Down to Two Tables on Day 1A
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
It only took seven minutes to reduce the field from 21 to 18 and another redraw will now take place for the last two tables. No longer in contention for that are Zudhija Nasic, Carmelo Vasta and Edgars Strupka. Nasic was first to fall and Vasta moved all in from the button for his last few big blinds, which Ricardo Chauriye called in the big blind.
Carmelo Vasta: 
Ricardo Chauriye: 
The board came 
and Chauriye's hand held up to eliminate Vasta. Moments later, Edgars Strupka also bowed out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
97,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
flop.
and Braeutigam ended up with two pair on the board 
.
board, the German exited the very next hand.
, Artem Miller and Meir Avigal got their chips in and it was Avigal at risk holding 
for top two pair. Miller turned over pocket aces for the over pair, but failed to regain the lead with the 
river run out.
flop gave Amedi top pair, but Nasic had plenty of outs with the flush draw. Amedi was about to stand up from his chair but sat back down when picking up a flush draw himself on the 
turn. However, it was Nasic that celebrated as she got there with the 
and Stephan Kohlstetter joked "ace four is good."
appeared on the turn to give the Dutchman the lead. A blank 
on the river even gave Glinski a full house.
