A player opened to 2,000 from late position, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Matt Keikoan put in a three-bet, and the original raiser moved all. Keikoan quickly called.
Keikoan:
Opponent:
The flop gave Keikoan's opponent a leading pair of queens, but the turn and river came , respectively, giving Keikoan a flush, and eliminating his opponent from the tournament.
According to Pete Mavro, in one of the last hands of Level 8, La Sengphet open-shoved her last 5,000 or so with . A player behind her moved all in for roughly the same amount with two sixes, and a third player called both all ins with two nines.
Sengphet, who final tabled the inaugural National Championship in 2011 and the WSOP Ladies Event in 2010, made eights and fives however, tripling her stack to around 15,500 chips.
Tommy Vedes late registered for Day 1a, was quickly eliminated, and is now back in action for Day 1b. Despite losing a recent hand where he was forced to bet-fold on the flop, Vedes is above the starting stack.