After the hijack opened, Dennis Li on the button shoved for 45,000. The blinds folded, and the hijack stood up, asked for the count, prepared his phone, and called.
Dennis Li: K♦J♠ 
Hijack: J♦J♣
The dealer fanned a board of 3♦9♦5♣2♣4♦, and the hijack seemed more than happy to win the hand. Li kept a smile on his face as he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
The hijack shoved for 33,000 and the button made the call. Kathy Liebert then shoved all in for around 90,000, and the button called.
Hijack: K♥8♠
Kathy Liebert: 8♥8♦
Button: A♥9♥
Liebert managed to dodge all the outs after the board ran out 3♥4♥J♠J♦2♠ which more than doubled her stack late on Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000
196,000
|
196,000 |
|
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A player in early position opened to 13,000, and he was called by Jérémy Saderne on the button and Arnaud Enselme in the big blind.
On a flop of J♦2♠7♣, Enselme moved all-in for 12,000. The early-position player folded, but Saderne called.
Arnaud Enselme: K♥2♥
Jérémy Saderne: A♦10♦
"Not like that Jérémy," Enselme said when the A♣ turn landed on the feld. The J♥ river completed the board and Enselme went to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Nick Maimone raised from early position to 12,000 and was three-bet to 30,000 by a player in middle position. The button then shoved all in for around 180,000. Maimone then shoved all in, which forced the middle position player to fold.
Button: J♣J♦
Nick Maimone: Q♥Q♠
The board ran clean for Maimone as it came 2♥A♠7♣8♦Q♦ which improved him to a set and saw his stack grow to well over 800,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
A player from middle position min-raised to 16,000 and Jianfeng Sun called from the button. Oliver Biles also called from the big blind.
A flop of 7♣9♣Q♦ was fanned by the dealer and after Biles checked, the middle position bet 12,000. Sun then shoved all in for around 40,000, which got both Biles and the middle position to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
26,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
Cards went on their backs on Table 152 with Nicolas Vayssieres in the cutoff and the small blind at risk against Francisco Benitez in middle position.
Nicolas Vayssieres: A♦A♠
Small Blind: 7♥7♠
Francisco Benitez: Q♥Q♠
The board of 2♥4♠J♣10♣6♦ didn't change anything, so Vayssieres almost tripled up while the small blind was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
|
220,000 |
Oliver Biles shoved all in for 27,000 and got called by the player in the cutoff.
Oliver Biles: J♦7♦
Cutoff: A♣J♥
Biles needed some luck and found some as he paired his seven on the 10♠7♠8♥2♥3♣ runout nearly tripled him up with the blinds and ante.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
||
|
|
340,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
250,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
160,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
150,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
||
|
150,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
55,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
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The tournament director stopped the clock. Four more hands will be played tonight before wrapping up.
