Maurice Hawkins raised from early position and called a three-bet to see the flop. The player in the small blind check-raised all in after Hawkins had bet 23,000 and tabled once he was forced to after the call of the opponent.
Hawkins showed and doubled up as the turn and the river completed the board.
The board was already complete and Alexander Ziskin moved all in for more than 125,000 in chips. Luciano Santos had slightly less than that and made the call, turning over for a set of deuces. Ziskin had that beat with and jumped into the top 10 overall.
Charbel Azzi had been quite active and the biggest pot that vaulted him into the lead came in the previous level still. He called a raise from Peter Hong for 7,000 and the three-bet to 15,000 by another player with and found the flop.
The third player involved bet 16,000 and both Hong and Azzi called before all checked the on the turn. Azzi then bet 45,000 after the river and Hong called only to muck when shown the straight.
Azzi appears to be the only player above half a million at the moment with 116 players left.
Gennady Shimelfarb had a deep run in the Millionaire Maker earlier in the 2014 WSOP and may once again try to win the elusive bracelet. A short stack moved all in for 40,000 and Shimelfarb moved all in over the top to scare off all opponents.
The short stack held and Shimelfarb dominated that with . The flop was no threat, but the turn provided some outs with the flush draw. It wasn't meant to be for the short stack, who hit the rail once the river completed the board.
The clock has been stopped and Day 2 will last another four hands before all players bag and tag. It looks as if just above 100 participants will advance to the next day.
The was complete and an opponent was all in for 53,500 in chips. Sergio Castelluccio didn't have anything on the flop but made a backdoor full house with to call off. Unfortunately for the Italian, his opponent held and slow-played the hand to get the maximum value.