Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The hand was picked up on the river with the board reading 10♠4♥6♦A♦7♣.
David Miscikowski, who was in the big blind, acted first and shoved all in with 183,500 chips.
Patrik Jaros was faced with the call that would leave him with just bits were he to lose. He thought about it for as bit, then slammed a stack down to make the call.
David Miscikowski: 8♣8♦
Patrik Jaros: A♣10♣
Jaros had flopped top pair and turned top-two pair. Miscikowski was out.
Action folded to Maxx Coleman in the small blind, who raised to 7,500. Alex Foxen confirmed Coleman's remaining stack before making the call.
The dealer fanned out the 3♣5♥5♦ flop, and Coleman continued for 4,000. That produced a quick fold from Foxen, as Coleman collected the pot.
After Josep Ruiz raised from the cutoff, Zhen Chen moved all in from the big blind with just under 56,500 chips.
Mercade made the call.
Zhen Chen: 4♦4♣
Josep Ruiz: 10♥10♠
Chen needed help and got in the runout of 8♦5♠7♠6♣Q♦, which gave him a straight to overcome the odds.
Hirokazu Kobayashi checked in the small blind after the A♦6♦9♦ flop, and Nikita Kuznetsov bet 5,500 in the big blind. Kobayashi called, checking again on the 4♦ turn.
Kuznetsov fired again, this time for 8,500. After taking some time, Kobayashi stuck in the call and the 10♣ river completed the board.
Both players checked it down, and Kobayashi showed K♦5♠ for a king-high flush. That was good to claim the pot, as Kuznetsov sent his cards into the muck.
The start of Day 2 has seen 44 entries so far, bringing the overall field to more than 400.
Late registration remains open until the end of Level 12.
Action was heads up to the 9♠Q♥J♣5♥ turn, where Changjie Zhang moved all in. Zhen Chen made the call, and the hands were turned up.
Changjie Zhang: 9♥4♥
Zhen Chen: K♠K♥
Zhang was in position to crack pocket kings, but Chen found the K♣ river to make a set and secure the knockout.
Clement Richez checked the 10♥6♠9♣ flop in the small blind, and Guillermo Sanchez Otero did the same from the big blind. Kristen Foxen slid out a bet of 2,500 on the button, with only Richez calling to the 5♣ turn.
Richez checked again, and Foxen fired 6,000 into the middle. Richez called to the Q♦ river, where both players checked to showdown.
Richez tabled 8♣5♥ for a pair of fives, while Foxen showed J♠9♠ for a better pair to earn the pot.
Vladas Tamasauskas moved all in from the cutoff.
Hai-Chi Ho asked for a chip count, and after being told it was 40,500, he made the call from the small blind.
Vladas Tamasauskas: A♣A♥
Hai-Chi Ho: 9♣9♠
The right time to get aces led to a double-up for Tamasauskas, as in the runout of 7♦10♦4♦8♣10♥.