Neacsu Doubles Up
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Level 11: 1,000/2,000/2,000
John Neacsu shoved from the cutoff for 9,900 and Sachin Joshi three-bet enough from the small blind for the big blind to fold.
John Neacsu: 
Sachin Joshi: 
The flop came 
to Keep Neacsu ahead.
The turn was the 
to not change things and neither did the 
on the river as Neacsu doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
314,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
||
|
23,800
23,800
|
23,800 |
and the under-the-gun player, Lisa Karl in the early position and Ali Salah-Eddine in the middle position ended up getting it all in with the latter at risk with the shortest stack.
on the turn, Salah-Eddine now had top set, which put under-the-gun player in jeopardy. 
on the river changed nothing and tripled up Salah-Eddine to 85,000. Karl won the remainder of the other player's stack to eliminate him.
for Jin to hold with the aces to eliminate his opponent.
for Ryan to hold and eliminate Medrano in twelfth place for Day 1a and send him to the payout desk to collect $550 for cashing on Day 1.
, Nooralian shoved after Coddington checked to get him out of the hand. 
on the river as Hassan was eliminated in thirteenth place for $550.