Andrea Caizzi is hanging on with around 20,000 near the end of the night, but his journey today nearly didn't happen.
Caizzi explained he won a satellite into the Main Event yesterday and went out to celebrate with some friends. While at a club, he got into some trouble with the bouncers and wound up in jail for the night.
"I showed up for this tournament on Level 12 with 8,000," he said. "If I go on to win, it would be a story."
There was roughly 65,000 in the pot on the K♠9♠Q♣6♥J♥ completed board, with Neel Murthy and Beka Iordanishvili heads up.
Murthy checked in the big blind, and Iordanishvilli put around a pot-sized bet out in front of him. Murthy clicked it 126,000 and was met with a snap-jam for 242,000 by his opponent.
"Don't know why I had to be so greedy," exclaimed Murthy as he entered the tank.
His thought process lasted for several minutes and he continuously beat himself up over the spot.
"I really thought it was less than that," he groaned. "You didn't even think about it."
The clock was called by Manesh Rashidi, which Murthy had no objections to. The count began and Murthy could not make up his mind and threw his 10♣9x into the muck.
Nick Palma implored Iordanishvilli to show a bluff, but the latter's cards remained face down.
"I think it was a chop," continued Murthy as the dealer began the next hand.
Action folded to Claudio Gordon in the small blind who moved all in, and Ignacio Sagra called for his last 65,000 in the big blind.
Ignacio Sagra: A♣6♠ 
Claudio Gordon: 3♠3♣
Sagra was flipping for his tournament life near the money bubble but couldn't connect with the 8♥2♣J♣7♥8♠ board as Gordon took the pot to send Sagra to the rail.
Andreas Antoniou raised to 6,000 from early position with J♥J♣, Vlado Banicevic called in the next seat across with 8♠8♣, and Erlend Melsom three-bet to 25,000 from the button. Both other players called.
The flop came 10♣6♣8♦ and all three players checked. The turn was the Q♠ and Antoniou checked. Banicevic bet 45,000 with his set of eights and both other players managed to find a folds to give him the pot.
"No snap-call, please," Ren Lin said as he moved all in for 10,000 from the hijack. Action folded to Oliver Weis who called in the big blind.
Ren Lin: 10♥10♣
Oliver Weis: 9♠6♥
"Gamble too much," Lin said when Weis turned over his cards. The Q♥9♣7♠ flop gave Weis a pair, but he improved no further on the 4♦ turn and 8♣ river as Lin doubled up.
"Three big blind, I'm number one in the world. Three big blind I know how to play. One more double up, back to average. One more double and we're in the money," Lin said as he took the pot.
Tomasz Krzesinski raised to 6,000 from under the gun and picked up calls from Ian Hunter in the small blind and Masato Yokosawa in the big blind.
The flop came J♥7♣2♦ and action checked to Krzesinski, who bet 7,000. Both opponents called to see the 10♥ turn.
Again the blinds checked to Krzesinski, who upped the bet to 20,000. Hunter called, but Yokosawa folded, both holding approximately 70,000 remaining chips.
On the river 5♥, Hunter checked a final time and then faced a bet of 30,000 from Krzesinski.
After taking stock of his remaining chips, the Brit folded to send the pot to Krzesinski, who has one of the healthier stacks in the room.
With the flop showing 10♥9♠5♦, Day 1a chip leader Joost Hollak bet 16,000 with Shakhabiddin Muradov making the call.
Hollak fired a bet of 50,000 upon seeing the 6♥ hit the turn. Muradov shoved for Hollak's remaining 75,000 and Hollak called.
Joost Hollak: A♠A♦
Shakhabiddin Muradov: Q♦10♦
Hollak was ahead with his overpair but had to fade a queen or a ten on the river to stay alive. The blank 2♣ river was exactly what Hollak was looking for as he doubled up with pocket aces.
Claudio Di Giacomo raised to 6,000 under the gun before Egill Thorsteinsson moved all in for 35,000 in early position. Jan Eric Schwippert reraised to 72,000 in the big blind and Di Giacomo got out of the way.
Egill Thorsteinsson: 3♣3♠
Jan Eric Schwippert: A♠K♥
The K♦ fell right in the window, while the rest of the board came Q♠4♥7♠4♦ to send Thorsteinsson to the rail.
Siow Choon Tong opened to 6,000 from under the gun before Simon Lofberg moved all in for 57,500 from the hijack. Wolf Weber rejammed for 87,000 from the button and after getting a count of both stacks, Tong called.
Simon Lofberg: 9♣9♠
Wolf Weber: J♦J♣
Siow Choon Tong: A♦K♠
Weber was the favorite and remained ahead after the 7♠6♥2♠ flop. The J♠ turn confirmed his double and change ahead of the inconsequential K♥ river.
Aliaksandr Shylko bet 14,000 from the small blind on a flop of K♠10♦5♣ with Claudio Gordon making the call from the cutoff.
Both players checked the 3♠ turn for the 7♥ to come on the river. Shylko bet 50,000 and got a tank-fold from Gordon.
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