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Chester McQuillen, who works security at Planet Hollywood, was sitting with 1,250 in chips when he went all in with 
. He was called by the player on the button who tabled 
and things were looking bleak for McQuillen.
A flop of 
kept the aces out in front. However the 
came on the turn and McQuillen improved to a set. The 
on the river sealed the deal and allowed McQuillen to more than double his stack. He is currently sitting with about 3,200 in chips.
With the board reading 
, Theanne Sergeant was faced with a bet of 1,000 from her opponent. She elected to call, and the dealer burned a card then spiked a non-club ten on the river.
When checked to, Sergeant immediately blurted, "All in."
Her opponent quickly called and tabled 
only to see that Sergeant filled-up on the turn when she showed 
.
After eliminating her opponent, Sergeant laughed at our reporters and told them to use her first name only. "I'm going to be the next Cher," she explained.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Last year's Casino Employees Event winner, Andrew Cohen, is back to defend his title. He's sitting at Table 14, Seat 9 and currently has about 5,600 in chips.
Last year Cohen took home $83,833 for his win and no doubt hopes to repeat it.
Two players in early position limped into a pot before Song Sun pushed his last 1,000 chips into the middle. Both limpers called and checked the pot down.
The board read 
and the all three hands were opened:
EP Player 1: 
EP Player 2: 
Sun: 
Sun's queens were best, tripling him up to around the starting stack of 3,000.
Every year at the WSOP, bad beat stories and tales of the unfortunate can be heard everywhere you turn. Just standing out in the tournament area, we overheard this conversation.
"Andy, you're out?" questions a player to another walking by the table.
"Yup! All in with 
against queens and tens. Like always, nothing happened!" responded the player who was exiting the tournament area.
Last year's winner Andrew Cohen just lost a huge pot and is down to just 900 in chips.
Cohen was sitting in the small blind when the table folded through to Cary Lucier on the button who limped in for 100. Cohen raised to 500, the big blind folded, and Cohen turned to Lucier and rightly said, "I know you're calling."
With a flop of 
, Cohen bet 600 and Lucier called.
The turn delivered the 
. Cohen checked, Lucier fired out 600, Cohen raised to 2,500, and Lucier called.
The fell on the river. Cohen checked and Lucier bet 2,000, saying "You're ace king is no good." Cohen thought for a moment before calling. Lucier showed 
and Cohen mucked his hand and asked, "What are you calling me with on the turn?"
Lucier is now up to 12,000 in chips, and Cohen is sitting with less than 10 big blinds at 900.
Lucier pulled us aside after the action was completed and explained his approach to the hand. Lucier said, "After the flop I put him on two high cards, so I smooth called. Then the comes and he puts out what I think is a bluff. When the came I knew I was best despite the flush on the board."
Anthony Yeh raised under the gun to 250 and the player in the small blind moved all in for 2,800. Yeh called all in for less and held the 
. His opponent held the . The board ran out 
and Yeh was able to win the hand and move to 4,600 in chips.
With the board reading 
, Brandon Clifton led out for 1,150. His opponent immediately pushed the rest of his 3,125 chips in the middle.
"I guess I'm priced in," Clifton muttered facing the 1,875 raise.
After mulling the decision over for a minute or so, Clifton finally called and sheepishly tabled 
for a gut-shot straight draw and a flush draw. His opponent opened 
for top two-pair.
The tabled erupted when the 
fell on the river, giving Clifton a straight and eliminating his opponent. Clifton's good fortune has him sitting pretty with over 8,000 in his stack.
Last year's champ, Andrew Cohen, got his remaining 900 chips in with and was in dominating position against Kristi Smith's 
. That all changed when Cohen was left drawing dead on a flop. Cohen graciously made his exit as his hopes for a title defense came to an end.
