Tom-Aksel Bedell got his stack of 50,500 in on a turn of 4♣J♠10♦9♦, worth around half the pot. Vasil Medarov called in early position before Ali Abdalla got out of the way in the hijack.
Tom-Aksel Bedell: A♠8♠7♣4♦ 
Vasil Medarov: K♠K♦J♦5♦
Bedell was ahead with his straight, but the 7♦ river made Medarov a flush to take down the pot and eliminate the Norwegian high roller.
Arriving on a three-way turn of Q♣3♥4♣A♥, Vasil Medarov checked from the small blind to "Megas" in the cutoff. "Megas" then bet 50,000, after which Giorgos Tsoupras jammed all in for 84,500.
Both Medarov and "Megas" called to the 6♣ turn, where Medarov shoved in his remaining chips. "Megas" snap-folded and Medarov showed [khjhjc3c[ for a flush.
Tsoupras' A♦Q♥10♠3♦ was no match and he wished his former opponents good luck before heading out of the tournament area.
Three-way, Alex Livingston was seen making a bet of 16,000 into a pot of 52,000 from the small blind on a flop of Q♠6♥A♣. Ljubisa Bojic called in the hijack before Eduardo Gonzalez folded on the button.
Livingston continued for 35,000 on the 6♠ turn, seeing his opponent call yet again. The 7♦ river was checked by both players.
Livingston showed A♥K♠8♠5♥ for aces and sixes, taking down the pot when Bojic mucked his cards.
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
In the 863rd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by Connor Richards at Level 9 Studio to kick off the 2024 Pokerstars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) at Resorts World!
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The field has grown to an impressive size of 53 entries as the 48 remaining players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Cesar Garcia was already on his second bullet when he bet the pot of 95,000 from under the gun on a completed board of 7♠5♠K♦4♠5♥.
His opponent was Ljubisa Bojic in the seat next to him, who put in a call.
Garcia was hesitant to show, prompting Bojic to table A♠A♥5♦2♠ for an ace-high flush, winning him the pot.
"Iceman" checked under the gun on a turn of K♦6♠Q♣5♦. Lautaro Guerra then bet the pot of 128,000, which "Iceman" quickly called.
The 2♠ fell on the river. Guerra shoved all in for 80,000 receiving an instant check-fold from "Iceman" and taking down the large pot.
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