The remaining 41 players have been sent on their final 10-minute break of the night. They will return to blinds of 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante, at which point play will continue for two more 60-minute levels before the survivors bag for the night.
Brek Schutten in middle position was all in and at risk against Thomas Muehloecker in the small blind.
Brek Schutten:
Thomas Muehloecker:
Muehloecker was in a good position to knock Schutten out of the tournament, that is until the flop came . The turn left Muehloecker hoping for the last remaining king in the deck to appear on the river. It did not. Instead, the board pairing left Muehloecker with crumbs as he watched a huge pile of chips pushed towards Schutten.
Shortly after losing the majority of his stack, Thomas Muehloecker had already gotten the rest of his chips in from the cutoff. Boris Kolev in early position and Andrew Ostapchenko in the big blind were also involved in the hand, before Kolev forced out Ostapchenko on the turn of the board.
Thomas Muehloecker:
Boris Kolev:
The Austrian needed an ace to survive, but the completed the board, and the overall Day 1 chip leader was sent to the payout desk.
A player in middle position opened to 80,000 and Jampa Dothar shoved for 550,000 out of the big blind. Action folded back around to the original raiser who made the call with the bigger stack to put Dothar at risk.
Jampa Dothar:
Middle Position Player:
Dothar was in a good spot to double up and did just that after the runout.
With the cards on their backs, Anton Wigg was all-in for approximately 320,000 in early position, Andrew Moreno was all-in for 1,055,000 on the button, and both players were at risk against Mike Allen in middle position.
Anton Wigg:
Andrew Moreno:
Mike Allen:
Allen was in great shape to score a double knockout, although the flop gave Moreno a flush draw. The hit the felt on the turn to complete that draw, and the meaningless completed the board, securing the pot for the 2021 Wynn Millions Main Event winner, and eliminating Wigg.
Daniel Smiljkovic opened to 80,000 from middle position and was called by Jacky Wang in late position. Nicolas Noguera shoved all in from the big blind and Smiljkovic asked for a count before making the call to put Noguera at risk while Wang folded.
Nicolas Noguera:
Daniel Smiljkovic:
Noguera was in bad shape and seemed to be heading for the exits. He smashed the flop, however, to leap into the lead and sealed the deal on the turn before the meaningless river hit the felt. Just a few minutes earlier, Noguera had told the table that the French "hate ace-king". If this hand is anything to go by, that sentiment is quite understandable.