We picked up the action after a flop and Annette Obrestad was heads up with Jason Wheeler. Obrestad bet 4,300 and Wheeler made the call. The turn was the and Wheeler called a bet of 7,200 from Obrestad.
The fell on the river and Obrestad didn't slow down, betting 11,600. Wheeler contemplated for a few minutes, before eventually throwing out chips for the call. Obrestad tabled for trip kings and Wheeler mucked.
Jason Helder opened to 1,700 from early position and two short-stacked players moved all in from late postion. After getting the largest count of 5,600 from the dealer, Helder made the call.
Helder
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The board ran out and Helder's flopped two pair held to send a couple more players to the rail.
Jason Wheeler saw his stack reduced in a couple of hands against Stephen Happas and he was ultimately all in for what looked like 27,000 chips with . Once again it was Happas who looked him up with and the board knocked Wheeler out. Happas is now among the biggest stacks in the room.
Upon leaving, Wheeler glanced at us and said "all my career," shrugged his shoulders, and left the tournament area.
With about 21,000 in the pot on a river, the opponent of Lasse Frost bet 9,000 and the Dane gave it some thought before making the call. He was shown and mucked his cards to fall down even further in the chip counts.
With the board already being complete, Chris Hunichen bet 8,200 as preflop aggressor and the player in the big blind reluctantly called. Hunichen turned over the for top pair and that was enough to take down the pot.
The first two levels of play are not complete yet and we have already lost more than 300 players. Less than 100 spots away from the money, all participants are now in the Amazon Orange and Purple section and soon the tables will be checked more carefully to see how many are remaining to ensure a fair bubble.
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