After a very quick start to the day where we saw 5 eliminations take place in the first 15 minutes of play, action slowed down a little once play reached 4 tables. A number of hands took place before we saw the next casualty, Michel-Claude Baroud, who was sent to the rail in 32nd place.
Shortly after, Alexander Allison 3bet all-in for 14,100,000 from the small blind facing an early position open to 2,000,000 from Mingzhe Zhang. After a moment in the tank, Mingzhe slammed a stack of T500,000 chips in the middle to announce a call, and hands were tabled. Alexander showed down 
, but was bested by 
on a 
board to finish in 31st place.
Just as the first level of play was coming to a close, Joe Sicko, who won his $5,000 + $300 entry via the #partypokerMillionaire challenge, picked up a premium hand and open-shoved his 13,800,000 stack from the cutoff. Unfortunately for him, his 
were crushed by the 
of Niall Farrell in the big blind. With no help on the 
board, Joe was eliminated in 30th place, earning a cool $32,500 for his free entry.
@KevinMacphee @PlaygroundPoker Thank you! Great experience and happy to have had the opportunity!! Hope to make some more headlines in the future!! Playground is the best!
— Joe Sicko Jr (@Red_Sicko) May 9, 2017