Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,553
271,317
|
271,317 |
|
Busted | |
|
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board gave both players top pair and Buldygin eliminated Nolet with a better kicker.
board paired Zhao but this wasn't good enough with Buldygin improving to a set.
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.
board and Stevens doubled up after winning the flip.
