Catalin Pop was spotted on the rail and confirmed that he will be back tomorrow for Day 1b, having busted Day 1a not long ago. Below are further updated counts from level four.
Facing a raise of 700 from under the gun, Maxim Lykov called on the button and the blinds tagged along as well. The flop came and the action was checked to Lykov who bet 2,100. The big blind was the only player to make the call and they went heads-up to the on the turn.
The big blind checked again and Lykov fired another 3,200. The big blind called and the landed on the river. This time, the big blind led out for 6,500 but Lykov made the call. The big blind tabled and Lykov showed to scoop the pot.
While Carlo Savinelli took a seat over on table 84, Hilary Hin Cheung was sent to the rail from the very same table.
Felipe Ramos, who had previously lost a big pot when chasing a gutshot and back door flush draw with ace-four versus pocket jacks, also ran out of his chips. Ramos got it in with the against the of the small blind and the flop left the Brazilian in desperate shape, he was drawing dead on a blank turn.
Oliver Heidel was all in and avoided an early elimination, at least for now. Heidel's were up against the of Maxim Lykov and the board came to let Heidel double with just ace-high.
On the turn of a board , Oliver Heidel got the remainder of his stack worth 8,650 in with the and Nursultan Abilkassym looked him up with . Heidel spiked the magic on the river and doubled to more than the starting stack.
There was a raise to 900 from early position and Daniele Primerano, the "action junkie", three-bet to 2,500 directly to his left. Nursultan Abilkassym was on the button and put his remaining 950 in the middle. The initial raiser from early position made the call and the flop fell .
The action was checked to Primerano who bet 4,000 into the side pot. His opponent folded and the remaining two hands were tabled for the main pot. Primerano was out front with against Abilkassym's . The turn was the and the river brought the . Primerano's ace-high held on to win the main pot as well to eliminate Abilkassym.
There have been four casualties on table 83 already, and two players with big stacks were moved away to balance the field. Three of the empty seats were filled very recently and the new faces include Theodoros Aidonopoulos, Pedro Oliveira and Alex Foxen.
Oliveira finished 11th for $675,000 in the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas while Foxen sits in 7th place of the 2017 WSOP player of the year race.
Almost flying under the radar, defending champion Ryan Hefter has been spotted just now and the American proceeded to send a short-stacked Kunal Patni to the rail while Roland Israelashvili busted at the same time on a different table.
Hefter raised to 1,000 from late position and Patni moved all in for his last 3,625 from two seats over in the cutoff. Once the action was back on Hefter, he called.
Kunal Patni:
Ryan Hefter:
Patni already stood up from his chair before the flop fell , and he quickly left the tournament area as soon as the turn and river had completed the board.
John Racener has found himself a good seat to the left of Marc MacDonnell. After Chris Ferguson raised to 1,100 on the button, MacDonnell three-bet to 3,600 from the small blind and Racener four-bet to 6,800 from the big blind. Ferguson folded and MacDonnell made the call.
Both players checked to the river with the board reading . Racener was the first to take a stab at the pot with a bet of 5,500 on the river. MacDonnell folded and Racener took down the pot.
and the action was checked to Lykov who bet 2,100. The big blind was the only player to make the call and they went heads-up to the 
on the turn.
landed on the river. This time, the big blind led out for 6,500 but Lykov made the call. The big blind tabled 
and Lykov showed 
to scoop the pot.
of the small blind and the 
were up against the 
of Maxim Lykov and the board came 
to let Heidel double with just ace-high.
and Nursultan Abilkassym looked him up with 
. Heidel spiked the magic 
.
. The turn was the 
river had completed the board.
