Rafael Mota was all in for around 2,000,000 and up against Philippe Souki.
Rafael Mota: 
Philippe Souki: 
The 
flop gave Mota a pair of queens and the 
turn outs to a chop, but the 
on the river sealed his elimination.
"Nice call. That's not what you wanted to see, face cards on the board," a tablemate told Souki as he stacked up nearly 10,000,000.
Igor Ioffe moved all in from middle position and Stuart Ruff from the cutoff called with the shorter stack to put his tournament life on the line.
Stuart Ruff:
Igor Ioffe: 
Ruff was significantly ahead and remained so after the 
flop and 
turn. The 
river, however, was a dagger to Ruff, dealing a death blow to his hopes of main event glory.
Espen Jorstad raised to 210,000 from under the gun and received a call from Jordyn Miller in middle position.
Both players checked the 
flop before Jorstad bet out 225,000 on the 
turn.
Miller called as they saw the on the river. Jorstad bet another 200,000 and Miller quickly threw in a call.
Jorstad showed 
, but Miller had him beat with 
to take the pot.
In a typical preflop all-in contest, a classic race unfolded between two players with near even stack sizes as Daniel Sewnig was up against Danny Hannawa.
Daniel Sewnig: 
Danny Hannawa: 
The 
flop kept Sewnig in the lead but Hannawa improved on the 
turn, then held on the blank 
river. Both stacks were counted and Sewnig's 2.7 million was covered by just over one big blind.
Mikael Guenni returned from the break as one of the short stacks and found himself all in for just under 1,000,000. He was called in two spots by Jon Gisler and David Levine.
The flop came 
and Gisler checked to Levine who tossed in a bet of 425,000. Gisler quickly folded and the remaining two hands were tabled.
Mikael Guenni: 
David Levine: 
Guenni was in search of one of the two remaining threes in the deck. The 
, 
runout provided no help and Guenni was eliminated.
Serge Chechin moved all in for 1,800,000 from the hijack. On the button, Gabi Livshitz re-shoved as Adam Demersseman in the big blind thought it over for a moment before folding.
Serge Chechin:
Gabi Livshitz: 
Chechin got help immediately on the 
flop, hitting two pair, and stayed ahead as the board ran out .
"You almost got more. If he folds I was ready to snap," Demersseman said following the hand.
Shelby Wells ended up getting her 815,000 chips in from the cutoff and was at risk against David Rothschild in the hijack.
Shelby Wells: 
David Rothschild:
Wells was looking to improve, and the 
flop instantly vaulted her ahead. The and completed the board to confirm her double.
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
As announced at the start of the day, the players just completed level 26 and are going on a 20-minute break. The breaks will continue after each level going forward with the dinner break coming after level 28. In the first hour of the day, there were some key eliminations and big pots.
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