David Benyamine had been short stacked for some time versus Amritraj Singh and was just now all in with 
versus Singh's 
. The flop brought not one, but two queens -- 
-- and after the 
turn and 
river, Benyamine was eliminated and Singh is through to the next round.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan has advanced to the second round, defeating Max Steinberg.
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Saar Wilf has advanced to Round 2 after topping Bryan Pellegrino. I joined the party during the aftermath, but unless Pellegrino is madder than a box of monkeys, I think the chips went in preflop.
Wilf: 
Pellegrino: 
Board: 
Scott Seiver has been eliminated from today's event, 
unable to unravel the 
of Brian Rast on a 
board.
Severely short-stacked just a short while ago, Jason Mercier's comeback versus Michael Degilio is complete. He just now had Degilio all in with against Mercier's 
. An ace flopped, putting Mercier further in front, and Degilio couldn't catch up.
Joe Cada is out, his bread buttered the wrong side as pocket fours failed to out 'flip 
on an ensuing 
. Alexander Venovski was the man who prospered from the Champ's demise.
Johannes Strassmann had become short-stacked and was forced to commit his last chips with against Vanessa Rousso's 
.
The flop came 
, and Rousso had paired her queen. The turn was the 
and the river another queen -- -- and Rousso moves on to the second round.
Level: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Jason Mericer has bounced back up to 25,000. His latest encounter saw his out-gun the 
of opponent Michael Degilio, the board coming a harmless 
to double the former EPT winner up.
Michael Degilio is a gnat's pubic hair away from victory . All the chips flew in on the turn of a 
board, Mercier's in need of divine assistance against for the straight. The Gods were sleeping at the time, and after a blank river, Mercier was down to just 6,000.
