There are currently 76 players left according to the tournament lobby and the action on some of the table is paused while the other tables complete their current hands.
Justin Ouimette bet 780,000 from the small blind and was called by Mikita Badziakouski in the big blind.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Ouimette took some time and opted to check for the last time. Badziakouski barreled a bet of 4,860,000 into the pot for Ouimette to dive into the tank. After a while, he opted to make the call but mucked when Badziakouski tabled the for trips.
Patrick Leonard raised to 1,260,000 from the small blind, keeping 154,891 behind. Aki Virtanen in the big blind took some time and then decided to shove with the slightly bigger stack for Leonard to call for the rest.
Patrick Leonard:
Aki Virtanen:
The board ran out for Virtanen to hold with the ace-kicker to send the partypoker Ambassador to the rail before the end of the day.
Scott Margereson raised to 240,000 from the cutoff and Chance Kornuth three-bet shoved from the big blind with the bigger stack which Margereson called for the 2,745,109 he had behind.
Scott Margereson:
Chance Kornuth:
The board ran out for Margereson to hold with the pocket pair and double up.
On one of the other tables, things didn't pan out for Tyler Cornell and Felipe Boianovsky as they were eliminated.
With the Day 2 bubble approaching as there are 83 players left in the field, action has slowed down considerably but the following players have already been eliminated: