Once upon a coin flip, there was a classic race between Alex Goulder with the 
and Benjamin Lehrer with the 
.
The latter's name translates to teacher in German and he gave a lesson in running good to Goulder on a board of 
to knock out the Brit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
Busted |
In a battle of the shorter stacks, Matthew Donlan lost the remainder of his stack with 
against the of David Docherty. The board ran out 
and there was no help for the ace-queen.
Shortly after, Dan Wagner vanished from one table over. After his early double up, he then lost some chips before shipping all of it over by one seat as Mauricio Ferreira Pais was spotted raking in plenty of chips.
Fast forward back to Docherty's table, he defended the big blind and then got it in with the 
after the 
flop. Richard Essex had that crushed with the 
and the 
turn as well as the 
river were no threat for the aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
|
170,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Another table broke inside the first 60 minutes as three players bowed out in quick succession.
Among them was Jason Lee, who three-bet jammed on the button for 36,500 and was called by the initial raiser Sam Grafton.
Jason Lee: 
Sam Grafton: 
The 
flop left Lee in need of running cards and he got one of them on the turn. However, the river was a blank and Grafton raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
James Rann is the current chip leader while the seat next to him is empty. It belonged to Danny Pyke, who endured a roller coaster ride on Day 1a and showed up a few minutes late for the restart.
Rann just dragged in another pot when he bet the 
flop for 6,000 and Neal Bethune sent his cards into the muck.
Shortly after, Matthew Archer was at risk before the flop with the and Santiago Plante had the covering stack with the 
. The 
flop vaulted Archer into the lead but the turn left him drawing dead to make the 
river a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
170,000
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
|
95,000
-59,000
|
-59,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
After losing a big portion of his stack previously, Parker Talbot defended the big blind against an under-the-gun raise by Alexios Zervos. He then jammed the 
flop for very few blinds and Zervos called.
Parker Talbot:
Alexios Zervos:
The turn improved Zervos and the 
river sealed Talbot's fate. "When you run bad, you run bad," another player at the table remarked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
360,000
250,500
|
250,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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"If he has 15k more it is a tough call, I guess," the remark at the remark came from Jen-Yue Chiang. What had unfolded just prior was the button shove of table short stack Frank Bastow and Min Ji called from the big blind.
Frank Bastow: 
Min Ji:
The 
flop improved Ji and he retained the lead throughout the 
turn and 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
Busted |
The next PokerStars ambassador to get the chips in preflop was Steve Enriquez and he had the best of it with the . Table neighbour Alberto Speranzoni tabled the and got there on the 
runout.
With just over 100 players remaining, the money bubble is already looming in the second level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
Busted |
Down to around 50,000 in chips, Roland Boothby got it in before the flop and was looked up by Alex Jennings with the far superior stack to set up the following all-in showdown.
Roland Boothby: 
Alex Jennings:
The 
flop gave Jennings the top two pair while Boothby needed running cards or a jack to stay in contention. Nothing changed on the turn and the four outer never came on the 
river. Boothby missed out on the cash and won't enter his name in the Hendon Mob database when the final results are submitted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Only 101 players remain and no longer in contention are Antoine Labat and Santiago Plante.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
540,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
500,000
273,000
|
273,000 |
|
500,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
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|
495,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
||
|
480,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
||
|
390,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
||
|
365,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
150,000
45,500
|
45,500 |
|
|
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|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
