Play has entered the 10th and final level of the night. As the clock winds down on Day 1 the tournament staff will pause the remainder and draw for how many hands each table will play before the remaining players bag their chips for the night.
Action will resume at noon local time on Saturday where another 10 levels are on the schedule.
Richard Seymour opened to 4,000 on the button then Ryan Riess three-bet out of the small blind making it 13,800. Nick Petrangelo four-bet to 37,000 in the big blind and Seymour quickly folded. Riess five-bet jammed for around 100,000 and Petrangelo called.
Riess:
Petrangelo:
A race for Riess' tournament life was underway and the dealer delivered a . One ace was enough to get the job done and Riess was sent to the rail for the second time.
There were about 18,000 chips already in the pot and the board read when we got to the table. Ivan Luca had already committed 13,000 from the small blind and was facing a decision for a total of 30,000 from James Calderaro, who was in the big blind. Luca called.
The turn brought the and Luca bet 4,000. Calderaro shoved and Luca called for about 25,000 total to put himself at risk.
Luca:
Calderaro:
Both players had flopped flush draws, and although Luca's was better, Calderaro had the lead with a pair of eights. The on the river further improved Calderaro to trips, so he took the pot to stack Luca.
Steffen Sontheimer raised to 3,800 from early position and Isaac Haxton was the only caller from the big blind. The flop came and Haxton check-called a bet of 3,200 from Sontheimer.
The turn was the and Haxton checked again. Sontheimer fired another 12,100 and Haxton still called. The river landed the and Haxton checked for the third time. Sontheimer threw in a bet of 27,500 and Haxton finally let his hand go.
Liv Boeree made an incredible deep run into Day 4 of the Main Event that wrapped up earlier today. Boeree still pocketed nearly $50,000 and eventually made her way over to hop into the High Roller. Luckily for her, she was given a seat directly beside her boyfriend, Igor Kurganov and is currently enjoying a relaxing massage.
Sylvain Loosli and Justin Bonomo have returned from the cashier for their second bullets while Vladimir Troyanovskiy blew through both of his bullets on Day 1.
With about 45,000 in the middle and a board reading , Ankush Mandavia fired a bet of 20,000. With a couple seconds left on the clock, Timothy Adams check-called and quickly mucked when Mandavia tabled the .
Stefan Schillhabel opened to 3,600 from middle position, Justin Bonomo called from the cutoff, and Rainer Kempe called from the small blind.
The flop came and Kempe shoved for 18,100. Schillhabel called to put Kempe at risk and Bonomo folded.
Schillhabel:
Kempe:
Kempe found himself outkicked and needed help from the deck in order to survive. Schillhabel retained his lead on the turn and the river changed nothing, so Schillhabel took the pot to send Kempe to the rail.
Cary Katz has been sitting in his comfort zone of under 20 big blinds since joining the field after dinner. On a board of , Pascal Lefrancois checked from the big blind. Katz was on the button and bet 6,000 into a pot of around 10,000. Lefrancois called and the landed on the turn.
Lefrancois checked again and Katz tossed in his last 12,000 chips. As Lefrancois was thinking about his decision, Katz started to pour a drink.
"I'm so confident that I'm pouring my drink," Katz said as the table laughed. "If you flip over a set here, I'm gonna flip over this table."
Katz eventually talked Lefrancois into a call. Katz turned over and Lefrancois showed . The river was the and Katz held on to double up and barely climb over that uncomfortable 20 big blind mark.