Alexandre Hulme made an early position raise to 11,000 and Alexandre Reard reraised to 28,000. Hulme called.
The flop came 
. Reard checked, Hulme bet for 18,000 and Reard called. The turn came the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
and both players checked again to showdown.
Reard had 
and Hulme showed 
for a pair of kings.
Shimizu Nozomu raised to 10,000 and Elias Suhonen then jammed for what appeared to be around 85,000 in the netx seat. Silviu Baltateanu called in the cutoff and Nozomu folded.
Elias Suhonen: 
Silviu Baltateanu:
The Finn remained ahead after the 
flop and 
turn but couldn't dodge the 
on the river.
Mauricio Ferreira Pais was spotted raking in a double-up for 121,000 to put a major dent into the big stack of Ivan Banic and leap well above the average. On a board of 
, the 
for a set of nines were good enough and the German mentioned that Banic had check-raised the turn with 
when the chips went in.
Frederik Reusch raised from middle position, Dimitri Joubert reraised and Jun Obara shoved. Reusch folded and Joubert made the call.
Jun Obara: 
Dimitri Joubert: 
"Noooo!", cried out Reusch, clearly disappointed that he'd made the call.
The board ran out 
and Joubert's ace high held, and Jun Obara busted out.
The casualties keep on coming as the Day 1 field has already plummeted all the way to just 164 hopefuls, of which 135 make the money. All players below won't be advancing to Day 2 as they have lost all of their chips in the past half an hour.
Ameer Wakil and Woojung Ha were all in preflop, Wakil being the at-risk player.
Ameer Wakil: 
Woojong Ha:
The board ran out 
. It was a classic race and Wakil came out on top after hitting a pair of aces on the flop. He doubled up and Ha didn't look amused.
Jon Kyte was moved tables and then soon after defended the big blind against a cutoff raise to 9,000 by Marc Lellouche shortly before the blinds went up. The duo headed to the 
flop on which Kyte opted to check. Lellouche now bet 9,500 and then faced a small check-raise to 21,000 by the Norwegian.
Lellouche was visibly upset and slowly but carefully counted his remaining chips, then placed his media ID card on top of them ready to move. However, the sigh-fold followed and Lellouche groaned.
Philippe Souki was involved in a bigger pot with Georgios Vrakas in the small blind with the latter having checked the river. Souki then pushed all-in for the 55,000 he had behind and Vrakas called some 90 seconds later.
The Brit revealed for the top pair and top kicker as Vrakas mucked 
. According to Souki, he had raised from an early position and then fired three barrels to earn the full double-up for an above-average stack.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
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