand play, we found Hungary's Imre Karpati in the far end of the Purple section, who was running on fumes with less than 3,000 in chips. He was only more than happy to just keep letting the antes eat away slowly at his stack, and to his delight, the bubble burst over in the Orange section and we are now in the money!
As the other dealers had stood up, there was one more hand playing out between Jeff Ostrom and Justin Schwartz on a board that read .
Schwartz checked, Ostrom bet 15,000 and Schwartz called, then he checked again on the river of the . Ostrom shoved for 50,000, Schwartz tanked and then called all-in for 33,000.
Ostrom showed for two pair.
Schwartz mucked and was eliminated on the bubble. Everyone left is now in the money.
With the board reading , Paul Fehlig bet out only to find Kenny Nguyen move all in. Fehlig called, tabling for trip queens, but was behind Nguyen's nut flush. The river bricked out for Fehlig when then hit, and Nguyen was able to double up to about 31,000 while Fehlig dropped to 136,000.
Since we've reached the money, the action has been moving thick and fast throughout the Amazon Room, with Frank Croschere and Jeremy Gold amongst the latest players to have hit the rail.
Earlier, Gold got the last of his money into the middle with , but ran into the of Marion Tallent, which improved to a set after the dealer spread the board of .
A short time later, Croschere moved all-in with , but lost the flip for his tournament life against the of Niko Kivinemi when he paired up on the flop of but couldn't improve after the turn and river ran out , .
We can also confirm that both Russell Rosenblum and Josh Brikis have been sent to the rail.
Kenny Nguyen has just been busted at the hands of Jimmy Gillot after moving the last his money in with , but was out-flopped by Gillot's .
"They got me again!" Nguyen lamented. "Bad beat everywhere, man!"
As for our Hungarian friend Imre Karpati? We passed by table 373 and our jaws dropped when we saw his stack - he's now on more than 24,000, which is more than he started the day with!
On a flop of Danny Nelson was facing a bet of 3,800. Nelson shoved for around 11,000 more and his opponent called. Nelson held and was up against . The board finished and Nelson doubled to 28,000.