Play went hand-for-hand once the field dropped to 23 players as the top 22 players would be in the money. A hand played out between Frankel Sylvestre and Marc Lemire that seemed like it might be the one that takes the field into the money. With the blinds previously at 8,000/16,000, the board showed and Sylvestre checked. Lemire put in a bet of 27,000 and Sylvestre went deep into the tank. He then asked Lemire to see how much he had left behind. Lemire had another 45,000 after having put in his bet. It seemed to take minutes before Sylvestre decided to fold. Lemire looked at him and said “good fold” and then he decided to show his hand. He opened the , showing that he hit his ace on the flop and then ended up going runner-runner for a full house. It was obviously the right fold by Sylvestre.

A player on another table then asked the others if they would take $10 off of each payout to pay the bubble, and, allow the tournament to get back into gear. Everyone agreed and all of the sudden, the remaining players were all in the money.