Honglin Jiang raised to 90,000 from the button and was called by Vladimir Burstein in the small blind. Luciano Damico, sitting in the big blind, three-bet to 255,000. Jiang considered his options but then decided to fold. Burstein called.
The flop came , Burstein check-called the 500,000 bet of Damico.
The turn brought them the on which they both checked. The river completed the board with the , Burstein unhappily checked once more as the board completed the straight draw. So did Damico. Burstein tabled for the flopped straight even though it didn't really matter any more. Damico showed for the flopped two pair.
The player in early position raised to 115,000 and Clyde Tjauw-Foe was next to act. Tjauw-Foe three-bet to 425,000 and action folded back to his only opponent left. He decided to call.
The flop came , Tjauw-Foe's opponent bet 250,000 and Tjauw-Foe called.
The turn brought them the , now his opponent bet 575,000 and Tjauw-Foe called again.
The river completed the board with the , the initial raiser now shoved for about 700,000 and Tjauw-Foe snap-called. Tjauw-Foe tabled for two pair, queens and nines. His opponent had to show the for the failed bluff and was sent to the rail.
Javier Alonso Fernandez claimed the short stack of Jorma Nuutinen when he got it in from the small blind with the and Nuutinen called it off for around 450,000 with . The board came and that was it for the Finn.
Manuel Bardon doubled with against the of Marcin Chmielewski when the board came . Right after the fireworks started again on the same table when Govert Metaal shoved for his last 510,000 with the . Initial raiser Philippe D’Auteil called with and Metaal was ready to leave when spotting the flop of . However, the turn improved the Dutchman to a straight and the blank river secured his double.
The player in the under-the-gun position raised to 110,000 and action folded to Jan Mach in the small blind. Mach three-bet to 405,000. The initial raiser decided to shove all in for almost 2,000,000 in total. Mach called.
Under-the-gun player:
Jan Mach:
The board ran out to give Mach an ace on the flop to win the hand. After counting all the chips, his opponent had 1,925,000 in total and Mach had more. His opponent was sent to the rail or the cashier to reenter into Day 1b.
Paul Newey shoved all in for 820,000 in total from mid-position. Gianluca Speranza was sitting on the button and called with the bigger stack. The players in the blinds folded.
Paul Newey:
Gianluca Speranza:
The board ran out - no help for Newey and he has been eliminated.
The tournament clock has been stopped and the floor has announced that the players need to play five more hands before they can bag and tag their chips for Day 2, Tuesday, April 10th.