Raphael Bilger limped in and Jason Koon then raised to 2,000. Harald Sammer in the next seat out of the hijack squeezed to 4,800 and Bilger folded. Koon then pushed all-in with his short stack and Sammer called.
Jason Koon: Q♥Q♠ 
Harald Sammer: A♣K♥
No ace or king appeared on the 7♣6♠4♥J♣7♦ runout and Koon leaped back to around one third of the starting stack.
Down to the last 6,400, Alex Petrosian three-bet jammed from the button and Thomas Cazayous called under the gun.
Alex Petrosian: A♣Q♦
Thomas Cazayous: K♦J♥
The big stack prevailed on the J♣8♥5♠6♥7♦ board and Petrosian was sent to the rail late on Day 1a.
The tournament director has just announced that each table will be dealt five more hands before players bag and tag for the night.
Amin Hudda limped from early position, and Jeffrey Pringle raised to 2,500 from the big blind. Hudda called.
Pringle fired a continuation-bet of 3,200 on the 8♦2♣5♠ flop, and Hudda called.
The A♣ landed on the turn, and Pringle barreled again for 5,200. Once more, Hudda called.
Both players checked the 6♥ river, and Hudda tabled 5♣4♣ for a pair of fives to win the pot.
Yoseph Yehudai raised to 1,400 under the gun and faced an all-in from Sami Bechahed two seats to his left. After confirming the count to be 3,900, Yehudai called.
Sami Bechahed: 5♠5♥
Yoseph Yehudai: 10♦9♦
The 5♣3♣A♠ flop was a nerve-settler, seeing Bechahed take an unassailable lead with his flopped set.
The 6♦ turn and K♠ river completed the board, and Bechahed had his double up.
Picking up the action on the 10♥10♦5♣9♠ turn, Adam Agaev bet 2,000 from under the gun and then called a raise to 8,000 by Seth Davies. Agaev checked the 8♥ river and Savies jammed for around 25,000 to get quickly called by Agaev.
Davies rolled over the K♠10♠ for trips tens, which was pipped by the A♠10♣ of Agaev.
Eric Cloutier was already stood from the table after being eliminated by Lucas Landa.
Cloutier had got his remaining ~20,000 all in preflop from middle position with pocket jacks and found himself up against Landa's big slick.
Eric Cloutier: J♦J♠
Lucas Landa: A♦K♣
Cloutier was ahead on the 9♣3♥9♠ flop, but the K♥ turn saw Landa take the lead. A 9♦ river didn't swing things back his way and Cloutier hit the rail in the last level of the night.
Michael Loncar opened to 1,400 under the gun, and received calls from two players on his left: Graham Mathews and Andrei Mjagkov. Anthony Piacquadio then moved all in for 9,100 from the cutoff, which sent button player Paul Coles into the tank. Eventually, he folded, announcing, "That might be an error."
Loncar called, with both Mathews and Mjagkov tank-folding. "I hope it's a flip!" announced Piacquadio
Anthony Piacquadio: 2♣2♥
Michael Loncar: 3♠3♣
"Just how I've been running," said Piacquadio upon seeing that it wasn't, in fact, a flip. However, his spirits changed as a deuce in the window was followed by another on the Q♦2♠2♦ flop, giving him the stone cold nuts. The 8♠ turn and 8♣ river kept him in the lead, as he let the table know that "the heater just started."
Coles let his opponents know that he folded AxQx.
Stephen Chidwick was already all in from the big blind for a bit under 30,000 against William Reymond, who had Chidwick covered from under the gun.
Stephen Chidwick: Q♥Q♠
William Reymond: J♣J♦
It was fortunate timing from Chidwick, who had Reymond's jacks pipped with queens.
The board ran out 7♠3♠9♥2♣4♦ — improving neither player to award Chidwick the double up as Day 1a neared its end.
There were over 9,000 in the middle on the board of K♠10♥K♣5♠4♣ in a pot between Madhavan Ramanujam and Andrew Lichtenberger.
Ramanujam checked it over to Lichtenberger, who bet 8,500 on the river. Ramanujam went into the tank before he eventually put in the call.
Lichtenberger showed a full house when he tabled 5♣5♥ for fives full to take down the pot and get back over a starting stack on Day 1a.
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