A player opened for 16,000 from middle position before another player called from the cutoff. Kahle Burns jammed for 237,317 from the small blind. Shyngis Satubayev four-bet jammed 363,236 from the big blind and the other two players got out of the way.
Kahle Burns: 
Shyngis Satubayev: 
Satubayev improved to a better full house than Burns hit on the 
board and Burns officially eliminated from Day 1a.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Viacheslav Buldygin opened to 14,000 from early position. Pavlo Veksler called from the cutoff before Guillaume Nolet three-bet jammed for 142,939 from the small blind. Buldygin called and Veksler folded.
Guillaume Nolet: 
Viacheslav Buldygin: 
The 
board gave both players top pair and Buldygin eliminated Nolet with a better kicker.
A few hands later, Buldygin was back at it again.
This time, Wei Zhao opened to 15,400 from the hijack and called off for 292,876 after Buldygin jammed from the small blind.
Wei Zhao: 
Viacheslav Buldygin: 
The 
board paired Zhao but this wasn't good enough with Buldygin improving to a set.
Michael Zhang open-jammed for 104,427 from the cutoff. Damian Salas three-bet for a little more from the button and the rest of the table folded.
Michael Zhang: 
Damian Salas:
Salas hit a set on the 
flop and Zhang was drawing dead after the 
came off on the turn. The 
river made the hand official and Zhang was eliminated by Salas.
Andreas Christoforou opened for 15,400 from the hijack. Bert Stevens three-bet jammed for 171,202 and Christoforou called.
Bert Stevens:
Andreas Christoforou:
Christoforou was unable to connect with a piece of the 
board and Stevens doubled up after winning the flip.
Dominykas "MickeyMouse" Mikolaitis opened to 13,200 from the cutoff. Sam Greenwood jammed from the button for 154,021. Joni Jouhkimainen four-bet jammed for 319,465 and Mikolaitis folded.
Sam Greenwood:
Joni Jouhkimainen:
Jouhkimainen won the flip after Greenwood whiffed on the 
board to send his opponent to the rail.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,500/7,000
Ante: 850
The Day 1a field has contributed a whopping $3,070,000 to the Super MILLION$ Main Event prize pool putting it well on pace to smashing the $10 million guarantee on the event with three opening flights remaining.
There were 104 players remaining after late registration was closed. Here is a look at the top ten.
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