Chino Rheem doubled early, but lost a few pots in between and was down to just a few hundred thousand in chips.
In his final hand, Joe Hanrahan opened with a raise to 45,000. Vincent Chung moved all in over the top for roughly 680,000. Rheem then called all in with a shorter stack than Chung's. Hanrahan thought for a bit, then called both all-ins and the hands were tabled.
Hanrahan:
Rheem:
Chung:
"Come on, baby!" Rheem cheered, standing up on his chair.
"Down, Chino!" one of the floormen yelled.
The board rolled out and that kept Hanrahan in the lead the whole way, allowing him to eliminate both Rheem and Chung from the tournament, while he moved past 2 million chips.
Dutch legend Marcel Luske was in the big blind and was too busy making conversation with his tablemates to notice a raise to 80,000 from Aaron Overton in middle position.
"What is this!" he exclaimed. "Is this what you've been doing all event? Waiting for people to be talking and then doing this?"
Overton smiled back.
"See I like that smile," said Luske. "So I will play one of only four hands with you."
"What?" asked Overton.
Luske hadn't looked at his cards yet. "I will play only four hands with you," said Luske. "Aces, aces, aces ... and sometimes I might play kings as well." Luske looked at his cards. "See," he said, showing off-suit. "We don't want to play this rubbish."
"Well," said a tablemate. "He is a man of his word!"
Benjamin Pollak and Chino Rheem got all of their chips in the middle preflop and when the stacks were counted, it was Pollak at risk with 680,000. The cards were tabled and Pollak showed up against Rheem's .
The flop came and Pollak instantly took the lead with two pair. The turn was the giving Rheem a few more outs, but the on the river was no help. Pollak doubled up and Rheem was left with just 10 big blinds.
The live streams have kicked off and will be running throughout the day until roughly 6 p.m. local time. Here's a look at the lineup for the first part of the day:
Alexander Arsenault came into the day with just over 200,000 and had clearly doubled already when he raised to 40,000 from the cutoff. It folded to Martin Finger who asked how many chips Arsenault was playing. Around 400,000 was the answer. Finger slid a stack of purple T$100,000 chips forward and action was back on Arsenault who, if he called, would be all in.
"OK, then," he said after a couple of minutes of thinking before calling. Finger showed and Arsenault .
The flop came with no help for Finger. The on the turn gave him additional outs to a straight, and he made that straight on the river to eliminate his opponent and boost his stack over two million.
Ruslan Gazaev raised to 50,000 from the hijack and Valentin Messina three-bet to 150,000 from one seat over in the cutoff. Gazaev called and the flop fell . Gazaev checked, Messina bet 105,000, and faced a quick check-raise to 305,000. The Frenchman called and Gazaev bet the turn for 500,000.
Messina took one minute of consideration and moved all in, ultimately forcing a fold from Gazaev.
Ihar Soika raised from early position to 45,000 and Fabio Sousa re-raised to 130,000 from late position. Soika called and the flop came .
Soika checked to Sousa who bet 116,000, which was called rather quickly. The turn brought the and Soika checked again. Sousa bet 245,000 this time and Soika stuck around to see the river.
The river brought the and Soika checked for the third time. Sousa checked behind and Soika tabled . Sousa knuckled the table and pushed his cards toward the muck.
and that kept Hanrahan in the lead the whole way, allowing him to eliminate both Rheem and Chung from the tournament, while he moved past 2 million chips.
off-suit. "We don't want to play this rubbish."
up against Rheem's 
. 
and Pollak instantly took the lead with two pair. The turn was the 
giving Rheem a few more outs, but the 
on the river was no help. Pollak doubled up and Rheem was left with just 10 big blinds.
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was devastating for Tabali.
turn and the meaningless 
river that gave Tabali a set was a mere formality.
and both players checked to the 
on the turn. Craft checked again, and Schulz took a good long think before checking back again.
for a straight to the ten and Schulz mucked.
with no help for Finger. The 
. Gazaev checked, Messina bet 105,000, and faced a quick check-raise to 305,000. The Frenchman called and Gazaev bet the 
turn for 500,000.
and Soika checked again. Sousa bet 245,000 this time and Soika stuck around to see the river.
