Matthew Marafioti didn't need to last the remainder of the level, but only 15 minutes after taking the last shot.
With Tom Dwan just confirming that he succeeded in completing the prop bet, and now $5,000 richer, Marafioti, Dwan and the rest of the table were presented with some bad news.
Their table is about to be broken, and consequently Marafioti will have to depart the table of fun and drinking to relocate somewhere in the Miranda Room.
Hopefully now Dwan won't have to pay up the Tournament Director charity freeroll that he gave, as most know that motion and lots of alcohol don't fair too well!
Cecilia Nordenstam had seen her stack move down to about 25,000, then found herself up against an all in opponent following a flop of . Nordenstam held for top pair and a flush draw, but her opponent had for the set of fives.
The turn was the and the river the , and Nordenstam is now down to about 11,000.
Tournament officials may have another problem on their hands at the conclusion of play here this evening.
With 1,109 players surviving Day 1c, and potentially another 1,800-1,900 players surviving Day 1d, that's going to push the total number of players returning for Day 2b close to the 3,000 player mark.
With the "capacity" determined to be 2,809 here today, it's going to be interesting (or perhaps a little scary) to see what goes down on Thursday when these players are reseated for Day 2 play.
We assume that the massive numbers from yesterday and today, combined with the slower than expected rate of eliminations (due to deeper starting stacks) has contributed to this situation.
Dutch Boyd, seated for a while now at Phil Ivey's table, tangled with the Great Phil himself just now, and came out on top.
We caught the action on the flop, when Boyd bet out 1,500 from the big blind. Ivey made it 4,500, and Boyd called.
They both checked the turn, and indeed the river. Boyd turned over for two pair -- and an Ivey muck later, he was the proud possessor of 128,000 in chips. Ivey dips to 87,000.
The following curiosity just took place with about half an hour left in the last level of the night.
A player under the gun limped, then the player in the cutoff raised to 4,050. It folded to the player in the big blind who reraised to 12,000, leaving himself 29,000. The UTG player folded, then the player in the cutoff reraised all in for his stack of 45,000.
The player in the big blind considered a bit, then folded his face up.
Vanessa Rousso continues to slide. We just caught her in action on a board of and 4,000 of her chips committed into the middle. Her opponent made the call and Rousso tabled for a handful of diamonds.
However she gave a little shriek of dismay at seeing her opponent table for a bigger flush, as the river had diminished her hand.
Rousso is down to 17,500 and suddenly fighting to make day 2 action.
Phil Ivey checked the board of to Dutch Boyd and Boyd checked behind. The river brought the and Ivey bet out 4,000 with around 4,500 in the middle. Boyd made the call and Ivey tabled two black eights -- . Boyd simply tapped the table and mucked.
We made the scene after the flop had come , prompting Robert Varkonyi to commit all of his stack of 21,950 and another player to go all in as well. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi had been in the hand, but had folded -- and said later he'd let go of pocket aces.
If so, it was a good fold, as Varkonyi had and his opponent . The turn was the and the river the , and Varkonyi chips all the way up to 55,000.
"All I ask for is one break a day," said Varkonyi afterwards.
The board was with approximately 10,000 chips in the pot. Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy checked to his opponent and she slam dunked 15,000 chips into the middle for an all-in bet. Josephy flung up his hands, stood up, and looked in pain. He did make the call though, tossing in three T5,000 chips.
The woman held her hand up in front of her face, but didn't turn it over quite yet. Josephy held his hand out, signaling the woman that she had to turn her hand over. She did so and tabled . Bax held .
The river was the and Bax was able to win the hand and rake in the pot.
As the end of Day 1 approaches, Carter "ckingusc" King appears to be the biggest stack in the Brasilia room.
With about 13,000 in the pot and the board reading , King bet 7,200 and his lone opponent called. The fell on the river and King wasted little time before betting 20,000, enough to put his opponent all in.
After a few minutes and a calling of the clock, his opponent flashed the and mucked his cards.