Level 9
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Szabolcs Vari raised and eventually four-bet all in for around 50,000 when facing a three-bet to 11,000 by table neighbor Henri Koivisto and the snap-call of the Finn followed in a heartbeat.
Szabolcs Vari: 
Henri Koivisto: 
There was no surprise on the 
board and Koivisto scored the knockout while adding a decent portion to his stack.
Also no longer in contention: Adrian "NMPfan", which reduced the field to the last 28 hopefuls.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
of Pascal Rabany. Despite flopping a set on 
, Aganauskas ended up second-best, as the 
turn and 
river gave Rabany a winning flush.
flop and the 
river. His friend Feargus Murphy leaned over from the next table and joked "some guys are just too lucky," and the 2018 WSOPE Main Event champion Sinclair jumped back to an average stack in the penultimate level of Day 1a.
to soar back into the lead.
, the stacks of Zhiqiang Liu and Mark Buckley collided and the former was the player at risk with 
for two pair and the 
turn, Byrne checked in early position and van Brabander on the button made it 5,700 to go with the pot at 20,000 already. Byrne reluctantly called and checked again the 
on the river. What followed was a bet of 11,000 by van Brabander and Byrne folded with around 24,000 behind.
. The board came 
flop. The action escalated on the 
for a full house and and the 
