All the chips got in the middle preflop when Maurice Hawkins got called for his remaining stack of 144,000, putting him at risk to be eliminated from the tournament.
Maurice Hawkins: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
which was no help to his opponent and Hawkins now has a healthy stack late in Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000 | 175,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Early position raised all-in for 17,000 and two seats to his left Joao Gaspar went all in for 66,000. The button went all in for 120,000 and all other action folded.
Early Position Player: 
Joao Gaspar: 
Button:
The board ran out 
and Gaspar was awarded a knockout as well as a double up, putting his stack over the 150,000 chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
159,000 | 159,000 |
With less than 40 eliminations needed to burst the bubble, Maxx Coleman has the biggest stack in the Brasilia room with well over 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000 | 327,000 |
|
250,000 | 30,000 |
|
160,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 40,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
60,000 | -73,000 |
|
50,000 |
Niall Farrell had been nursing a short stack for a few levels, but he finally went broke in a recent hand when he got the last of his 16,000 chips in preflop against Brandon Baksh.
Niall Farrell:
Brandon Baksh: 
The dealer spread the 
to immediately give Baksh the flush, and now needing a running full house to survive, Farrell saw the 
turn and 
river end his day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
124,000 | 124,000 |
|
Busted |
Action picked up with cards on their backs, where Hayato Nagasawa was covering two all in players.
First Player:
Second Player: 
Hayato Nagasawa:
The flop came out 
with Nagasawa hitting a jack on the flop. The turn of the meant the second player was drawing dead to scoop, but the first had some additional straight outs. The river came an 
, filling up Nagasawa and eliminating the two players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
A player in middle position went all in for his remaining 35,500 and Steven Cohen from the cutoff made the call.
Middle Position Player: 
Steven Cohen:
The board ran out 
and Cohen scooped the pot with the ace on the turn giving him a better pair and eliminated a player in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 65,000 |
Action picked up on a flop reading 
with Justin Saliba in the cutoff facing a bet of 10,000 from an early position player. Saliba raised to 34,000 and after some deliberation, the opponent went all-in for 80,000 and Saliba snap-called.
Opponent:
Justin Saliba: 
The opponent had top pair, top kicker with a backdoor flushdraw, but Saliba had flopped the nut straight with a backdoor flushdraw. The turn of 
turned those backdoors into draws, but the river was no help to the opponent and Saliba was sent the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | 114,000 |
