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It folded around to the gentleman on the button who raised to 1,000. Jan Sjavik made the call in the big blind and they saw an 
flop. Sjavik checked and the button gentleman bet 1,200 - but Sjavik went all in and the button folded.
Sjavik remains hovering on 11,000 or so.
On a board reading 
with around 11,000 in the pot, David Singer found himself all in for his last 12,325 with a caller.
Singer: 
Opponent: 
The river landed the 
to see Singer collect the pot and move to over 34,000 in chips.
Action folded to Michiel Sijpkens on the button and he raised to 1,000. The small blind folded and Eric Blair reraised from the big blind to around 2,500. Sijpkens, who had been among the chip leaders all day, raised to 7,600 only to have Blair make it 17,000 to go.
Sijpkens then announced, "All in," and Blair snap-called for his 69,825. Blair turned over 
while Sijpkens showed 
. If Sijpkens could win the pot, he would catapult past the 200,000 chip mark and likely be the Main Event chip leader heading into Day 2; meanwhile, Blair was playing for his tournament life. The significance of the hand was not lost on anyone in the vicinity as a crowd began to gather round.
Blair was clearly nervous but breathed a sigh of relief when the flop came 
, giving him top set; however, Sijpkens could complete a straight draw with any jack. The dealer burned and turned the 
. Neither player held a club so it didn't change a thing. The entire table looked on anxiously as the dealer put up the 
on the river.
Sijpkens took a hit to his stack and he is down to 105,000. On the other hand, Blair took down a 140,000 pot and is one of the larger stacks in the room.
Melissa Hayden got her last in with on an 
flop. Her opponent held 
and following a blank turn and river Hayden doubled to 28,500.
There's an assumption that the big stacks at the end of the day have enjoyed a hitch-free day, but that's not always true, as has been the case for Vanessa Rousso.
On her latest encounter, she faced a bet of what I believe was 3,000 on a 
flop, her opponent leaving just 4,350 behind. After a brief fondle of her chips, Rousso put her foe all in for his tournament life before showing . Her opponent tabled .
The 
turn and 
river were both blanks, and after handing over the necessary chips, Rousso found her stack forced to absorb a minor dent. She remains, however, one of the larger stacks in the room with around 115,000.
It's that time of night.
There's about a half-hour of play remaining in Day 1d. We just saw a player win a pot with pocket aces, most probably guaranteeing he'll be surviving to Day 2. Couldn't help himself, it seems, and thus did he express his pleasure with the turn of events with a spontaneous victory lap around the table.
Only the dealer button is allowed to go around the table like that here, though, so he was asked to take an orbit off to think about what he'd done.
Dan Heimiller was at about 40,000 chips and got them all in the middle preflop against another player at his table.
Heimiller: 
Opponent: 
All Heimiller had to do was stay ahead, which he did with the board running out 
.
With only 21 minutes left in the evening, Heimiller currently has 86,000 chips.
Phil Ivey just got knocked back below starting stack after doubling up a shorter-stacked opponent, but is now down to business building back. He was knocked down to just below 24,000 a little while ago, but is back near the starting stack now.
A player limped in middle position before the hijack seat raised to 1,600. Ivey was in the small blind and three-bet to 4,700. The limper folded and the original raiser tank-folded as well, giving Ivey the pot.
With about 7,000 in the pot, Jack Ury bet 2,000 and received a call from the button. When the came on the river, Ury bet 1,800 and the button called.
Ury, who is 97-years-old and admittingly a little hard of hearing, didn't realize his opponent called and sat motionless waiting for action. The dealer asked Ury to reveal his cards but he didn't seem to hear her.
Finally the other players managed to grab Ury's attention and he flipped over 
for two pair. It was good and he increased his stack to 43,000.
We heard "all in and a call on table 375", and we ran to the table. Johannes Steindl was all in against Scott Clements.
Showdown
Steindl:
Clements:
The board ran out 
and Steindl doubled up. He's now up to 19,000 chips while Scott Clements slipped to 23,000 chips.
Jeff Shulman asked Steindl "Was playing like this how you became a Team PokerStars Pro?" and Steindl answered " Yes, I have to win a lot!" and laughed.
