Patrick Kelly just took down the first seven-figure pot of the tournament. A series of raises between Kelly and Michael Malm led to Kelly all in for 530,000 with 
. Malm was behind with 
and couldn't catch up as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,090,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
|
80,000
-530,000
|
-530,000 |
|
||
Ty Reiman found himself all in for about 112,000 with 
, but ran into the 
of Pedro Cuervo Quinche. The board rolled out 
, not bringing enough help to Reiman and ending his Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
Busted |
After the turn of a 
board, Max Silver got his stack of 230,000 into the middle with 
. However, he was drawing dead against the 
of Patrick Kelly. The 
river secured the pot for Kelly, nearing the 1.5 million chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,450,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
In a blind-for-blind battle, Michael Malm was all in and at risk with 
. Patrick Kelly had him at risk with 
, and when the production team was ready, the board ran out 
.
Malm doubled to over 115,000 chips while Kelly is still among the leaders with 1.2 million.
A few hands later, Malm was all in again with the worst of it. This time he had against the 
of Jonas Lauck. Malm hit an ace on the 
flop, and held as the turn and river came , respectively.
He now has over 250,000 chips, while Lauck is left with around 90,000 or so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
|
250,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
||
|
90,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
Ryan Fair raised to 13,500 from the hijack only to have Adria Maria Balaguer shove all in from the big blind for 92,500. Fair called with 
and was a huge favorite against Balaguer’s . That all changed when the flop came down 
to give Balaguer a pair of sevens and the lead.
“Ten of hearts on the river,” Fair said while getting a massage. “I can feel it.” He didn’t seem to care about the turn, which was the 
, and seemed excited to see if his prediction would come true. The dealer burned and the put out the . Fair was wrong and had to send over a good portion of his chips to Balaguer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
185,000
-41,300
|
-41,300 |
We just saw Manig Loeser eliminated two players within minutes to shoot up to 655,000 in chips.
In the first, Loeser held 
and was behind the 
of the at-risk Antonio Lafosse. The flop quickly changed that as Loeser paired his ten to take the lead. The turn meant Lafosse needed an ace on the river to stay alive, but this is not Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein’s book and the blanked. With that, Lafosse made his way to the payout desk.
Less than two minutes later, Jan Veit was all in preflop holding and dominated by the 
of Loeser. The board ran out 
and Veit joined Lafosse on the rail while Loeser got busy stacking chips once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
655,000
446,700
|
446,700 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Patrick Devlin raised to 17,000 from the small blind, Carlos Mortensen moved all in for 164,000 from the big blind. Devlin called.
Devlin: 
Mortensen:
The 
board missed Mortensen, but the spiked on the turn, giving him a leading pair of queens. The bricked on the river, and Mortensen doubled to over 330,000 chips.
Devlin dropped down to around 110,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
|
110,000
-136,100
|
-136,100 |
Picking up the action on an board, Chris Klodnicki check-called a bet from Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi to see the 
river where Klodnicki checked again. Mizrachi went all in for 75,500 effective, sending Klodnicki into the tank.
After about 45 seconds, Klodnicki called and Mizrachi acknowledged his call was good. Klodnicki tabled for a pair of aces, while Mizrachi had to show his 
for the cameras.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000
187,500
|
187,500 |
|
|
||
|
93,000
-51,500
|
-51,500 |
|
||
Ashton Griffin finished Day 1b as the chip leader and established himself as a force in this tournament… that is until he was eliminated earlier today. Now there’s a new Griffin in town –Griffin “Flush_Entity” Benger, who just doubled through Nicolas Godoy.
We didn’t catch the hand, but Benger filled us in on the details. According to him, Godoy opened for 11,500 from the hijack and he three-bet to 26,000 from the button with . The blinds got out of the way, Godoy four-bet to 52,000, and Benger five-bet to 98,000. Godoy then moved all in and Benger snap-called off for 290,000. Godoy tabled , but he was left drawing dead after the flop fell 
. Griffin flopped a boat and doubled to nearly 600,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
590,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
Whatever will be, will be. We recently reported that Joe Serock was the new chip lead but he has now relinquished that title after a bout with Darren Elias. We caught up to the action to see Serock and Elias engaged the final hand before their table broke. The board read 
and Elias pushed out 122,000 which was roughly a pot sized bet.
Serock sat contemplating his action in this massive pot for well over a minute. Eventually he dropped in calling chips and Elias tabled 
for a rivered set. Serock flung his cards into the muck one at a time and was forced to ship a solid portion of chips over to Elias' stack.
Elias is now sitting on about 775,000 while Serock has fallen to around 1.045 million.
