Nariman Yaghmai raised to 2,500 in middle position, Alejandro Lococo three-bet to 8,000 on the button, and Yaghmai called.
The flop came J♣8♥4♣ and Lococo continued for 6,500. Yaghmai called and the K♣ fell on the turn. Lococo then bet another 21,000.
Yaghmai quickly grabbed a stack of blue 5,000 chips and slid it into the middle, a raise totaling 100,000, and Lococo snap-folded.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the day.
When they return, two more levels of 60 minutes are scheduled before the survivors bag for Day 2.
Ignacio Sagra raised to 2,000 under the gun and was called by Marcin Kreft and Wouter Beltz in the blinds.
The 7♥8♠2♠ flop was checked to Sagra, who continued for 3,000. Kreft called and Beltz folded. The 2♦ turn saw Sagra size up to 5,600, however, Kreft check-raised to 15,500.
Sagra tossed in a call before the J♠ river completed the board. Kreft decided to go all in, covering Sagra's stack of 20,800. Sagra tanked for a while but ultimately made the call for his tournament life.
Kreft tabled K♠Q♥ for a bluff with king-high, no good against the K♦8♦ of Sagra, who played two pair.
Antoine Labat opened to 2,000 from under the gun and was called by Sam Grafton in the hijack and Antoine Labat in the big blind.
The flop came Q♦4♦5♥ and action checked around to Grafton who bet 1,500. Fata raised to 5,000, Labat called and Grafton moved all in, covering both players. Labat got out of the way while Fata, who had around 30,000 behind, made the call and was at risk.
Mario Fata: 5♦4♥ 
Sam Grafton: K♣Q♥
Fata was in great shape to double up with two pair against Grafton's top pair. That all changed when the rest of the board ran out 3♠3♦ giving Grafton queens-up to take the pot while Fata made his exit from the tournament area.
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Brian Kaufman led out for 2,000 on a flop of J♦8♦2♠ from the small blind and Vlastimil Pustina then raised to 10,000 in the big blind. Poseidon Ho called in early position, while Kaufman got out of the way.
Pustina checked the 5♠ turn and Ho bet 10,000. Pustina then moved all in and Ho called for his last 30,000. Pustina had J♣5♣ for two pair, while Ho was on a flush draw holding K♦7♦.
The K♠ river gave Ho a pair, but it wasn't enough to avoid handing over the rest of his chips to Pustina as he headed for the exit.
Action was picked up on the river with just 8,000 in the middle in a pot between Nichan Khorchidian from under the gun and Quan Zhou from the button.
On a completed board of 9♦6♣2♥K♥4♥, Khorchidian led for 4,300. Zhou responded with a large raise to 20,300, leaving himself 25,000 behind. Khorchidian then three-bet jammed to put Zhou at risk. Zhou went deep into the tank and used four time banks before he finally put in the call.
Quan Zhou: 4♦4♣
Nichan Khorchidian: 9♠9♥
It was a cooler scenario in which Khorchidian held the higher set as Zhou hit the rail.
Umberto Ruggeri and Maria Ho built a pot of around 20,000 as they went heads up to the turn with the board showing K♣9♠6♠3♣. Ruggeri then bet 14,000 from the big blind and Ho called in the hijack.
The river was the 9♣ and Ruggeri slid forward a tower of chips, enough to put Ho all in. Ho burned through multiple time banks and eventually called for around 50,000.
Ruggeri turned over 6♥6♦ for a full house and Ho flashed the K♥ as she made her exit.
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