Kin Luu defended the small blind against a raise by Emmanuel Perez from early position and there were gasps on the table when they got the chips in after the 
turn.
Emmanuel Perez: 
Kin Luu: 
"Woah," Perez exclaimed as he was drawing dead with the nut flush and the 
river ended his run.
"Can I take a picture?" he inquired with the dealer, who replied "go for it". The Spaniard snapped the picture and then headed to the rail.
According to the tournament info screens, the Day 1b field has now swelled to 264 entries mid-way through level six. Of those, only 186 players remain and the latest casualties include Kanan Farzaliyev, Abdul Wakeel, Kevin Allen and Maciej Plocki.
With more than 11,000 already in the middle, Karen Arthur checked her option out of the big blind on the 
board. Dan Meregedze got the last 2,600 in from the cutoff and Arthur called after brief consideration. She was shown the 
for the flopped straight and turned flush, which beat her 
for top pair and no kicker.
As the action accelerates towards the end of the first half on Day 1a, the shorter stacks keep on getting the chips in with all-in and call announcements spreading through the tournament room every other second.
Dan Samson was involved in one of these in a battle of the blinds when he got it in with 
against the 
of his table neighbour in the big blind. The 
board gave Samson the superior hand as the field was reduced by one contender.
Shortly after the blinds went up, Conor Drum raised and then called the shove by a short-stacked Florian Duta for around 12,000.
Duta tabled the and was well ahead of 
. The 
flop gave Drum the flush draw, which he instantly hit on the 
turn to leave Duta drawing dead. A meaningless river only improved Drum to the nut flush as Duta quickly left the tournament area.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
There are still barely any open seats in the main tournament area as the field shows 190 players out of 233 entries remaining. Both numbers are perhaps even bigger as there is a steady line of entries and re-entries at the registration desk. Some of those bowing out as of lately can be found below.
Jason Lee and Brandon Sheils tangled in a post flop all-in contest on the 
flop on which Lee was covered by a small margin.
Jason Lee: 
Brandon Sheils: 
The turn improved Lee but the river restored the preflop order, giving Sheils a set. The stacks were counted and Sheils' 23,300 covered to send Lee to the rail.
Rani Sheth defended the big blind against a hijack raise by Eliran Argelazi and check-called the turn for 4,000. He then also checked the on the river and Argelazi bet another 6,500. Sheth tanked for a minute and called to muck once Argelazi tabled the 
for aces and eights.
While the hand played out, Antoine Saout entered the Day 1b field and took a seat on the same table.
Jamie Burland raised to 1,100 and earned a call from Tudor Bartha in the small blind. Giulio Mascolo then jammed for 9,600 in the big blind and Burland folded while Bartha called.
Giulio Mascolo:
Tudor Bartha:
The board ran out 
and the pair of Mascolo improved to a straight to double.
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