8 Max Survivor 2K Bounty to ITM ($1,000)

Takashi Hirukawa opened utg+1 and went on to fourbet jam against Johan Lees's raise behind. Lees called off for his 105,000 and was at risk right on bubble time.

Tabling the same hand, board 5♥ 8♦ 6♣ 7♥ 4♠ offered a split pot for both, keeping the Day 1A count still at 18 players.

Johan Lees opened on the hijack and called Nikolai Guliaev's short stack all-in for 30,500 (6 BB).

Gunning for overcards, Guliaev found none on board 5♥ 5♦ 7♣ J♣ 4♥ , leaving the rest of the 27 players onto the knockout phase.

Somashekar Nahadeva open jammed his last 27,000 (7 BB) on the cutoff and was looked up by Johan Lees right behind.

Nahadeva in rough shape, bound for the exit just as board J♥ T♦ J♦ 2♥ 6♦ felted no sevens.

Apoorva Goel completed his big blind vs Johan Lees' utg 4,500 open, and went on to check jam 19,200 in on flop 7♦ 3♠ Q♦ . Lees called off with a flush draw, putting Goel at risk.

Goel Q♣ 9♠

Lees K♦ T♦

Gunning for a third diamond, Lees found one on runout 4♦ Q♠ , leaving Goel instantly drawing dead by the turn.

With a pot of 10,500 centered around board 3♦ T♥ 6♠ K♦ 6♦ , Johan Lees made a final attempt for it with a bet of 7,500. Hyunkyou Park two seats after put in a raise to 16,000, pushing Lees out of the pot entirely.

With a pot of 7,000 spotted in the middle across board A♥ 5♦ T♠ A♦ , action was caught on Johan Lees firing a bet of 2,100. Philip Joyce check called, and went on to pay a final 3,200 on river 7♠ , only to muck as Lees revealed trip aces A♠ 6♠ .

Johan Lees opened to 700, called behind by Robert Kiss. Pham Tien Dung on the button, lodged a three bet to 2,700 and saw both complete.

Action on board 2♣ T♠ 9♣ Q♠ 3♦ was checked all the way down to the river, where Pham bet a final 6,000. Lees tank shoved 33,400 in and earned the pot with his aggression.

Satac Turker defended his big blind against Johan Lees' 300 button open, and check called another 300 on flop 5♠ 6♠ 3♥ . Lees continued for 1,000 on turn A♥ , and completed Turker's check raise to 3,000.

Both checked down river 9♥ , revealing Turker's pair of three's 4♣ 3♦ , no good against Lees' pair of nines 9♠ 8♦ .