Mike Hurley opened under the gun for 105,000 and found five callers that saw a flop.

Andros Ioakimides led out with a bet from the big blind, and only Maurice Hawkins called from middle position to see the turn.

Ioakimides then moved his remaining stack into the middle and was snap-called by Hawkins.

Andros Ioakimides:
Maurice Hawkins:

It wa sa bad turn for Ioakimides as Hawkins rolled over top set, and the wasn’t the card he wanted to see on the river, as it made him the first final table elimination.

Maurice Hawkins - 2,805,000
Andros Ioakimides - Eliminated