Bernard Lee was down to his last 1,300 and moved all in against a limp from early position. His opponent called with and it was a flip versus Lee's . Lee nailed the flop and stayed ahead after the turn and river to stay in the tournament.
Terrence Chan must have had similar fortune, because he was back at more than 7,000 chips after having previously dropped to as low as 2,400.
Registration remains open for this level and up until the start of the next one, but we have already lost pretty much half the field with 396 out of 874 entries remaining according to the screens. When will the huge wave of eliminations finally slow down?
It is obviously no coincidence either, that as a result the tables in the Bronze section are all empty by now as well.
With a raise from under the gun and a flat call on the button, Matthew Pitt squeezed for the rest of his chips holding in the blinds. The original raiser called and the button folded, and Pitt was up against .
A flop of gave his opponent a straight draw while neither held a club. The turn was the and the river the , and Pitt survived.
We walked up to a board of and a pot of approximately 3,000. Vongduane Sengseevong had bet 1,500 and John Pack raised all in for 6,350. Sengseevong thought for a moment before making the call. Pack showed , having flopped a set of twos, while Sengseevong turned over for the open-ended straight draw.
Pack faded her outs, however, and the man whose "day job" is poker dealer at Aria is still employed in this event.
From under the gun, a player moved all in for a mere 1,300 chips and Daniel Johnson in the big blind called with the . The player at risk had and lost the flip, Johnson is up to 14,000 in chips.
Ty Stewart looked set to make an early exit a short while ago, but when we swung by his table he looks to have spun it up to around 8,000 as we approach the second break of the day.
Stewart's last longer bet against Chad Holloway is looking a lot closer now as Holloway has slipped a little to 6,500.
Meanwhile the aggressive Cameron Tullis is continuing to dominate his table and has accumulated an impressive chip stack of around 20,000.
The dealer already had rushed away the cards of the female player on the button as we arrived at the table, alerted by the massive cheer from David Campbell. It turned out that he was all in with the on the flop against the of the button for about 7,400 chips.
On the turn he hit the two-outer and the river completed the board. The button still has chips left, but Campbell is now among the bigger stacks in the early stages of Day 1.
and it was a flip versus Lee's 
. Lee nailed the 
flop and stayed ahead after the 
turn and 
river to stay in the tournament.
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gave his opponent a straight draw while neither held a club. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Pitt survived.
and a pot of approximately 3,000. Vongduane Sengseevong had bet 1,500 and John Pack raised all in for 6,350. Sengseevong thought for a moment before making the call. Pack showed 
. The player at risk had 
flop against the 
river completed the board. The button still has chips left, but Campbell is now among the bigger stacks in the early stages of Day 1.