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.

With a pot of 18,200 centered around board 3♦ 3♠ 9♠ Q♦ , Takashi Hirukawa fired a hefty bet of 13,000, and snap called 15,000 more after Peter Kiem check jammed from the big blind.

Kiem Q♠ J♠

Hirukawa K♥ K♠

Kiem at risk, found none of his outs appear on river 6♥ , knocking him out of the Day 1A running entirely.

Preflop action brewed a pot of 8,500 in the middle even before flop 2♣ 4♦ 9♦ landed on the felt. Takashi Hirukawa continued with a bet of 5,500, and called off his 32,300 behind after Yakiv Syzghanov check raised all-in.

Syzghanov A♦ 3♦

Hirukawa J♦ J♣

Up for a combo draw, Syzghanov found none of his outs arrive on either turn 2♥ or river 8♠ , costing him more than half his stack.