With late registration over on Day 1a, there were 507 total entries in the flight. Players will play until the money, and approximately 15% of the field will be paid, representing about 76 players.
Late registration is still open for two more levels of Day 1b. They will also play to 15% of their flight and the two flights will combine tomorrow for Day 2.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Current World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, Espen Jorstad, has just entered the field and late registration has now closed as the tournament moves into level 12.
On Table 22 Victoria Livschitz opened the action to 3,000, from the hijack, and was met by a three-bet from Mathew Frankland, on the button.
Livschitz locked eyes on Franklin for a moment before grabbing a stack of blue 5,000 chips and dropping them over the line which prompted a quick fold.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
The remaining 191 players in Day 1a have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break. Action will pick back up at approximately at 9:06 p.m. local time.
In a heads-up pot with the board reading 
, Nicolas Hamouni bet 10,000 from the big blind and Timo Kamphues called out of the cutoff.
The river brought the 
and Hamouni bet 11,500, which got a fold from his opponent.
PokerNews joined the action on table 13, with Craig Sweden and Francis Obadun battling postflop.
Sweden bet 5,000 on the turn with the board of 
. Obadun opted to call and see a river.
The river was 
and Sweden elected to bet again this time 7,500, and Obadun called quickly.
Obadun showed 
and two pair was good enough to take the pot down as Sweden slowly pushed his hand into the muck.
Sebastien Jung opened from under the gun and Ehsan Amiri three-bet from the button. Jung four-bet jammed and Amiri called with the bigger stack.
Sebastien Jung: 
Ehsan Amiri: 
Jung let out an irritated sigh as the flop landed 
to give Amiri the lead and Jung was eliminated when the board finished out 
to improve his Australian opponent to two pair.
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