A short stack got it in preflop with 6♣6♦ and was called by Masaya in the big blind, who only had a few outs holding the Q♠6♥. None of them came on the A♥8♠4♦ flop and K♦ turn, but the Q♦ river provided the one over card that mattered.
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THE Q vaulted out of his chair when he was all-in with the A♦2♠ and needed to improve against J♠J♦. Some hope came with the 7♣4♣3♥ flop while the Q♦ turn bricked. However, the 5♥ river completed the wheel and The Q swapped stack sizes with his opponent.
A short stack open-jammed from under the gun for 36,500 with the K♦8♦ and was called by iZ in the next seat with the A♠J♥, while several big stacks behind folded. iZ fell behind on the K♠9♦9♣ flop but the A♣ turn restored the preflop order. Nothing changed on the 5♦ river and iZ earned the knockout.
On the river of a 7♥4♦2♥K♥2♦ board with around 80,000 in the middle, Kanasuke called the shove of his opponent who flicked in the Q♠3♠ for a bluff gone wrong. Kanasuke earned the double for 62,500 with A♠K♣ but didn't cover, as their opponent was left on a nub.
On a heads-up turn of 9♠8♥5♦5♣, KODAI221 checked and then called a bet worth 30,000 by his table neighbour to see the A♦ on the river. He checked again and instantly called when he heard the "all in" behind him.
KODAI221 had it locked up on the turn with 8♣8♠ to catch his opponent speeding with A♣4♣ for rivered aces and fives.
While Day 1a is getting towards the business end of the flight, the second starting day has reached level two with almost three figures. According to the screens, there are some 95 entries so far with 91 players still in contention. With the late registration open until approximately 10.35 p.m. local time, it will be a long night to complete 15 levels.
Dorami won a big flip with 4♠4♣ against the A♣K♦ of iZ for 124,000 thanks to a board of Q♦6♠5♥3♦10♠. They chipped up further after that while iZ recovered to an average stack thanks to a plummeting field of only around 120 hopefuls still in contention.
Dorami then bet 40,000 on a 10♠9♠3♣8♥K♣ river and tsuchy called all-in for less to more than double with K♥10♥ against the 6♠4♠ of Dorami.
While hiroki0821 got the chips in behind with Q♠10♠ versus A♣K♥, the bigger stack immediately improved with the Q♥2♥2♣ flop. The 8♠ turn and 5♦ river changed nothing and hiroki0821 added to his stack.