A player on the button shoved all in for around 40,000 and John Perry made the call from the big blind.
Button: A♦5♦ 
John Perry: J♥J♠
No ace appeared on the 3♣9♣6♠9♠4♦ board which meant Perry eliminated an opponent and got his stack up to around 200,000 chips just after the players returned from dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
100,000
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100,000 |
Malcolm Trayner bought into the tournament late but is off to a good start after he eliminated an opponent.
Cutoff: A♠6♦
Malcolm Trayner: A♦K♠
Trayner had his opponent drawing very slim on the Q♣A♥K♥ flop and nothing changed on the 10♣Q♠ runout which earned the Australian some extra chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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On a flop of A♣2♦J♣, a player in early position bet 5,000, then Michel Molenaar in the big blind moved all-in for 35,000. The early-position player seemed unhappy about this move, but eventually called.
Michel Molenaar: Q♣5♣
Early-position player: K♦J♦
Molenaar needed clubs or queens to survive, but he didn't find any on the 6♥9♠ runout and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Ren Lin shoved all in for 20,000 from the cutoff and Joel Kogan made the call from the small blind.
Ren Lin: A♦7♠
Joel Kogan: K♣K♦
Lin needed some help and picked up a slither of it on the J♣4♦5♦ flop with plenty of backdoor draws.
A 3♠ on the turn did add some outs as now any four would completed Lin's straight, but the 2♠ river was a brick which meant Lin was felted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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190,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Next to Fausto Valdez who reached 500,000 chips, Matthew Vignali in the hijack moved all-in for 46,000 and he was called by the button.
Matthew Vignali: 10♦10♣
Button: A♥Q♠
The dealer fanned a board of K♦6♦3♦K♣8♠ and Vignali won the flip to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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512,000
267,000
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267,000 |
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100,000 | |
With 20,000 chips in the pot and the board reading 2♦10♠A♣. Monika Zukowicz check-called a bet of 4,000 from the player in early position.
Both players checked the 3♠ turn to see an 8♣ fall on the river. Zukowicz led out for 7,000, and her opponent went into the tank. After thinking for a while, he decided to call.
Zucowicz tabled J♦10♣ for a pair of tens, and her opponent nodded his head then mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
45,000
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45,000 |
Duy Ho, who sits on top of the PokerNews Daily Deepstack leaderboard, was involved in a pot with the player to his left.
They had both seen a flop of 7♠2♦10♠ and the big blind led out for 50,000, which forced Ho to fold.
Ho told PokerNews that he lost a lot of his chips with QxQx to KxKx earlier in the level and now has around 90,000 chips to play with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000
175,000
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175,000 |
