We recently heard Dennis Phillips whistling over at his table and went to check out the action. When we arrived we seen the lady in Seat 9 was all in with 
on a board of 
against the 
of Seat 8.
The table erupted when the 
appeared on the river to give the lady quads and a much needed double up. "A little overkill on the river," Phillips chuckled.
We're seeing more and more familiar faces as we move amid the tables halfway through Level 2.
Sam Stein is here. So are Ylon Schwartz, Faraz Jaka, Carter King, Isabelle Mercier, Neil Channing, Lee Childs, Eskimo Clark, and Dutch Boyd.
Scott Montgomery has taken a seat as well. Montgomery is looking to make it three straight deep finishes in these $1,000 no-limit events. He won Event #36, and finished 29th in Event #47.
Jennifer Tilly and Marco Traniello have joined the ranks of notables who've been eliminated in the early rounds of day 1A.
"Cocktails, 56," yelled the dealer to a server not too far away. Unfortunately there was no reply so the dealer yelled even louder, "Cocktails, 56!"
Ray Henson leaned over to the dealer and said, "Yeah, good luck." It seems Hanson had ordered a beer earlier and hadn't received it. As tablemate Bryan Devonshire Tweeted: "Ray Henson just ordered a Corona to 'wake up'. 'With a lime?' 'No, straight up.'"
Sounds like it is time for the beverage servers to wake up a bit.
We didn't catch the hand but Tom Dwan has been eliminated from the tournament.
Following a 
flop, Liv Boeree bet 150 into a 275-chip pot, and her opponent raised to 525. Boeree called.
The turn brought the 
and quick actions from both players, resulting in Boeree being all in with her remaining 1,300. Boeree showed 
for a set of ducks, while her opponent held 
.
The river was the 
, and after losing some chips early Boeree doubled back to 3,100.
Eric Baldwin, who was crippled early after running into the nut straight, has been eliminated from the tournament.
Meanwhile, Allen Kessler is off to a good start having tripled his starting stack to 9,000.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan has been active in the early going, and it has not gone too well thus far.
Just now Dwan opened with a raise to 75 from middle position and got two callers -- the cutoff and the big blind. The flop came 
. The big blind checked, Dwan bet 175, the cutoff folded, and the big blind called.
The turn brought the 
. The big blind vigorously slapped the table twice to indicate he was checking. Dwan looked at him, then lightly touched the table, checking as well.
The river was the . Another couple of slaps from the big blind, and another check from Dwan. Dwan's opponent showed 
for kings, and Dwan mucked.
Durrrr is down to just 625.
Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
On a flop of 
, Eric Baldwin bet 200 and was raised by his opponent to 700. Baldwin reraised to 2,200, enough to put his opponent all in, and received a call.
Baldwin: 
Opponent: 
Baldwin was in big trouble as his opponent had flopped the nut straight. The 
on the turn gave him a draw to a full house, but the 
on the river didn't fill it. Baldwin was left with just 625 after the hand.
