Axel Orellana was all in from under the gun and got a single call from Wai Kit Lo in the cutoff.
Axel Orellana:Ax4x
Wai Kit Lo: 7♥7♠
Orellana missed the 2♣6♣2♠J♠J♣ runout, and was sent to the rail with around 180 players remaining.
Niveau: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Anthony Blankenship was in a middle position and heads-up against Vijay Ramani from a late position.
Vijay Ramani: A♦A♣
Anthony Blankenship: AxKx
The Qx9x10x flop gave Blankenship a straight draw, but Ramani was still ahead with Aces.
The 3x Kx runout allowed Ramani to hold and he got an early double up to start the day.
Bradley Mickelson moved all in from early position and got a call from Xinliang Xu in the hijack.
Bradley Mickelson: K♥K♣
Xinliang Xu: A♠A♣
Mickelson was looking to improve to stay in the tournament, but missed on the 8♠10♦A♦10♣Q♠ runout, and Xu's Aces held.
Niveau: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Kenneth Nicoletti opened to 60,000 and was then three-bet to 180,000 by Daniel Hirose to his left, which he called.
The flop came out 6♣2♣3♣ and Nicoletti checked, Hirose bet 120,000, and Nicoletti called. The turn was the 6♥, which paired the board, and Nicoletti check-called again, this time for 250,000.
The river fell the 3♥, which double-paired the board and after another check from Nicoletti, Horose moved all in for 410,000.
Nicoletti went into the tank for some time, long enough for the clock to be called on him. As his timer reached zero, Nicoletti made the call and tabled A♥J♦ for ace-high, but was then shown Q♣Q♠ by Hirose for a bigger two pair to scoop the pot.
Left extremely short, Nicoletti got it in the very next hand with A♦10♥ but ran into K♥K♦ and after failing to improve, was sent to the payout desk.
Cal Nailn and Robert Ramos were heads-up and on the 5♠K♦6♠ flop with a pot of around 150,000.
Nailn bet 40,000 from the cutoff and Ramos called from the big blind, taking the players to the 4♠ turn.
Both players checked it down to the 8♥ river and checked again to showdown, with Ramos making a comment that the "first hour is friendly."
Ramos showed a pair of eights and Nailn mucked their hand.
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