Jonathan Karamalikis is fresh off a runner-up finish in the $10K High Roller after falling to Jeff Cormier. He got it in with ace-high but ran into Cormier's kings. It wasn't a bad payday for the Australian pro though, pocketing $97,000 for his deep run.
Karamalikis has hopped in this turbo, looking to make yet another deep run.
With 130,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Farid Jattin checked from under the gun. Elshad Hajiyev was in the hijack and bet 55,000. Jattin put in a check-raise to 155,000 and action was back on Hajiyev.
After a moment, Hajiyev shoved, putting Jattin to the test for his remaining 850,000. After about a minute, Jattin called the clock on himself and eventually folded.
Hajiyev tabled for a straight-flush draw and raked in the pot.
On a board reading , Elshad Hajiyev got his remaining stack of 840,000 in the middle from under the gun and was called by Alexander Puchalski in the big blind.
Hajiyev tabled for a flush draw, up against Puchalski's .
The turn was the to seal the hand for Haijyev, and the dealer put out the on the river.
As Hajiyev raked in the pot he said, "I missed the last three flush draws I had. Mathematically, I had to win this one!"
Alexander Puchalski was down to 207,000 and shipped his stack in the middle from under the gun. Damien Garoyan called from the small blind.
It was a classic coin flip with Puchalski holding , up against Garoyan's .
The board ran out and Puchalski headed for the rail. He's been playing almost every day, so it won't come as a surprise if Puchalski registers directly for Day 2.
Of the three remaining ladies in the field, two of them make up the top two stacks.
Sreyleap Prom currently sits atop the leader board with 4,000,000 while Diana Shamshoum has built her stack up to 3,000,000. The third female in the field is Samira Perri and she has stayed afloat with just above the starting stack.
to make a full house fives full of eights. 
to lock up the pot for Collin before the insignificant 
hit the river.
, Farid Jattin checked from under the gun. Elshad Hajiyev was in the hijack and bet 55,000. Jattin put in a check-raise to 155,000 and action was back on Hajiyev. 
for a straight-flush draw and raked in the pot.
to seal the hand for Haijyev, and the dealer put out the 
, up against Garoyan's 
.
and Puchalski headed for the rail. He's been playing almost every day, so it won't come as a surprise if Puchalski registers directly for Day 2.
