Jose Aguilera shoved 8,500,000 and Daniel Weinman looked him up from the cutoff. The button and blinds got out of the way and action was heads up with Aguilera at risk.
Jose Aguilera: A♥4♥
Daniel Weinman: K♣K♥
The board ran out 7♥10♠6♥9♥6♦ and Aguilera turned a flush to double through Weinman.
Level: 37
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 1,000,000
The field of 15 players was whittled down to just 11 as they are heading on their first 20-minute break of the day. They will be returning to a 1,000,000 big blind and ante, just one elimination away from the redraw and two eliminations away from the end of the day. Here is a look at some of the highlights from the opening level:
Juan Maceiras raised to 1,600,000 and earned calls from Ruslan Prydryk as well as Daniel Holzner out of the blinds.
On a flop of A♠5♣2♦, Prydryk and Holzner check-called for 800,000 to see the Q♥ on the turn. Prydryk bet 4,000,000 and earned two folds as the last 11 players headed into a scheduled 20-minute break.
Cong Pham open-jammed a stack of 2,400,000 in the cutoff and Jan-Peter Jachtmann called in the big blind.
Cong Pham: 8♥7♥
Jan-Peter Jachtmann: A♣2♥
Pham needed to hit an eight or a seven and didn't get much help from the 9♥4♠2♠ flop. The 5♦ turn gave him additional outs with a gunshot but the 4♦ bricked off on the river to mark his elimination in 12th place for $535,000 as Jachtmann received a small boost after taking a big hit the previous hand.
The deep run gives the Florida native his biggest career cash, besting his third-place finish in the 2013 Borgata Poker Open that brought him $301,225.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann opened to 1,600,000 from under the gun and Adam Walton defended from the big blind. The flop came Q♦7♦5♦ and both players checked to the 4♠ on the turn.
Walton led out with a bet of 5,000,000 on the turn and Jachtmann called to see the Q♠ on the river. Walton reached back for a large bet of 18,000,000 on the river and Jachtmann flicked in a chip to call. Walton whipped over A♦3♦ for a flush and Jachtmann conceded the pot.
Alec Torelli moved all-in for 3,700,000 on the button and chip leader Juan Maceiras called out of the small blind.
Alec Torelli: A♥Q♦
Juan Maceiras: Q♣8♣
The 6♦4♥2♥ flop changed nothing while Maceiras lost some outs with the K♥ turn, then held up on the 3♦ river to stay in contention.
Adam Walton raised to 1,600,000 in the hijack with 2♥2♣ and Jan-Peter Jachtmann called from the cutoff. Toby Lewis three-bet to 6,500,000 on the button with Q♦9♦ and only Walton called.
The flop came K♥3♥3♦ and Walton checked to Lewis who made a small bet of 2,000,000. Walton called and the A♠ peeled off on the turn. Walton checked again and Lewis slid out a bet of 12,000,000 this time. Walton instantly folded and Lewis dragged in the pot.
Daniel Weinman raised to 1,600,000 in the hijack with K♥7♥ and earned calls from Daniel Holzner on the button as well as Juan Maceiras in the big blind.
The A♥A♣10♣ flop was checked to Holzner, who held K♠Q♠ and had 1,200,000 behind. He bet all but one T-100,000 chip. Maceiras folded his 7♠2♠, and Weinman could all but grin while he was contemplating the decision.
Eventually, Weinman folded, and the rail from Italy celebrated.
Juan Maceiras raised to 1,600,000 from under the gun with A♣9♠ and it folded all the way to Alec Torelli in the big blind, who had a mere seven blinds after he had paid the big blind ante.
Torelli went into the tank for more than three minutes during which he engaged with his opponent in table chat before he eventually folded his Q♣9♥.
The stack of Torelli tumbled further and he is one of three severe short stacks on the same table.
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