Almada called his opponents jam all-in heads up with A♣4♥, and it held up on a 8♥2♦8♣K♠5♥ flop.
This secured his place in Day 2, taking through 250,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000 | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Eric Winkie had his opponent covered heads up when they went all in.
Winkie had Q♣10♦ which won on a 5♥9♠10♣4♣A♦ runout, progressing him into tomorrow's Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
David Wade all the way from Las Vegas has made it to Day 2 with a slight chip advantage as his table was one of the few who held 10 players.
Wade recalled his winning hand for PokerNews:
All the action was preflop as the button moved his chips in for about 26,000 and Wade made the call.
Button: Kx4x
David Wade: A♣J♣
The board came out with Jx2x5x9x6x and Wade's pair of jacks held for the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
Nikita Kuznetsov went against his opponent heads up with 6♣2♠ versus his opponents J♦7♠.
The runout went in Kuznetsov's favor as the 4♠10♦5♣K♣3♣ board gave him a straight and he got to seal up his chips for tomorrow's Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
Tommy Nguyen raised on the button to 5,500 and Nick Palma three-bet to 5,500. Nguyen made the call. The flop brought the 6♠6♦7♥ and both players checked it.
On the turn 5♣ Nguyen put out 14,000 after Palma checked. Palma made the call.
Both players checked the river J♥ and Nguyen turned over 8♥8♣ and Palma turned over K♦6♥ for the trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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146,000
56,200
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56,200 |
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79,000
16,600
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16,600 |
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Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Santiago Nadal, went all in preflop against his opponent heads-up.
Opponent: Q♣Q♥
Santiago Nadal: 9♥9♠
Nadal ran hot on the 6♥9♣4♣ flop, and the A♠ turn and 5♣ river secured him the bag.
The two players that battled it out heads-up shared some table talk and the opponent congratulated Nadal saying he "played well". Nadal responded stating "I thought it would be heads up me and you".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000 |
Picking up the action on the turn of a board of 7♦2♥3♠2♣ Matthew Davis put some pressure on the short stack of Kyle Mizell and bet enough to put Mizell at risk of elimination. Mizell quickly made the call.
Kyle Mizell: A♠A♣
Matthew Davis: J♥3♣
The river was the K♥ and Mizell doubled up with two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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165,600
165,600
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165,600 |
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59,400
-83,100
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-83,100 |
