Jean-Robert Autran opened from under the gun and Teunis Kooij defended his big blind. The flop came and Kooij checked to Autran who continued for 150,000.
Kooij check-raised to 400,000 and Autran called. The turn was the . Kooij bet 600,000 and Autran called.
The river was the . Kooij moved all in for 2,500,000. Autran tanked and eventually called before calling with . Kooij showed for a rivered full house and Autran was eliminated.
Both Day 1B chip leader Laurent Decauwert and Guillermo Sanchez came into the day with sub-15 big blind stacks, and they've both hit the rail in 16th and 15th respectively.
Knut Berntsen raised to 175,000 from under the gun. It folded to Otto Richard in the small blind who three-bet to 700,000. Jonathan Barusta was in the big blind and he four-bet all in for 2,700,000. Berntsen folded and Richard called.
Jonathan Barusta:
Otto Richard:
There was no help for Barusta and the Kings of Richard held for our first elimination of the day.
With just over 45 minutes remaining in Level 26, the cards are in the air. At the conclusion of this level the level lengths will increase to 60 minutes.