Niall Farrell opened to 35,000 from middle position and James Chen reraised to about 508,000 from the small blind. Oleksii Khoroshenin (with about 160,000 in the big blind) folded, and Farrell tanked for a little while before he reraised all in for about 700,000.
"I have to call," said Chen. "I didn't see your open."
Farrell:
Chen:
The board came down , giving Chen nines and deuces to eliminate Farrell.
Adrian Mateos was on the button when we got to his table and facing a raise to 130,000 from small blind Dietrich Fast. Mateos came back with 310,000 and Fast called after some thought.
The flop came and Fast check-called 180,000. The turn was a and both players checked. The river: . Fast bet 500,000. Mateos tanked a few minutes and then announced he was all in. Fast took his own turn in the tank, and Mateos called a clock after a couple of minutes. The tournament supervisor came over.
"I don't think it's been enough time," Fast said. "This is the biggest pot of the tournament."
The tournament supervisor evidently agreed to some extent, as he told Fast he was going to wait another minute and then put him on the clock. Fast took all the time he could, and as the tournament supervisor was about to hit zero, he dropped in calling chips.
Mateos turned over . Fast mucked what the dealer revealed to be . Mateos had just over 880,000, and Fast was covered by about 10,000, so gathered his belongings to exit.
Igor Kurganov (hijack) and John Morgan (button) got their chips in before the flop. Morgan was the one at risk and had the slightly worse hand to start with.
John Morgan:
Igor Kurganov:
The flop didn't do much for anyone. Kurganov told Morgan he had a feeling an would hit. "It would give you a little bit of a sweat as well," Kurganov said as it would give Morgan a gutshot.
The turn, though, wasn't an eight, but the , helping Morgan take the lead in the hand. Now Kurganov needed help but he didn't seem too fazed. "I still think the eight is coming," he said.
Wouldn't you know it, the completed the board and Kurganov won the hand.
"I got river problems man," Morgan said.
As he got up from the table and shook some hands, he said: "I'm gonna go outside and burn my shoes!"
As everyone laughed, Morgan wondered off saying, "You'll see it on Twitter."
Welcome to Day 2 coverage of Event #6: High Roller for One Drop - $111,111 No-Limit Hold'em
A total of 119 entries took part in the action on Day 1 and, after eight one-hour levels, 79 players still remain. Registration remains open until the start of Level 11 (about 4:20 p.m.), so the field size should tick up when all is said and done.
On top of the chip counts entering Day 2 is 2014 Main Event champion Martin Jacobson with 1,677,000. A late surge in the last two levels of Day 1 propelled Jacobson to the top of the counts, while the previous chip leaders had slipped from what had been a peak of about 2.1 million.
Rounding out the top five are Charlie Carrel with 1,624,000, Doug Polk with 1,522,000, Brian Rast with 1,456,000, and Dan Smith with 1,360,000. Big One for One Drop champions Antonio Esfandiari and Dan Colman are both still in with 905,000 and 377,000, respectively. Fresh off his bracelet win in Event 2, Igor Kurganov bagged a solid stack of 650,000, and many other big names remain as well.
Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. and the plan for the day is to play another eight levels.
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, giving Chen nines and deuces to eliminate Farrell.
. Fast bet 500,000. Mateos tanked a few minutes and then announced he was all in. Fast took his own turn in the tank, and Mateos called a clock after a couple of minutes. The tournament supervisor came over.
. Fast mucked what the dealer revealed to be 
. Mateos had just over 880,000, and Fast was covered by about 10,000, so gathered his belongings to exit.
flop didn't do much for anyone. Kurganov told Morgan he had a feeling an 
would hit. "It would give you a little bit of a sweat as well," Kurganov said as it would give Morgan a gutshot.
, helping Morgan take the lead in the hand. Now Kurganov needed help but he didn't seem too fazed. "I still think the eight is coming," he said. 
