Caleb October was all-in and at risk with the K♥Q♥, up against patrice Ah-Nien with the A♥J♣.
The Q♣8♦3♥7♣Xx runout improved October to a pair of queens and he doubled, as no ace came on the river. Another player had folded the 8♥7♥, which would have made two pair.
Hennie Appel opened the action with a button raise to 13,000 and Banks Solomons three-bet to 43,000 in the small blind. Harold Brooks then pushed for more than 140,000 in the big blind to force out Appel. Solomons came to the same conclusion and folded as well, as Brooks exposed his A♠K♦ and Solomons pulled out his 7♣7♦ from near the muck.
Heads-up to the K♣Q♣2♣7♠ turn, Pravir Rama checked in the big blind and Patrice Ah-Nien bet 25,000 on the button. Rama check-shoved for 87,000 and Ah-Nien folded the K♦ face-up.
One table over, Harold Brooks opened to 10,000 in the hijack. Quintin Heather-Clark then jammed for 87,000 on the button and Alvin Pillay reluctantly called in the small blind, Brooks let go.
Quintin Heather-Clark: A♠K♥ 
Alvin Pillay: A♥Q♣
The K♠9♥4♥J♦K♦ board kept Heather-Clark ahead all the way for a vital double.
Hennie Appel raised to 12,000 and Banks Solomons in the next seat made it 36,000 to go in the cutoff. Harold Brooks called on the button, and Appel's call made it three ways to the 5♦4♦2♣ flop.
Appel had checked in the dark and Solomons continued for 55,000. Brooks tank-folded and Appel also got out of the way.
Brooks indicated he folded the "winning hand" when he flashed his J♥J♠ but Solomons actually showed him an even better pocket pair that he only exposed for a split second.
Alvin Pillay raised it up from the cutoff and was called by Banks Solomons in the big blind. Following the 9♥8♣3♠ flop, Solomons checked and Pillay continued for 14,000. The check-raise to 40,000 by Solomons did the trick to win the pot uncontested.
Over on the other table, Wesley Wiegand lost pots without showdown against Gareth Kalil and KM. He made up for it when holding with A♠K♦ versus Hafiz Juma and his Jx9x to reduce the field to the last 13 players.
Patrice Ah-Nien then took a pot off Kalil when his A♥3♥ rivered a straight on the 5♥5♣2♦6♥4♠ runout. Kalil briefly exposed the A♣10♥ and lost the previous profit.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
After two eliminations in consecutive hands, the field is down to the final 14 players and into the last 15-minute break of the night. Day 1a will conclude once 10 players remain or upon completion of level 14, whichever of the two comes first.
Derrick Steenkamp finally found a spot to get his short stack into the middle with the A♣2♠ only to run into the K♠K♥ of Alvin Pillay. The 9♠4♣3♠ flop gave Steenkamp more outs with the wheel draw but he came up short on the 10♣ turn as well as 9♦ river runout.
In the last hand before the break at the very same table, Wesley Blom raised to 7,500. Harold Brooks three-bet to 22,500 and Mariette Language then four-bet behind. Blom called all-in and Brooks folded, flashing the 8♦8♣ in the process.
Wesley Blom: A♠J♠
Mariette Language: A♦A♥
"Black cards please," Blom requested and two came with the 8♠3♦2♣ flop, on which Brooks would have hit a set. The J♦ turn gave Blom some thin hope but the 7♠ river ended his run a few spots shy of Day 2 as well.
Three ways to the 8♥7♣4♣ flop, Quintin Heather-Clark checked out of the big blind and so did Hennie Appel. Wesley Blom in the cutoff bet 14,000 and Heather-Clark called. Appel then check-raised to around 110,000 with very few chips behind. Blom reluctantly folded and Heather-Clark also let go, flashing 9♠6♥ to Alvin Pillay.
One table over, Hafiz Juma was in the tank on the Q♣J♣2♥ flop when he had checked and Wesley Wiegand bet 21,000. Juma used one time bank to shove his short stack and Wiegand called.
Juma tabled the K♥10♦ for an open-ender and Wiegand had the equally strong K♠10♠. The chop was already guaranteed ahead of the 8♦ turn and 5♠ river.
Gareth Kalil bet the J♦9♣2♦J♥ turn for 16,000 to get called by Wesley Wiegand and then sized up to more than 45,000 on the 5♥ river. The dealer had not counted the bet size yet when Wiegand had already folded, he was shown the J♠.
One table over, the stack of Wesley Blom had taken a toll as oif recently while Alvin Pillay chipped up. Blom opened again, making it 6,500 to go this time. Harold Brooks applied pressure with a three-bet to 18,500 and forced reluctant folds by Quintin Heather-Clark and Alvin Pillay out of the blinds, Blom also folded.
Brooks flashed the A♥K♣.
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