Players are now on their last break for the day and blinds will go up to 400/800 shortly with a 100 ante. Dealers have been instructed to run off the green 25-denomination chips.
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Kleyman recently ran his stack down from about 95,000 to 40,000 after what he calls a string of bad calls including 
against 
. More recently, however, Kleyman is on an upswing after doubling up his stack when his 
held against 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
![[Removed:266]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
75,500 |
Dan Hila is among the Day 1a chip leads, and this time takes down a pot without a showdown. The hand began with the player in the cut-off raising to 1,300, the player in the button calling, and Hila also calling from big blind.
On a 
flop, Hila checks, the player in the cut-off bets 3,600. The button folds and Hila calls. On the turn came a 
with the player in the cut-off checking against, and Hila this time firing out 6,500 which his opponent called.
A 
came on the river. Hila fired out a bet of 40,000 after his opponent checked to him, and scooped up a pot when he folded facing the large bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Here are some chip counts with about an hour left to play during Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
242,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
143,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
72,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
[Removed:266] who was cruising early on in the day is the latest player to exit the tournament. With his remaining 35,000 chip he was all-in on a 
flop and called by two opponents. He was just about drawing dead when one of his opponents turned over for a nut-straight to Kleyman's 
for a lower straight.
Kleyman was all smiles on the way out, and plans to reenter sharing, "See you tomorrow."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
With about 10,000 chips on the flop, Aleksandr Nemtcov was bet all-in on a flop of 
after he three-bet. Nemcov called with 
for an open-ended straight-flush draw. His opponent was hoping for a fold instead of a call showing just ace-high with 
. The turn helped neither player, and a 
came on the river, giving Nemcov one of his many outs to propel himself among the chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
201,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
We just entered the last level of the night. Blinds are now 600/1,200 with a 200 ante. 117 of the 251 players are still remaining.
