A shorter-stacked Brandon Brown was all-in with the Q♥J♥ and he was dominated by John Andress with the A♠J♣.
Neither player connected with the 9♠5♦2♠K♦2♦ runout and the ace was enough to send Brown to the rail.
A shorter-stacked Brandon Brown was all-in with the Q♥J♥ and he was dominated by John Andress with the A♠J♣.
Neither player connected with the 9♠5♦2♠K♦2♦ runout and the ace was enough to send Brown to the rail.
Jose Ferro was all in and at risk from the cutoff against Alex Greenblatt in the small blind.
Jose Ferro: A♦5♦
Alex Greenblatt: A♥9♣
Ferro was dominated and could not stage a comeback on the 9♦J♦5♣K♠6♥ runout despite flopping big to hit the rail.
Alejandro Lococo chipped up in a three-way pot on the Q♣10♣4♣9♦6♥ board when he flopped a set of tens with 10♥10♠ and beat pocket aces. Further assorted counts and casualties in the first level can be found below.
Derek Schroeder shoved for 135,000 from early position and got called by both Yiannis Liperis & Toby Gibson before Gustavo Kamei shoved from the cutoff for 690,000. Liperis and Gibson both got out of the way, which left Schroeder a chance to more than quadruple up.
Derek Schroeder: K♥J♣
Gustavo Kamei: 10♠10♣
Schroeder picked up a flush draw on the turn but never managed to hit any of his outs as the board ran out A♣2♣4♠7♣7♥, which kept Kamei's pocket tens in the lead.
Jared Ingles was in the big blind and had a raise of 225,000 in front of him before Dian Shi moved all in from middle position.
"This hand started at 60 minutes," a tablemate said as the hand entered its seventh minute while still preflop. Ingles eventually called for his last 1,300,000.
Jared Ingles: A♦K♠
Dian Shi: 10♦10♣
Ingles was racing for his Main Event life as the flop came Q♣10♠9♣, giving Shi a set and Ingles a straight draw.
Ingles missed the 7♦ turn, while the 7♥ river improved Shi to a full house and sent Ingles to the rail.
David Meschel raised from a middle position to 50,000 and Will Berry three-bet to 140,000. Meschel four-bet jammed for 500,000 and Berry called.
David Meschel: A♣Q♠
Will Berry: K♥K♦
Berry was ahead and things stayed that way on the J♦6♦8♠4♥2♣ runout, eliminating Meschel from the tournament.
In a four-way min-raised pot to the 10♦3♣2♦ flop, Udo Erlei opted to open-shove for 585,000 from the small blind. Tasuku Maruo in the big blind asked for a count and called, the other two players folded.
Udo Erlei: J♠10♥
Tasuku Maruo: A♣10♣
The K♠ turn and 8♦ river brought no help to the German and he was sent to the payout desk.
Ian Bradley in early position jammed for 245,000, and he was called by Daniel Erlandsson in the big blind.
Ian Bradley: K♦J♣
Daniel Erlandsson: A♥J♦
On a board of 3♣A♣4♠K♠J♠, both players hit two pair but Erlandsson remained in the lead and sent Bradley to the rail.