Until the there were already some 50,000 in the middle and Jeff Cormier checked over to Maxim Lykov in the cutoff. Lykov checked back and did so again after the river brought a four-card flush on the board. Cormier rolled over and that won the pot, evening out the two big stacks at the top of the leader board.
Jeff Cormier raised to 3,800 from the cutoff and Darren Delahunty three-bet to 8,000 from the small blind. John Racener was in the big blind and made a four-bet to 19,000. Cormier folded and Delahunty called to see the flop fall .
Delahunty pushed all-in and Racener quickly called for his remaining 32,000. Delahunty turned over but was up against the of Racener. The turn was the and Delahunty picked up a flush draw. The on the river gave Delahunty his flush and Racener was eliminated late on Day 1A.
Hannes Neurauter opened the action with a raise to 3,200 from the cutoff and James Akenhead defended his big blind. The flop fell and Akenhead checked, then called a bet of 3,000 by Neurauter. Both checked the turn and Akenhead also checked the river. Neurauter bet 8,500 with 24,000 behind and won the pot.
The remaining 23 players are heading on their last 20-minute break of the evening. There will be three more levels left in the night unless we reach 15 players, at which point the action will be stopped and players will bag and tag.
On the turn, Theodoros Aidonopoulos bet 2,100 and Zdenko Slavik in the small blind called. Bruno Stefanelli check-raised to 10,500 from the big blind and Aidonopoulos was the only caller. The fell on the river and Stefanelli moved all in, Aidonopoulos called and was about to muck his cards when Stefanelli showed for a set. Since it was an all in showdown, the of the Greek were revealed. On top of that, Aidonopoulos had some chips left as Stefanelli doubled for 13,600.
Hand 2
Aidonopoulos shoved for 2,300 and Pedro Oliveira called from one seat over. Carlo Savinelli reraised to 12,500 and Stefanelli shoved from the small blind. This forced out Oliveira and Savinelli and Aidonopoulos had the chance to more than quadruple up.
Theodoros Aidonopoulos:
Bruno Stefanelli:
The board came and Oliveira headed into the break with a "I had the best hand."
With around 25,000 in the pot and the board reading , Jeff Cormier checked from early position to Liridon Dzelili in the cutoff. Dzelili fired out a bet of 12,500 and Cormier made the call.
The hit the river and Cormier checked again. Dzelili shipped all-in for 28,000 and Cormier took a couple minutes before making the call. Dzelili turned over for just ace-high and Cormier tabled . Dzelili hit the rail while Cormier sits with one of the larger stacks in the room.
After a raise by Ryan Hefter from under the gun, short stack Konrad Abela shoved for around 14,000 from the button and Hefter quickly called once the action was back on him.
Konrad Abela:
Ryan Hefter:
The board ran out and Abela was eliminated. Only a mere minute later, it was also game over for Fahredin Mustafov. He three-bet shoved for his remaining 18,000 and initial raiser Romain Follet looked him up.
Fahredin Mustafov:
Romain Follet:
There was no help on the board and the next player was sent to the rail, reducing the field to the last 23 hopefuls.
There was a raise to 2,800 from early position and Mike Leah called from the button along with Alex Foxen in the big blind. The flop came and Foxen checked to the preflop raiser who continued for 3,600. Leah called and Foxen got out of the way.
The landed on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. The action was checked to Leah who again who bet 7,000. His opponent went into the tank for a couple minutes and eventually folded.
"I folded an ace," he said to Leah.
"You folded an ace?!" Leah responded. He flashed his opponent the with a grin on his face as he raked in the pot.
Maxim Lykov raised to 3,000 from under the gun and picked up two callers on Dominik Matejka and Oleksandr Shcherbak in the big blind. The flop fell and Shcherbak checked, Lykov took some time before continuing for 3,500 and Matejka was the only caller.
After the turn, Lykov made it 7,800 to go and picked up a call, then jammed the river for effectively 22,000. Matejka gave it some consideration and folded.