Only 36 players remain after the eliminations of Ivan Luca, Ben Heath and Rasmus Agerskov.
Luca reshoved pocket jacks into the pocket kings of Senh Ung and Heath put his tournament life for 11 big blinds on . Bryn Kenney called with the and the board ran out .
Last but not least, Agerskov got it in for 85,500 chips from the cutoff with and Sean Winter called with the . The coin flip went towards Winter after the board ran out .
Mohsin Charania moved all in on the short stack with from the button and Byron Kaverman called in the small blind with . The flop left Charania in desperate need of a ten, but it was all over after another ace appeared on the turn.
Over on the other table, Carlos Chadha shoved for 23,500 and Bryn Kenney called. Adrian Mateos isolated and Kenney folded.
Carlos Chadha got his stack of around 15 big blinds in from the button and Bryn Kenney called to put the Canadian at risk and take back the chips he had lost in the previous isolation by Adrian Mateos.
Chadha:
Kenney:
The board failed to improve Chadha and he was eliminated close to the money with nothing but a massive hand on Day 1 to show for.
Byron Kaverman raised to 15,000 and Jussi Nevalinna moved all in for what appeared to be 85,000 from one seat over. The action folded to Mukul Pahuja in the small blind and he called, Brian Yoon in the big blind and initial raiser Kaverman folded.
Nevanlinna:
Pahuja:
The flop fell and Nevanlinna immediately grabbed his iPad, ready to go. The turn and river failed to improve the Finn and he was eliminated in 34th place.
Jason Mercier moved all in for 68,000 from under the gun and all opponents folded. The next hand, Brian Yoon raised and all including Mercier in the big blind folded. Yoon showed the .
The field has been reduced to 32 players and they are currently getting balanced on the last four tables.
Bryn Kenney raised to 13,000 from the button and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 40,000 in the small blind. Kenney then shoved for an effective 240,000 and Mateos called to set up a flip.
Mateos:
Kenney:
The flop improved Kenney to a pair of queens and the turn changed nothing whatsoever. The river sent the start-of-the-day chip leader to the rail just shy of the money and the action will now continue with hand for hand mode on the bubble.
About six minutes remain and the players continue in hand for hand mode. At the end of the level, the players will be sent into a 75-minute dinner break and the T-500 chips will get removed from play then also.
. Bryn Kenney called with the 
and the board ran out 
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and Sean Winter called with the 
. The coin flip went towards Winter after the board ran out 
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, queens held and Chadha was left with five bigs.
. The flop 
and Nevanlinna immediately grabbed his iPad, ready to go. The 
river failed to improve the Finn and he was eliminated in 34th place.
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improved Kenney to a pair of queens and the 
