Brett Parise was short-stacked but looked down at and shoved his last 10,000 chips into the middle. Lee Nelson, now with chips to spare, took a shot at eliminating the defending champion with a gambling call holding .
The flop of gave Parise two pair but Nelson was happy enough with that flop as it gave him the flush draw. The turn was the to give Nelson additional straight outs for a chop, but the river bricked the as Parise doubled up to nearly 30,000 chips.
The board showed . James Obst bet 10,000 and was called by Ira Blumenthal, who left himself only 3,000 behind. Obst showed , bringing a sigh of disgust from Blumenthal as he mucked . One hand later, Blumenthal was out.
Ivan Tan's tournament is over. He moved all in for about 30,000 with and was called by pocket nines. Tan turned a heart flush draw on a board of , but he missed the river when it fell .
It's been a slow start to the day for overnight chip leader Michael Shell. He's been hanging at between 120,000 and 130,000 chips since play started. He recently got a nice 17,000-chip boost by eliminating Mattias Andersson. Andersson's couldn't overtake Shell's on a board of .
Time is getting short for Wally "The Dream" Sombero. After betting 5,000 on a board of , he was called by Anthony Phillips. Sombero checked the river, then disappointedly folded when Phillips moved all in for far more than Sombero's remaining 25,000.
Michael Chrisanthopoulos has been eliminated after making a move with top pair on a board of . Chrisanthopoulos held but ran into the set of Jeppe Drivsholm who held .
The turn and river fell , to give Drivsholm a full house and end the day of Chrisanthopoulos.
Drivsholm, who final-tabled the APPT Macau event this year, battled with a short stack for most of Day 1 but is now in good shape for a cash result with over 80,000 chips.