Timothy Adams' open was met with a three-bet to 53,000 from Jin-Hoon Lee in the small blind. Adams responded by moving his covering stack all in, and after taking some time Lee made the call.
Jin-Hoon Lee: Q♦Q♥
Timothy Adams: A♦K♠
Adams found a pair in the window of the K♥5♦4♦ flop, staying ahead after the 8♥ turn and improving on the A♣ river to score the knockout.
At a nearby table, Alex Keating also hit the rail.
Giuliano Bendinelli, Ren Lin, and Ben Heath had created a pot of 120,000 when they arrived on the turn on 3♣5♠6♣7♣. Bendinelli bet 50,000 from the big blind before Lin min-raised to 100,000 from the hijack. Heath quickly folded his button before Bendinelli shoved all in, covering Lin's stack.
Lin lamented his situation, but eventually made the call, declaring the hand a cooler and complimenting his opponent's hand before a showdown had taken place.
Ren Lin: J♠4♦
Giuliano Bendinelli: A♣8♣
Lin's straight was drawing dead to the nut flush of Bendinelli, and he stood up and left before the Q♠ river completed the board.
Enzo Vito was seen with a big stack of roughly 900,000, and Niklas Astedt's chair was left empty. Vito was kind enough to tell PokerNews that he eliminated Astedt after Vito flopped a full house on 10♦10x8♦ with his 8x8x.
Astedt was playing the nut flush draw with A♦5♦ but had to hit runner-runner full house instead to still win the pot. He failed to do so and was the first casualty of Day 1.
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