Ayres Takes It Without Showdown
Level 5
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
On the four-way flop of 
the player on the button made it 80,000 to go and Stephen Ayres called in the small blind, while two opponents including Niall Farrell in the cutoff folded. The 
turn was checked through and Ayres bet the 
river for 135,000 to force a fold.
Ayres remains below the starting stack after a skyrocketing start, and next to Farrell in the seven seat is Matous Skorepa, who won a bracelet on home soil at the 2017 WSOPE here at the King's Casino in Rozvadov.
Mustapha Kanit was among those to re-enter within the first six levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000 | 500,000 |
|
1,300,000 | 300,000 |
|
1,200,000 | 1,200,000 |
|
1,200,000 | -200,000 |
|
1,200,000 | 200,000 |
|
1,200,000 | 200,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 210,000 |
|
850,000 | -650,000 |