The seat of Jon Van Fleet is no longer filled as the online poker legend has been eliminated. Brandon Bergin confirmed the departed and mentioned that "the killer" Russell Vaughn scored the knockout when his ace-king prevailed versus king-queen on a king-high board.
According to Bergin, it was the only elimination on the table since it started.
Eli Elezra just took the seat to the immediate left of Jake Schindler, and the two didn't wait long before tangling in a big pot.
In a battle from the blinds, Elezra bet 2,400 on a board of and Schindler raised to 9,000. Elezra called to see the on the river.
Schindler this time splashed in a bet of 50,000, enough to put Elezra all in. Elezra sat back in his chair with his arms folded for about a minute before sliding his cards to the dealer.
The action was picked up with Scott Seiver in the small blind facing a bet from the player on the button. Seiver raised it up to 3,500 and was called by the player on the button.
The flop came . Seiver continued for 3,500 getting a call from his opponent.
The turn came the . Seiver took some time to consider his sizing before betting 10,000, which was called.
Seiver jammed all in for 14,600 on the river. His opponent reached for three pink chips amounting to 15,000 before going into the tank.
Looking at his opponent Seiver said, "I either have a five or aces."
His opponent opted not to call and Seiver chipped up close to starting stack nearing the end of the day,
Day 1A of the Main gets underway on Friday, December 3. The second starting flight takes place the day after and the survivors from both Day 1's will combine for Day 2 on Sunday, December 5.
Days 3 and 4 will play out on December 6 and 7 respectively before the final day of action will be on December 8. Each day of the Main Event will begin at 12 p.m. CET.