Meless Eliminated by Hoesel
Level 18
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Joshua Hoesel raised to 264,000 and Aleksejs Meless three-bet to 1,080,000 out of the small blind. Hoesel made the call and came along when Meless continued for 600,000 on the 
flop. Meless had some 2 million behind and those went in after the 
turn, Hoesel called.
Meless tabled 
and Hoesel was ahead with the 
for the top two pair. A blank followed on the river and Meless departed not far away from the end of the night. Only 94 players currently remain and 89 will advance to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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17,339,740
2,759,549
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2,759,549 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
flop. Both players checked and the 
turn paired the board.
, the pair held and Filatov was gone. Dvoress dragged in another big pot right after to cement his status as the chip leader.
and both players missed the flop and turn. Saderne rivered an ace for good measure to deal the final blow, as the field dipped below 100 remaining contenders.
, the stacks went in between Eugenio Peralta and Dominykas Mikolaitis. It was the former at risk in a pot worth nearly 6.4 million.
river became a mere formality.
for Weichhart to hold with the tens for the higher two pair than on the board to double up.
turn, which made the 
river a formality.
, Dvoress and Travnik checked to Selouan, who continued for 226,875. Only Dvoress made the call and both checked the 
on the turn. Dvoress then led the 
.
