Brian Altman saw his High-Roller run cut short as he was eliminated in 25th place in a two-part process.
On the first hand (level 9 – 400/800/a100), he opened to 1,800 from utg+1, and found calls from Anthony Zinno (utg+2), Keven Stammen (button) and Marc-Etienne McLaughlin (small blind) before being 3bet to 11,300 from Ari Engel in the big blind. He went into the tank for a few minutes before finally moving in his whole stack, which prompted folds from all three flat-callers. Ari, having invested nearly 50% of his stack, made the quick call and hands were tabled.
Ari: 
Brian: 
Ari smashed the 
board to double his 25,000 stack, leaving Brian with under 10,000 behind.
A few hands later, Brian moved in for 9,100 from utg and found a call only from Anthony Zinno, next to act. Brian tabled 
and was in great shape to double-up versus 
, until the community cards were dealt – 
.
Other eliminations from levels 9 and 10 include Shankar Pillai, Jeff Gross and Srinivas Gottiparthi.
Here is the seating assignment for the final 3 tables. Only one level remains to Day 1, and once the clock runs out the surviving players will bag their chips onto Day 2. Shortly after the completion of the day, we will publish a full list of player-reported chip counts.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège |
|---|---|---|
| Ari | Engel | Table 68 - Seat 1 |
| Samuel Robert | Phillips | Table 68 - Seat 2 |
| Gerald | Karlic | Table 68 - Seat 3 |
| Dylan | Wilkerson | Table 68 - Seat 4 |
| George | Caragiorgas | Table 68 - Seat 5 |
| Anthony | Zinno | Table 68 - Seat 6 |
| Lucas | Greenwood | Table 68 - Seat 7 |
| Keven Michael | Stammen | Table 68 - Seat 8 |
| Martin | Raus | Table 69 - Seat 1 |
| Peter | Chien | Table 69 - Seat 2 |
| Pierre Paul | Paulin | Table 69 - Seat 3 |
| Igor | Kurganov | Table 69 - Seat 4 |
| Mark | Radoja | Table 69 - Seat 5 |
| Jiachen | Gong | Table 69 - Seat 6 |
| Michael Garry | Aron | Table 69 - Seat 7 |
| Darren | Elias | Table 69 - Seat 8 |
| Pascal | Lefrancois | Table 70 - Seat 1 |
| Senthuran | Vijayaratnam | Table 70 - Seat 2 |
| Jason | Mann | Table 70 - Seat 3 |
| Ryan David | McEathron | Table 70 - Seat 4 |
| Caitlin | Hall | Table 70 - Seat 5 |
| Marc-Étienne | McLaughlin | Table 70 - Seat 6 |
| Manig | Loeser | Table 70 - Seat 7 |
| Dean | Murphy | Table 70 - Seat 8 |
