Just before the break, Dan Carter reraised a UTG+1 raiser sitting next to him from 700 to 2,000. The other player called with about 5,000 behind, before leading for 2,000 into Carter on the flop.
Carter moved all-in for 6,200 and his opponent called with . Carter flipped for a Royal Flush draw and caught the flush on the turn while the river changed nothing.
Things weren't looking good for Vanessa Selbst early in this tournament. She dropped as far as half her starting stack, but is looking healthy again after doubling through Kaz Jomeen.
Selbst opened to 650. and Jomeen fired back to 1775. Selbst responded by moving all in and after thinking it over Jomeen made the call.
James Akenhead has been eliminated after being all-in on the turn of a Xd X board holding . His opponent's had him both beat and covered after a non-diamond non-nine river. Akenhead likely to return again to play on Day 1c.
For those of you wondering if there are any recognizable faces in the field today, you're in luck because we have the list. Some of the DeucesCracked instructors are playing including Vanessa Selbst, Jay Rosenkrantz, Joe Tall, Dan Morris, Rob Cole, and Chuck Danielsson, the UK's James Akenhead, JP Kelly, Michael Greco, and Dan Carter, and Australian Footballer Luke Hodge.
Mark "Champagne" Salkanovic is up to 15,000 after eliminating a short-stacked player.
The short stack was all in preflop for 600 as two live players saw the flop, but Salkanovic's 1,500 bet on the flop was enough to drive out his other opponent.
Salkanovic tabled for a set of queens to leave the short stack in trouble with his . The turn and river improved Salkanovic to a full house to send his opponent to the rail.