John Farrell raised to 2,500 from middle position and Artan Dedusha moved all in from the button. Farrell called with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.
Artan Dedusha: A♣J♦
John Farrell: A♦Q♥
The board ran out 6♥6♠9♦4♦3♠. Both players had ace high with the pair of sixes on board. Farrell had the queen kicker to win the pot and Dedusha was eliminated.
Action folded around to Claus Grether, who moved all in from late position for 13,300. Nicholas Mingoia pushed all in from the small blind with the bigger stack. The two players flipped their cards, with Grether at risk.
Claus Grether: A♠4♣
Nicholas Mingoia: J♥J♦
Grether had already stood up to leave as the board ran out A♥3♥2♠4♦2♣. He hit an ace on the flop and sat back down as the river brought him two pair with the deuces on board to give him the double up.
Benjamin Spragg raised to 2,500 from the button and Longmao Fan called in the big blind.
The flop came 9♦5♥A♥. Fan checked and Spraggy bet 3,500, which Fan called. The turn came the J♣. Fan checked again and Spragg bet 8,000, which Fan called.
The river was the 9♣ and both players checked. Fan showed A♠7♣ for a two pair with his aces and the nines on board. Spraggy mucked his hand and Fan won the pot.
Leo Worthington-Leese was all in preflop against Bojidar Boiadjiev, with Worthington-Leese at risk as players flipped their cards.
Leo Worthington-Leese: A♥Q♥
Bojidar Boiadjiev: Q♦Q♣
The board ran out 7♠2♣J♣5♠2♠. Worthington-Leese didn't find any improvement on the board and Boiadjiev held with his pocket queens to win the pot. Worthington-Leese was eliminated from the tournament.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Following a late position open limp, Richard Connolly raised and then Darius Yazdian-Tehrani moved all from the button for 11,300. Connolly made the call with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.
Darius Yazdian-Tehrani: A♣3♥
Richard Connolly: K♥K♣
The board ran out 7♠4♦7♣4♥Q♦. Yazdian-Tehrani couldn't find any help on the board and Connolly held up with two pair, his pocket kings and the sevens on board. He won the pot and Yazdian-Tehrani was eliminated from the tournament.
Hang Xu raise to 2,700 from late position and picked up a call from Matthew Crocker. Woody Christy then reraised to 8,300 from the button, Xu called and Crocker folded.
The flop came A♠6♠A♥. Xu checked and Christy bet 6,000. Xu folded and Christy won the pot.
There have been a total of 153 entries to Day 1b of the Main Event. The combined prize pool for Day 1a and Day 1b is now £285,120. Late registration is open until the beginning of Level 11.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Players in the Main Event are heading for a 45-minute dinner break. There are now 149 players entered and 77 remain. Play will resume at around 6:35 p.m. local time.
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