Level 16: 5,000-10,000/10,000
Bobby Powell had 30,000 out in front in a battle of the blinds with Xiacheng Chen and then faced a shove for 63,000 with the flop showing . Powell folded and was shown the mighty for trips.
The level had ticked over and there were 73 players left by then. Kevin Conroy bowed out for the staff to announce the stop after the current hand but no hand-for-hand mode would follow. Ciaran McCullagh busted during that hand on a table with chip leader Keith Brennan (675,000) to reduce the field to 71 players.
“Let’s play poker now,” another player at that table joked.