Previous large stack Dean Chen raised and took the pot pre-flop, however his stack was significantly decreased from the last time it was checked on, but he still remains above the average chip count.
On a flop of Kevin Ryan bet 15,000 and was called by George Awad. The turn was the , Awad bet 20,000 which caused Ryan to think for a while before moving all in. Awad snap called, nearly beating Ryan into the pot with the chips and turned over for top set which was crushing the bottom set of Ryan.
But the binked off on the river to give both players a straight on the board to chop up the spoils. Awad shook his head while Ryan smiled. relieved that his tournament was still alive.
Daniel Choi held the against the of Alex Pryor in a preflop all in. Choi asked for the board to remain low and that it did as it came to give him a big double up
Registration is now over for Day 1a. The tournament clock shows 344 entries, which means that 41 will be paid tonight and that play will continue until roughly 27 remain which is 8% of the day's field.
The third break of the night is upon the players, registration will end once the break is completed and the registration numbers for Day 1a will be finalized.