Kenny Hallaert was all-in and at risk with the 
, and he had a flip against Ami Barer with the 
.
The 
flop and 
turn failed to provide any help but Hallaert got there thanks to the 
on the river.
Soon after sending Nino Ullmann to the rail, Barer saw his stack cut into more than half and he dropped back into the danger zone.
Nicholas Wright got a shove through under the gun then called off about 55,000 with 
when Tyron Krost jammed into him blind versus blind the next hand. Krost had 
and got there on a board of 
.
Two of the shortest stacks clashed with Nino Ullmann at risk for the last 63,000 on the button, while Ami Barer had a stack of 93,000 in the big blind.
Nino Ullmann: 
Ami Barer: 
The board came 
and the former Aussie Millions Main Event champion hit an ace on the flop to send Ullmann to the rail.
Nível: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Within the first two hours, the field has been cut down from 33 players to 23 hopefuls and they have been sent into the first 15-minute break of the day.
Masato Yokosawa is very close to becoming the first chips millionaire in the tournament after he just sent Michael Zhang to the rail.
Yokosawa had raised from under the gun and snap-called the shove of Zhang for 57,000.
Michael Zhang: 
Masato Yokosawa: 
On a board of 
, the field was reduced to the final 23 hopefuls and the top 17 spots will get paid.
The cards were already on their backs and Joshua Duce was at risk for 84,500 and Yake Wu had more than three times as many chips.
Joshua Duce: 
Yake Wu: 
Duce was well ahead but fell behind on the 
flop. The turn and the river failed to provide any help and Duce was eliminated in 25th place.
Chino Rheem checked from the small blind on 
and Tom Rafferty bet 67,000 from the button.
"Anything but a jack, that's what I was thinking to myself," Rheem mused.
After a couple of minutes, he called anyway. It wasn't a jack that beat him but for a flopped set.
Michael Zhang raised the button and picked up a call by Farid Jattin in the big blind. Jattin check-called a bet of 11,500 on the 
flop and checked again the 
on the turn. Zhang eyeballed his stack and then made it 40,000 to go, which prompted the shove of Jattin for 133,500. Zhang called within a few seconds and the cards were turned over.
Farid Jattin:
Michael Zhang:
Jattin had a flushdraw and gutshot, and he indeed got there on the 
river to send Zhang back to a short stack.
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