May the Floodgates Open
Level 23
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
With the bubble finally bursting, several short stacks who had hung around quickly vanished and the field almost immediately dropped below 300 hopefuls.
Jose Valls was left with crumbs and essentially all-in blind out of the big blind with the 
. Mihai Ghergu tabled the 
from under the gun and the 
board gave Valls a miracle straight to retain his chances of a deeper run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
46,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |