Out of a field of 400 entries on Day 1a, only 234 players remain and they have been sent on a scheduled 75-minute dinner break. The action is set to resume at approximately 7.57pm local time with another four levels of 60 minutes each to be played.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
224,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
185,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
165,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
121,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
95,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
80,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
57,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
55,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
45,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
44,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
40,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
37,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
33,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
33,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
29,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
25,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
25,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
17,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Tsugunari Toma three-bet to 5,000 and Lucien Cohen called out of the blinds while the initial raiser folded. The 
flop was checked by both and Cohen also checked the 
turn. Toma now bet 10,000 and Cohen gave up the pot as the chip leader added more chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
233,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
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With 35,000 in the pot and 
on the board, Sho Homma got his last 15,000 into the middle and Juan Pardo looked him up.
Homma turned over 
for the flush draw and Pardo had 
. The river was 
and had no help for Homma and he made his way to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,500
49,500
|
49,500 |
|
Busted |
Alexander Tkatschew opened for 3,200 from under the gun and Jerome Finck three-bet to 10,000. Action folded back to Tkatschew, who put out enough T-1,000 chips to eliminate Finck. Finck called and was at risk for around 35,000.
Jerome Finck: 
Alexander Tkatschew: 
The board ran out 
and the jacks held to give Tkatschew the pot and send Finck to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
143,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
Busted |
Daniel Rezaei was down to just two T-500 chips after dinner and got them in from under the gun. Alexandre Saxod raised to 2,500 and Tim Klaversma called in the big blind.
The 
flop was checked and Klaversma bet the 
turn for 2,600, Saxod folded.
"I have a six," Rezaei said and exposed the 
first to which the Dutchman replied "that's probably good" as he turned over 
. The second card of Rezaei was the and Klaversma spiked the 
on the river to eliminate the Austrian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
Busted |
The cards were already on their backs in a preflop contest in which Espen Jorstad was the player at risk for what appeared to be 38,400 as he was looked up by Justin Saliba with the superior stack.
Espen Jorstad:
Justin Saliba:
The dominated pair found no help on the 
board and that spelled the end for the Norwegian, who stuck around a bit to discuss a previous hand with Pedro Marques that the duo had played earlier.
Saliba, in the meanwhile, moved to more than two times the average stack with the latest knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
107,800
|
107,800 |
|
|
Busted |
Three ways to the 
river, Dutchman Merijn Van Rooij bet 3,500 into a pot of around 12,000. He received one call by Shakhabiddin Muradov on the button while a third player in early position folded.
Van Rooij tabled the 
for trips jacks and Muradov double-checked his cards before sending them into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Ben Heath was all-in for just 10,600 and he was looked up by the initial raiser Tim Klaversma, who had the undercards in . Heath was ahead with the 
and had little to fear on the 
board as Klaversma missed a gutshot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
23,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
