Sachin Joshi raised to 2,000,000, leaving 475,000 behind from under the gun. Ihar Soika reshoved from the button, which folded out the blinds. Joshi put in the rest of his stack after using some time banks and the cards went on their backs.
Sachin Joshi: 10♥10♣
Ihar Soika: A♠Q♠
The A♦K♠2♠ flop left Joshi drawing to one out, which never arrived on the 7♥ turn or K♦ river.
The camera panned to the feature table where Vladimir Belekhov was sat. The stream just mentioned that he had been eliminated, with none of the action relayed on the broadcast.
Thomas Macdonald got one shove through for 1,850,000 and two flops followed in which the preflop aggressor took down the pot on the right hand side feature table.
Macdonald was then in the small blind and pushed all-in, Junjie Tang called in the big blind.
Thomas Macdonald: 9♣7♠
Junjie Tang: A♣10♣
The A♥8♣4♥ flop left Macdonald in desperate shape but he caught some equity with the 9♠ turn. The river was the blank 3♠ and Macdonald bowed out in 47th place for $180,000.
Dennis Carlson opened to 500,000 in early position and Bryn Larkman three-bet jammed for 4,200,000 in the big blind. Carlson called with a similar stack.
Bryn Larkman: K♥K♣
Dennis Carlson: A♠10♥
Larkman was in great shape as the flop landed 3♣7♦J♥, but the A♦ turn took the life out of him as the 4♥ river bricked out. The stacks were then counted and both players were revealed to have exactly 4,200,000 in chips, leading Larkman to bow out in 48th place.
Arturas Astrauskas moved all in for 1,800,000 from middle position and Shaun Deeb called from the cutoff.
Arturas Astrauskas: Q♥9♥
Shaun Deeb: A♦J♠
Deeb found an ace on the A♥5♥3♦ while Astrauskas had a flush draw. The 6♣9♣ completed the board and Astrauskas was eliminated.
Hendrik Terner raised to 625,000 in the cutoff, Tolga Karakaya moved all in for 1,350,000 in the big blind, and Terner called.
Tolga Karakaya: A♣9♠
Hendrik Terner: K♣J♠
Karakaya remained ahead on the 10♣2♥6♥ flop, while the turn was the 6♣. The A♦ river improved him to two pair, and Karakaya earned the double up.
The remaining 49 players have been sent on the first scheduled 20-minute break and the blinds will resume at 125,000-250,000 with a big blind ante of 250,000. In the first of five scheduled levels, 13 contenders were sent to the payout desk and the all those remaining have locked up at least $180,000 for their efforts.
Below are highlights of the first level of play.
Hendrik Terner moved all in for 2,650,000 from early position and found no action, taking down the blinds and antes.
He shoved again the next hand, this time for 3,150,000 from under the gun, and this time Allan Sannier called in the cutoff.
Hendrik Terner: A♦K♠
Allan Sannier: A♣Q♦
Both players hit top pair on the A♠3♠J♦ flop, while Terner remained in the lead with his king-kicker. The turn was the 2♣, and Terner improved to two pair on the K♦ river to secure the double up.
Malcolm Trayner raised to 450,000 in the small blind and Tolga Karakaya called in the big blind.
Trayner continued for 350,000 on the 5♦5♥3♣ flop, and Karakaya called. Trayner then checked the J♠ turn, Karakaya bet 325,000, and Trayner called.
Trayner again checked the 6♥ river, and Karakaya bet 1,400,000. Trayner snap-called and Karakaya showed Q♠J♥ for two pair, but Trayner had A♦A♣ to win the pot.
"How the hell do you wake up with that hand?" Karakaya lamented.
Rami Hammoud opened to 400,000 from the hijack before Lucas Jumalon three-bet to 1,200,000 on the button. The blinds folded, and Hammoud responded by moving all in as the bigger stack.
Jumalon looked over at his rail and smiled. "We're all in," he said, before committing his 9,575,000-chip stack.
Lucas Jumalon: A♣A♠
Rami Hammoud: 9♥9♦
Jumalon had plenty to smile about, having Hammoud crush but there was plenty of nerves for Jumalon as Hammoud picked up a flush draw after the A♥K♦5♥ flop and Q♥ turn. The river card was a red four-sider, which allowed Jumalon to breathe a sigh of relief as the 10♦ completed the board.
On the next deal, Greg Mueller raised to 400,000 from the hijack and Jumalon called from the cutoff. Mueller bet on the A♥K♦5♥ flop, and Jumalon open-folded 9♦9♠.
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