William Picard was all in with a short stack and got called by two opponents including David Kahan in the big blind. The board came 
and Picard flashed 
. Kahan had 
and the third player in the hand could only reveal 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
Busted |
Lucy Gamble raised from the cutoff and Daniel Burrow called from one seat over to head to a flop of 
. Burrow got the remainder of his stack worth 83,000 in with 
for top pair and the flush draw, but was trailing Gamble's 
. The on the turn changed nothing much, but Burrow doubled thanks to the 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
220,000
56,700
|
56,700 |
At the end of this level is just a regular break of 25 minutes and the dinner break will kick in after the next set of two levels. With 79 players left, the average has climbed to 358,000, which still is a whoppin 44 big blinds.
David Attew had said he was lucky to still be in the tournament a few times today but his luck has just run out.
Attew was all in for 75,000 and it folded to Ludovic Geilich in the big blind who called.
Attew had 
and Geilich 
.
A run out of 
gave Geilich a few more chips and Attew was off to grab a beer with his friends to at least celebrating cashing the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Ludovic Geilich bombed through a board of 
and shoved the river against Yuriy Boyko. The latter tanked and called the clock on himself, then folded. The table broke right after and both parted ways. Shantanu Banerji is no big stack anymore either and moved over to table one, where an all in showdown just took place.
Paul Skipper opened to 22,000 and Miguel Angel Martin shoved for 96,000. Skipper eventually called with the and the Spaniard had 
. The board fell 
and Martin doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,320,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
||
|
725,000
606,000
|
606,000 |
|
200,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
200,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
200,000
170,900
|
170,900 |
Down to less than 90 players, the tournament has switched to eight-handed tables and there are just 11 of them left in the main tournament area. At the end of this level will be a 75-minute dinner break before another four levels of one hour each are scheduled.
Yuriy Boyko opened to 18,000 and Ludovic Geilich called in the cutoff, as did Sally Stephens in the small blind. James Akenhead then moved all in for what looked like 180,000 from the big blind and that forced Boyko out of the pot. Geilich however didn't go anywhere and called, which then also resulted in the fold of Stephens.
James Akenhead:
Ludovic Geilich:
After a board of 
, Akenhead was eliminated and Geilich recovered previous losses to bump his stack up to a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
550,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
520,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Busted | |
Alex Bounsall was all in on the turn of a board reading 
and was called by Peter Bergman.
Bounsall was at risk on a draw with 
and Bergman had 
.
The river bricked out and Bounsall was felted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
339,600
|
339,600 |
|
|
Busted |
Day 1a chip leader Mihaita Croitoru continues to rise after just having eliminated Andrey Veselov. Croitoru's raise was met by a three-bet shove of Veselov for 205,000 and the Romanian called.
Andrey Veselov: 
Mihaita Croitoru:
The board ran out 
and that was it for Veselov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
950,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
