Russell Dohan opened in middle position to 16,000 before the action made it to the table chip leader Nicholas Funaro in the big blind who moved all in.
It was back on Dohan who only took a moment and then called.
Russell Dohan: Q♥J♥
Nicholas Funaro: A♠5♦
The J♦7♠K♦ flop landed and Dohan jumped into the lead until the A♦ landed on the turn vaulting Funaro into the lead. The 10♦ river landed giving Funaro a flush and Dohan hit the rail on the stone bubble.
There were three all-in and call at the same time, potentially ensuring that the bubble would burst.
As fate would have it, Day 1a joint bubble boy Chin Wei Lim was all-in for 28,000 out of the dead button and called by Clemen Deng in the big blind.
Chin Wei Lim: J♦10♥
Clemen Deng: 9♠6♥
The 7♥3♦2♥J♠A♦ board locked up the double for Lim on the turn, and he avoided the Day 1a fate when he was eliminated on the bubble.
One table over, Matas Cimbolas was all-in for 166,000 on the button and looked up by Rayan "Beriuzy" Chamas.
Matas Cimbolas: K♣K♥
Rayan Chamas: J♦J♣
Cimbolas was way out in front and had both suits covered. There was no threat on the A♦5♣2♣ flop but the J♥ turn put a dagger into Cimbolas' hopes of survival. Last but not least, the A♣ river only improved Chamas to a full house and Cimbolas bowed out two spots away from the end of the night.
Last but not least, there was a lot of confusion about a possible option to reraise on table 30 when Karim Lehoussine had been all-in already. He had jammed for 22,000 from under the gun and Serhii Holodiuk min-raised in the cutoff. Russell Dohan called in the small blind and it took a while to sort out the correct amount for the side pot.
The two active players then checked down the A♣8♦4♣5♥Q♥ board. Holodiuk tabled the 10♣8♥, Dohan had the 9♦7♠ and Lehoussine's K♥4♠ was no good.
With two seat open and a double, the field was reduced to 99 hopefuls and a table broke to balance ahead of the stone-cold money bubble.
Another three players bowed out and Raminder Singh then chopped with Corey Brass when he open-jammed for 135,000 with the A♠10♦ and was called by Brass in the small blind with A♦10♣.
They chopped it up on the Q♣J♥6♥Q♦5♥ runout, while Dawn Tollett in the big blind couldn't watch, having reluctantly folded.
Upon completion of that hand, the clock was stopped and staff announced hand-for-hand mode with 103 left and 98 set to advance.
Riley Fuller got it in with A♥Q♣ against the 6♦6♣ of Paraskevas Tsokaridis and the 3♥2♥2♦J♦Q♥ runout provided the overcard on the river.
Soon after that, the cards were already exposed. Jason Subchuk had flopped top pair top kicker with A♥Q♦ on a board of Q♣J♥6♠10♦J♣. However, the K♣9♣ of Jorge Ribeiro turned a king-high straight and reduced the field by one.
In a three-way all-in showdown between short stacks, Barry Donovan had the best of it with the J♦J♥. Hyunseung Lee with the 10♦10♠ and Dave Alfa with 7♣7♠ were also involved as well but the 9♣5♥3♠Q♣2♦ board ensured a triple-up of Donovan.
Lee was left with one blind and Alfa doubled thereafter.
Anton Smirnov also came up short of a cash on Day 1c, as the field dropped to just 105 hopefuls.
Leonard Maue got it in ahead for around 230,000 with K♥K♣ against the J♥J♦ of Kevin Martin. However, the GGPoker streamer spiked a full house on the 3♥3♣2♣J♣5♦ runout and knocked out Maue.
The next player to fall was Sriharsha Doddapaneni, who flipped with queen-jack against the eights of Martin. It was a dramatic runout with a jack on the flop and eight on the river.
One hand later, Davidi Kitai opened to 22,000 in the cutoff. Martin three-bet to 76,000 on the button and Kitai tank-folded.
Steven Warburton open-jammed a stack of 152,000 and Serhii Holodiuk reluctantly folded while Dave Alfa called all-in, the rest of the table folded.
Dave Alfa: A♦K♣
Steven Warburton: A♣Q♥
The 10♥9♥8♠9♦A♥ board kept Alfa ahead all the way and Holodiuk mentioned he had folded pocket sevens. Not as fortunate were Bruno Mota and Alex Peffly, who vanished from the tournament area.
There was an under the gun raise to 20,000 followed by a call in middle position by Jamie Sequeira and then a call in the big blind by Koray Aldemir.
The Q♣5♥K♣ flop landed and the action checked to Sequeira who bet 25,000. Only Aldemir called.
The 3♥ rolled off on the turn and it checked to Sequeira again who bet 60,000. It was then back on Aldemir who only had about 80,000 left. After a moment in the tank he moved all in and Sequeira snap called.
Koray Aldemir: K♥J♥
Jamie Sequeira: K♦Q♠
The Main Event Champ needed some help but it would not come in the 8♦ river. Aldemir hit the rail before the bubble.
