Early Casualties on Day 1a
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
The first few players have been sent to the rail on Day 1a after their 300 big blinds vanished in thin air. Among them were Mikael Koistinen and Claus Carlsen, and they can re-enter in any of the remaining three starting days to take another shot at running up a stack.
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river and mucked an ace when Albers turned over the 
for quads. As a result, Albers moved back above the starting stack while Li dipped below that.
. Lukasz Grossmann checked under the gun and the player on the button bet 800. Grossmann check-raised to 3,200 and his opponent called.
and Grossmann checked again. His opponent fired 2,500 and Grossmann check-raised once more to 7,600. His opponent moved all in for about 30,000 and Grossmann called with his last 13,000.
completed the board and Grossmann doubled up.
on the river and Lheureux tabled the 
for jacks and nines to win the pot.
, there was about 1,000 in the middle when the player in the big blind checked. Kavin Shah bet 1,000 from middle position and the big blind check-called.
for a pair of fives but Shah turned over 
to win the pot.
flop and 
river for hefty 12,000 and his sole remaining opponent Julio Ribeiro eventually released his cards into the muck.
, the player in the big blind checked and Nemesio Carracedo Orueta bet 1,400 from early position. Emiliano Altana from one seat over called and the big blind check-called as well.
and the big blind checked again. Orueta continued with a bet of 2,700 and Altana called but the big blind folded.