Action folded to Morten Lie, who shoved all in from middle position. He was called by Laurent Vauquelin in the big blind, who had Lie covered.
Morten Lie: K♦10♦
Laurent Vauquelin: J♥J♦
The board ran out 3♦7♠3♥9♠4♦. Lie couldn't find help and so Vauquelin held with his pocket jacks to win the pot and add to his stack of around 300,000 chips. Vauquelin was eliminated from the tournament.
Oleksii Medvediev limped from middle position and Daniel Aldana limped behind from the cutoff. Miguel Burgos then shoved for his last 40,000 on the button, which got a fold from Medvediev, but a call from Aldana to put Burgos at risk.
Miguel Burgos: K♠Q♥
Daniel Aldana: A♣4♣
The 9♠4♠10♥2♥6♣ runout kept Aldana best with a pair of fours and Burgos was eliminated.
There are now 240 players remaining in Day 1H of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event. The flight will play down to 190 players, who will all make Day 2 and be in the money.
Bustouts are coming thick and fast, so expect the bubble to come around in the next few blind levels.
Adrian Dan opened to 24,000 from the cutoff and was called by Jose Mesas on the button. Andrea Cortellazzi then shoved for around 80,000 from the big blind. Dan called all in for less and Mesas folded.
Adrian Dan: 10♥6♥
Andrea Cortellazzi: A♣Q♦
The board ran out 7♥J♦3♥K♥6♦ — providing Dan with a winning flush for the double-up as an incredulous Cortellazzi pulled out his phone to snap of photo of the hand.
Action folded around to Levin Remy Oruc, who shoved all in for less than 100,000. Roger Sandsmark moved all in over the top and Yanis Avanesyan called. Both Oruc and Avanesyan were at risk as players flipped their cards.
Levin Remy Oruc: A♠7♦
Yanis Avanesyan: K♦K♥
Roger Sandsmark: A♦A♣
Oruc looked in bad shape and Avanesyan was also way behind with his kings against Sandsmark's pocket aces.
The board ran out 2♣10♣3♦5♠4♦. The river completed the wheel straight for both Sandsmark and Oruc. They chopped up the pot and Avanesyan was eliminated from the tournament.
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This event brings the thrill of the PokerStars flagship Championship Of Online Poker series to the markets in Ontario, Pennsylvania, and the combined Michigan/New Jersey market.
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Laurent Silva shoved for around 60,000 from middle position and just behind him, Erdal Demircan also shoved for 115,000 from the hijack. Everyone else folded and a showdown was held.
Laurent Silva: A♣9♣
Erdal Demircan: A♠A♥
The 4♣10♣9♥ gave Demircan a real sweat as Silva picked up several outs to improve to a better hand; however, the 10♥ turn and 8♠ river bricked out for Silva and he was sent out as the Day 2 bubble approaches.
Vitor Pimenta raised to 20,000 from middle position and Tom Hall reraised to 75,000 from the small blind, which was most of his stack. Pimenta put him all in and Hall called. Players flipped their cards, with Hall at risk.
Tom Hall: K♥K♣
Vitor Pimenta: A♣Q♣
The board ran out 8♣K♦J♣A♠4♥. Pimenta paired his ace on the flop, but Hall had made a set of kings on the flop to lock up the hand. He got the much needed double up late on in the day.
There are now just 208 players remaining and 190 will make it through.
