Patrick Leonard was all-in from the button and called and covered by Sergei Koliakov in the small blind.
Patrick Leonard: 
Sergei Koliakov: 
The flop came 
for both of them to hit a pair but for Koliakov to stay ahead with the top one.
The turn was the 
which didn't help Leonard and neither did the 
on the river as the partypoker Ambassador was sent to the rail.
A short-stacked Upeshka De Silva jammed for just 149,759 in the hijack and was looked up by Hannes Speiser in the cutoff.
Upeshka De Silva: 
Hannes Speiser: 
The 
flop gave De Silva an open-ended straight draw to go with his two live cards but he missed on the turn and 
river.
The 275 remaining players have been sent for another 5-minute break.
Fewer than half of the field remains for Day 1a and the latest batch of eliminations contained the following notables.
Joining the action on the flop, Simon Deadman made it 93,555 to go and Jason Koon raised to 227,500 on the button. Deadman came along and then checked the 
turn, after which he called a bet with 402,500 by Koon.
The 
river completed the board and Deadman checked with some 1.2 million behind. Koon emptied the clip and moved all-in, which forced a fold from Deadman.
Justin Ouimette won the Mini Main Event earlier this week and is also in this tournament to try and make it two. He raised to 73,499 from the early position and was called by Sven Poerschke in the hijack. Joni Jouhkimainen three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 300,773 for Luciano Hollanda to four-bet to 528,500 from the button. The blinds folded and so did Ouimette and Poerschke for the two players to go heads-up.
Joni Jouhkimainen: 
Luciano Hollanda: 
The flop came 
for Hollanda to stay ahead with the pocket pair.
The turn was the 
for Hollanda to improve to a set while Jouhkimainen to pick up the gutshot to a straight but he bricked the river as the 
completed the board.
In a preflop raising war, Jorma Nuutinen raised to 122,500 after Christian Galvan had limped and that triggered a three-bet to 315,000 by Blaz Zerjav. Nuutinen subsequently four-bet jammed for just over a million and Zerjav reluctantly called.
Jorma Nuutinen: 
Blaz Zerjav: 
Nuutinen flopped best on 
but the 
turn gave Zerjav broadway, the 
river failed to provide any chop.
Sam Greenwood departed a few hands later. The Canadian first doubled his severe short stack before coming up short with king-ten against the king-queen of Pedro Zagalo.
Hannes Speiser three-bet jammed his short stack with the and was called by table big stack Tom Vogelsang with the .
There was no upset on a board of 
as the kicker played to ensure the double for Speiser.
Level: 12
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
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