Two big stacks got involved in a huge hand. We didn’t get to see the entire action but there was already over 2M in the pot when the turn came out. On the turn, Gurpreet Lubana made a 2M bet, which Tyler Clayton Patterson called. On the river Lubana pushed his entire stack in and Patterson made the call. They both showed full houses – Patterson hit his on the turn and Lubana hit the lower one on the river. He was left with just a few chips, which he lost two hands later.

Patterson:

Lubana:

Board:

The field has shrunk quickly on Day 1A of the Turbo, with only 90 of the 387 entries still in contention. The play has tightened up recently, as the big stacks have gobbled up the short stacks, allowing for much deeper play in the late levels.

Here are the current chip leaders:

We got to the table after the flop and turn were exposed but that’s when all the action happened anyways.

Board:

Jared Griener bets 400K, but Henning Wendlandt raises to 1.6M. Griener decides to get it over with and pushes all-in. Wendlandt makes the call and shows top two . Bad timing for Griener, who also had two pair but not big enough to keep him in the game.

River:

Griener:

Players are falling like flies at that table – first it was Michaelis, and now it’s Mike Sexton. In this three way all in before the flop, Mike Sexton showed , Trent Hopper and Alexander Bylicki showed . Bylicki flopped a set and took all of Sexton’s stack and a big chunk of Hopper’s.

Board:

Paul Michaelis just got eliminated by Alex Fortin Demers. They were both all in before the flop, Fortin Demers holding and Michaelis showed . None of them connected the board so Fortin Demers took down the pot with a higher pair. Michaelis’s queens cost him his tournament life.

Board:

Play continues in level 12, and the field is down to 122 runners. The chips continue to fly in this action-heavy tournament.

Here’s a look at some of the remaining players: