Tripp Kirk was dominating his table for much of this flight, but he just suffered the dreaded set over set cooler to bust. We didn't catch the hand, but we went to Kirk's twitter to get the details.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
There was already a mountain of chips in the middle that we estimated to be 32,000 when we got to the table. Eric Baldwin was heads up on a 
board, and Baldwin had just moved all in for 14,725. His opponent spent about 45 seconds in the tank before folding his hand, and Baldwin collected the chips.
After that hand, we have Baldwin at 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
We didn't catch the hand that did him in, but an observer of the table filled us in on what happened. The flop came down 
, and Buffer got it all into the middle against two other players.
Buffer: 
Opponent 1: 
Opponent 2:
Buffer was out in front with his flopped straight, but he would have to dodge the board pairing or a club coming to win the hand. The board brought not one but two clubs, and Buffer was sent to the exits.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Rex Clinkscales just busted after shoving 
all in from the cutoff for 4550. The player in the small blind reshoved all in with 
and everyone else folded.
The flop fell 
giving Clinkscales the massive lead and a huge redraw to boot, but the 
on the turn gave the lead back to the player in the small blind. Clinkscales needed to hit a 
on the river, but the 
wasn't it and he was sent packing.
At a table close by, Kyle Cartwright looked over to a friend and asked, "Did Rex just bust?" To which his friend responded, "Yeah I think so. Free roll!"
Spunds like Clinkscales may have lost more than just two buy ins today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Action started with a player limping from under the gun. It folded to Cornel Cimpan, and he shoved all in for his last 8,550. It folded back around to the original limper, and he made the call.,
Cimpan: 
Opponent: 
The board ran down 
, and Cimpan collected the double up to push his stack back up to 18,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
The board had completed 
as we saw that Jeff Madsen was heads up with another opponent. There was about 11,000 in the middle, and Madsen had already fired out 6,300 when we arrived. Madsen only had 5,000 behind, but that stack was about to grow his opponent made the call.
Madsen tabled 
for the second nuts, and he collected the pot to get up to 30,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
2,400
|
2,400 |
|
||
Level: 8b
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
We didn't catch the hand as it happened, but the always nice Eric Baldwin was kind enough to give us a brief breakdown of how John "The Razor" Phan was eliminated. Phan was shortstacked, and shoved his last 2,500 with 
. Unfortunately, it was not able to hold up against the 
of his opponent. Phan was eliminated, but will have the option to come back for Day 2 tomorrow, as he did not enter into Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
After a hot start, David Tuchman is falling back to earth. In one of the latest hands we saw, a player limped into the pot prompting Tuchman to raise to 1,300. The player on the button called, as well as the original limper.
The flop fell 
and the limper checked. From there, Tuchman bet 2,800 and the button folded. Then the limper announced a raise, throwing out a chip to call, and announcing that he was all in for 14,450.
It didn't take Tuchman long to call and the cards were on their backs.
Tuchman:
Limper: 
The turn was a meaningless 
, as was the river, and they did not give Tuchman any of his outs. He dropped to just over 32,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,200
-32,500
|
-32,500 |
Allan Le built a huge stack on Day 1 of the Harrah's Rincon Main Event, only to lose it on a giant flip when his queens were chased down by his opponent's ace king. Well he's back at it here today, and so far, he's built his stack up to 92,000. This is good enough to be one of the bigger stacks in Day 1a, and over here at 1b, it is good enough for the chip lead here in Level 7.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
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