In a three-bet pot, Thomas Parkes was heads-up with Joseph Cheong heading to the flop of 
. Parkes checked from the big blind and Cheong quickly checked it back from the cutoff.
The turn brought the 
and Parkes fired out a bet of 235,000 into a pot of around 450,000. Cheong called and the 
completed the board. Both players knuckled the table again and Parkes turned over 
to scoop the pot.
Christopher Wynkoop just knocked out Thomas Drinkwater with 
against 
after getting it in on a 
flop.
The board bricked and Drinkwater was eliminated, with Wynkoop now amassing a stack well over four million.
"New chip leader," said tablemate Jean-Robert Bellande. "Chip leader alert!"
"You have like 1% of the chips in play," someone said. "But it feels like heaps now!"
Actually, it's nearer 0.8% of the chips in play but is still good enough for the presumed chip leader in the tournament.
The player in mid-position raised to 40,000 and Bryan Campanello shoved on the button. Zhen Cai asked for a count in the small blind and the dealer confirmed Campanello had 263,000 behind. Cai called and the initial raiser folded.
Bryan Campanello: 
Zhen Cai: 
The board ran out 
for Cai to flop a set while Campanello found a pair of aces. The Day 1a chip leader even improved to two pair on the river, but it wasn't good enough to keep him alive in the Main Event.
Bertrand Grospellier shoved all in from middle position for his last 75,000 and action folded around to Eran Aydin who wasted no time announcing a call.
Bertrand Grospellier: 
Eran Aydin: 
Aydin was in great shape to knock the short-stacked "ElkY" out of the 2019 Main Event. The board ran out 
, having Grospellier drawing dead by the turn as Aydin added his newly acquired chips to his stack.
William Romaine called a shove from an opponent holding 
with Romaine holding 
.
"Right in the window," said someone at the table when a nine appeared, but there was an ace right behind it on a 
runout and Romaine sent his opponent to the rail.
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