Jehan Richards three-bet jammed into Max Deveson and Jaron Kavnat looked up the short stack shove, while Deveson folded.
Jehan Richards: Q♦Q♠ 
Jaron Kavnat: A♥K♥
The suited over cards struck gold on the J♦9♠7♦K♣4♦ runout to knock out Richards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
Busted |
Over on table 11, Wesley Blom put his hopes on the 9♣9♦ and ran them smack dab into the K♣K♠ of Justin Cohen.
There was no escape on the Q♠6♠6♦4♦7♦ runout as the "down nines" on the board brought no help.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
Busted |
In a preflop raising war, Colin Horgan got it in against Gareth Fourie and had a mountain to climb in order to avoid his elimination.
Colin Horgan: 5♥5♠
Gareth Fourie: K♣K♥
The dominated pair found no help on the Q♦8♣8♦K♦9♥ board, instead, Fourie turned kings full to lock up the pot. Both stacks were briefly counted but Fourie covered without a doubt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
285,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Diane Walker was eliminated when her A♥J♦ could not improve against the A♣K♠ of Jaron Kavnat, who then added a few more chips to his stack soon thereafter.
Richard Barnard opened to 6,000 and Max Deveson called from the small blind, as did Kavnat in the big blind. The K♠Q♥4♥ flop was checked by Deveson, Kavnat bet 10,000 and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
190,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
50,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
The UK's Ben defended the big blind and got it in with K♦9♠ on a flop of 9♦8♠2♥ with top pair. Dylan Wilkerson happily called holding the K♠K♥ and remained ahead throughout the 7♥ turn as well as the 3♥ river. Their table broke right after as the field dropped to only 36 hopefuls.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Christopher Dean had lost a larger portion of his stack but made up for it when he sent Jedd Kossew to the rail.
Following a Kossew open to 7,000, Dean three-bet to 20,000 and Kossew called to check the 6♣3♠2♠ flop. Dean bet 40,000 and instantly called the shove by Kossew.
Jedd Kossew: 9♣9♥
Christopher Dean: K♣K♠
The 4♣ turn and J♣ river confirmed the exit of Kossew, who had been the chip leader half an hour ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
120,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted |
Bradley Sweetman was nowhere to be found anymore while Stefan Bittger had chipped up on his former table. Bittger then took on Dylan Wilkerson, who bet the K♦Q♠J♠ flop for 9,000 and received a call.
Wilkerson used a time bank on the 6♦ turn to then bet 45,000 and Bittger folded.
After the hand was over, Jon Persent walked out of the tournament area but not without mentioning that he had busted.
"I played six hands in a row, all of them premiums and lost four. I guess, I got a little impatient. In the last hand, Chris opened and received two callers. I jammed pocket sevens and he had pocket jacks".
Chris in this case was Christopher Dean, who then also knocked out Rudalf Frick shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
340,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
130,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Only 28 players still have chips at their disposal and they have been sent on a scheduled 15-minute break, during which the T-500 chips will be raced off.
Patrice Ah-Nien bowed out with a severe short stack according to Ahmed Karrim, who scored the knockout with jack-ten versus ace-king.
In the last hand before the break, Max Deveson sent a player from Mozambique to the rail after he raised from under the gun with K♣Q♥ and called a short stack shove versus Q♠J♥. The board ran out 4♦3♣2♦8♣K♠ and that reduced the field further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
Busted |
When the players returned to their seats, table 13 broke as the final three tables were reached. Sean Bloom was nowhere to be found anymore on table 10 and Clive Berman had soared to a massive stack atop the leaderboard. Only 26 hopefuls remain of which the top 20 are set to advance to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
Busted |
Justin Cohen value-bet a queen-high river for 20,000 and was called by Christopher Dean to declare "I have a queen" before Dean replied "so do I", exposing the A♦Q♦.
"That's bad," Cohen chimed in as he flashed the Q♠J♠ before the pot was shipped to the other side of the table.
At the same time one table over, the flop showed 9♠5♠3♥ and Braam van Huyssteen bet for 12,000 out of the small blind to get called by Eban Lottering in late position. Van Huyssteen used a time bank on the 8♥ turn before he jammed for a short stack and Lottering instantly tossed in calling chips.
Braam van Huyssteen: [pc]9d8d]
Eban Lottering: 5♣5♥
Van Huyssteen needed an eight or nine but the A♦ river ended his run shy of making Day 2. Fellow The Hendon Mob Challenge finalist Renier Britz followed suit moments later to bring the field down to the last 24 contenders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
540,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
180,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
64,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
