Santos Doubles Through Afanasenka; Afanasenka Busts
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Raman Afanasenka opened the action with a raise to 100,000 in the cutoff and was called by Josias Santos, who defended his big blind. The flop dropped 
and Santos check-called a continuation-bet of 135,000 from Afanasenka.
Santos checked again on the turn 
and Afanasenka slid forward his entire stack of chips, enough to put Santos all in. Santos immediately dropped a chip in to call.
Josias Santos: 
Raman Afanasenka: 
Afanasenka missed his double-gutter on the river 
and Santos shipped the double with his aces up. Afanasenka was left with only a few big blinds and lost them a couple of hands later, busting to Sean Yu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,515,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
1,295,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
Busted |
, and Hichman wound up being the one to improve on the river 
and Brinkley found himself eliminated from the tournament. Shortly beforehand, David Moses was also eliminated from the tournament. The pair of eliminations brings the field down to 24, and the tournament clock has been paused with just over a minute remaining until the dinner break while tables are cleaned and all remaining players draw for new seats.
as Siegel picked up an open-ended straight draw, but it would not fill as the turn 
and river 
completed the runout to bring Pupillo up to 800,000.
and he was eliminated from the tournament. Meanwhile, Bassett is experiencing a heater that now has him up over 1.7 million, making him the likely chip leader with six tables remaining in play.
. Correa displayed 
left him in dire shape. He missed his two outer on the river 
and wound up eliminated from the tournament as a result.
. He now has 244,000 and is off to a fast start on the day.