The remaining 243 players are heading on their first break of the day. It will roughly be a 25-minute break as the tournament staff colors up the 1,000 denomination chips. Here is a look at what happened in the first level of Day 5:
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Carlos Matos-Erarte opened to 55,000 from under the gun and Marle Spragg moved all-in with a stack of 308,000.
Matos-Erarte shuffled his chips as a pair of TV cameras hovered overhead and he eventually folded.
Spragg was seen getting another three-bet jam through a few orbits earlier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,550,000
-45,000
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-45,000 |
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370,000
5,000
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5,000 |
Yuhei Sanada raised and then near instantly called the shove by Joey Weissman for 440,000, which represented nearly half of his stack.
Joey Weissman: 
Yuhei Sanada: 
The 
board kept Weissman in contention as he once more doubled with his short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,500,000
-335,000
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-335,000 |
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3,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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2,600,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
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2,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
1,750,000
-596,000
|
-596,000 |
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930,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
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730,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
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650,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
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550,000
-607,000
|
-607,000 |
Jeffrey Trudeau raised to 50,000 from late position and then called the 175,000 three-bet Michael Lavin made from the cutoff.
The flop came 
, Trudeau check-called the 125,000 continuation bet from Lavin, then did the same for 250,000 after the 
turn, then again for 600,000 after the 
river.
Lavin rolled over 
for a pair of fours but it was no good as Trudeau held a made hand of 
to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,720,000
1,748,000
|
1,748,000 |
|
950,000
-312,000
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-312,000 |
A completed board of 
was spread across the felt with around 750,000 in the middle already. Nick Petrangelo counted out a bet of 425,000 and Pierre De Almeida flicked in a chip to call.
Petrangelo turned over 
for a rivered straight while De Almeida showed 
for a set of tens. De Almeida stood up from the table in agony after being left with one of the shortest stacks in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,540,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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4,280,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
3,600,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
3,075,000
488,000
|
488,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,940,000
191,000
|
191,000 |
|
2,700,000
393,000
|
393,000 |
|
2,550,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
|
||
|
2,350,000
-390,000
|
-390,000 |
|
||
|
1,840,000
-93,000
|
-93,000 |
|
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1,240,000
-620,000
|
-620,000 |
|
|
||
|
250,000
-1,232,000
|
-1,232,000 |
Jack Oliver bet the heads-up turn of 
to get raised by Richard Lee in the cutoff as confirmed by Tristan Wade. Oliver then checked the on the river and Lee moved all-in for 1,113,000 total. Oliver asked for a count and the camera crews rushed by to film a potential all-in showdown.
However, Oliver opted to fold instead as Lee dragged in the large pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,200,000
-176,000
|
-176,000 |
|
|
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|
3,300,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,000,000
1,391,000
|
1,391,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,320,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
||
|
2,150,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
|
1,900,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
1,030,000
591,000
|
591,000 |
|
850,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
|
430,000
-492,000
|
-492,000 |
Photos by Alec Rome (PokerNews / WSOP).
Matthew Kaplan raised big from the button and Sammy Lafleur three-bet jammed from the small blind for the big blind to fold but for Kaplan to make the call with the shorter stack.
Matthew Kaplan: 
Sammy Lafleur:
The board of 
bricked out for Kaplan and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,080,000
1,514,000
|
1,514,000 |
|
Busted |
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