With the elimination of Neng Lee in 27th place, the clock has stopped as the surviving 26 players have bagged up to return on Monday for Day 2 at high noon.
official chip counts as well as a recap of the day's events will be released shortly so stay tuned!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Level 17: Blinds 6,000/12,000/12,000
The players returned from break and three players have been eliminated within the first two hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 16: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000
After an open to 20,000 and a call by Vy Nguyen, James Van Brunt moved all in for 95,000. After the action folded back to Nguyen, he made the call to put Van Brunt at risk on the money bubble.
James Van Brunt: Q♦J♥
Vy Nguyen: J♣J♦
Van Brunt would need some help to stay alive, but he did not receive any on the 4♥4♦A♥9♠7♦ runout and he was eliminated on the money bubble to sent the remaining players into the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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395,000
303,000
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303,000 |
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Busted |
Level 16: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000
Short-stacked Michael 'Murph' Murphy moved all in preflop and Jeffrey Spruitenburg shoved over the top for more while the rest of the players got out of the way.
Michael Murphy: 9♦9♠
Jeffrey Spruitenburg: K♣K♦
"Ok, one time, please," Murphy announced, but the runout of 6♥2♣Q♦A♥10♣ did him no favors and he was eliminated just short of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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210,000
181,000
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181,000 |
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Busted |
Level 15: Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000
After being left short from the previous hand, Bob Mather got the rest of his 35,000 stack into the middle after an open from Aquil Salahudeen to 15,000.
Salahudeen seemed like he didn't want to call, but he eventually tossed out the chips to put Mather at risk.
Bob Mather: A♣J♦
Aquil Salahudeen: A♠3♥
Mather was in good shape to score a double with his superior ace, but the runout was extra brutal as it came 2♥10♣5♣9♦4♣ to give Salahudeen a straight on the river to send him packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Busted |
Level 14: Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000
After a preflop betting squabble, David Stanford and Kara Sherman got their chips into the middle, with Stanford at risk of elimination.
David Stanford: 10♠10♣
Kara Sherman: K♣Q♣
Stanford would need to hold to win this flip for his tournament life, but it was not meant to be as the board of Q♦4♠7♠6♥3♣ gave Sherman a queen right on the flop to send him out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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105,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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Busted |
Level 13: Blinds 2,000/4,000/4,000
Short-stacked Justin Stewart moved all in preflop and was called by Neng Lee to put him at risk.
Justin Stewart: A♦10♦
Neng Lee: A♣J♣
As Lee had him out-pipped, Stewart would need some from help from the deck to stay alive, but unfortunately, the runout of Q♥8♠6♥J♥5♦ did him no favors and he was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,000
56,000
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56,000 |
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Busted |
After some preflop betting, all of the chips got into the middle between Nabil Zamout and Xian Tang, with Zamout at risk.
Nabil Zamout: A♥Q♦
Xian Tang: A♦8♦
Zamout was ahead going into this battle, but the flop was not kind to him as it came out 8♠8♥2♥ to give Tang trip eights for a big lead. The turn Q♠ gave him some hope, but the river was the brick 4♥ to send him to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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532,000
315,000
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315,000 |
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Busted |
Anthony Swift moved all in preflop for around 40,000 and was called by Jeff Platt and Alexander White to put him at risk.
Platt and White then checked through to the river 2♠8♠5♦10♣J♣ where Platt announced a bet of 27,000. White thought about it for a good while but eventually found a fold.
Platt then tabled K♣J♠ for a rivered pair of jacks.
"Wow, that is so sick!" Swift sighed and shook his head as he tabled J♦9♦ for a missed straight draw and an inferior jack. Platt was pushed the pot to bring his stack to 400,000 while Swift made his exit.
Ironically, White moved all in the very next hand with K♥J♦ himself but could not improve against the 4♣4♠ of Michael Degroot and he too was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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380,000
258,000
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258,000 |
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290,000
216,000
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216,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
On the last hand of the level, Prasad Inamdar moved all in for his last 32,000 and then Francis Nguyen raised to 125,000 for a successful isolation.
Once the Tournament Director gave the players the all-clear, the hands were tabled.
Prasad Inamdar: K♥5♣
Francis Nguyen: 10♠10♥
Inamdar would need some help to stay alive against Nguyen's tens, but the runout of 2♥A♦J♥J♣3♣ to send him to the rail and sent the surviving players into the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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320,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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Busted |
