Andre Akkari raised to 1,300 in the hijack and the cutoff called as the flop landed 
.
Akkari continued for 1,500 and his opponent called as the turn fell the 
.
Akkari bet out 1,500 and his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
114,100
29,600
|
29,600 |
|
||
Robert Schulz opened to 1,300 and picked up one caller before Kevin Rivest got his last 9,400 in. Schulz was the only caller and the cards were flipped over.
Kevin Rivest: 
Robert Schulz: 
The Germans are used to the phrase" it is always coming seven" by now and that once again proved to be true on the 
run out as Schulz got there eventually.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
194,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
180,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
175,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
135,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
105,000 | |
|
100,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
85,000 | |
|
75,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
Jonathan Little has dropped from where he was a couple of levels ago. The pro has taken some back though after making a big raise on a 
flop, raising to 30,000 over a 5,000 bet. Franco Mancini was the man under pressure, with a call committing the majority of his 40,000 stack. Mancini decided better of it and let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Three players put in 1,400 each preflop and the flop came 
, the small blind checked, the player in the middle bet out 3,000 and John Sorgen raised to 7,000, the small blind folded and the player who bet called the raise.
The turn was the 
, and after Sorgen's opponent checked he fired out 10,000 and his opponent called. The 
landed on the river and Sorgen's opponent checked and he checked back. Sorgen tabled 
for a flopped set of fives and his opponent mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
79,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
110,000
34,300
|
34,300 |
|
||
|
96,000
500
|
500 |
|
86,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
||
|
84,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
37,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
30,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
20,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
||
|
14,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
David Leja bet 3,100 from early position on a 
flop, and the player to his immediate left made the call.
The turn came the 
, Leja bet 7,100 and took it down, chipping up to 142,000 as the final level of Day 1b winds down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
142,000 |
Daniel Negreanu opened to 1,500 in middle position and the big blind called.
The flop landed 
and the big blind checked. Negreanu bet 1,000, and his opponent quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,400
36,400
|
36,400 |
|
|
||
Richard Dubini already knows what it feels like to run deep in the $10,000 Main Event as he finished 12th for $535,000 back in 2017. While the start into Day 1b was not the greatest, Dubini has bounced back and holds more than the starting stack by now.
In a hand with Robert Nolen, Dubini fired three barrels on a board of 
and the final two bets were for 6,000 and 15,000 respectively. Nolen called the first bet and let go on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
22,900
|
22,900 |
|
50,000 |
Adam Owen joined Amazon at the beginning of Level 5. He arrived with almost 200,000 in front and in the last hour or so he has added chunks to his already impressive stack.
Just now he made a little more in a hand against Daniel Stanley. The two players were on a 
turn and Owen check-called a 5,000 bet. The river was the and Owen checked again, with Stanley checking it back. Owen turned over 
for a full house and Stanley sent his cards into the muck.
Owen is in excellent shape to bag the chip lead when Day 1b concludes in 25 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
337,000
141,500
|
141,500 |
|
||
|
|
18,600
18,600
|
18,600 |
