It was down to heads up between Mike Gracz and Alex Katz. The flop came , and the pair got it all in the middle.
Gracz showed for the open-ended straight flush draw. Katz showed for two pair. The turn was the , and Katz was still alive. But the river brought the , giving Gracz the straight and the match.
John McKinney shoved preflop for 34,225 and Richard Kirsch called. McKinney had and Kirsch had . The board came and Kirsch now has 32,000 in chips to McKinney's 68,000.
After the hand, Murphy has 70,000 and his heads-up opponent Sezgey Rejbachenko has 30,000.
John Murphy gets it all in with against Sergey Rybachenko's . The board comes and Rybachenko is out. John Murphy moves on to round 2, and will hopefully get plenty of sleep this evening. (Murphy is, of course, well known for oversleeping before the 2004 WSOP Main Event final two tables.)