Eric Baldwin, Joe Tehan, and Humberto Brenes are all about even in their respective heads up matchups. Filippo Candio has once again taken a big lead in his heads up match with Nick Schulman, and David Pham also has a big lead in his matchup. Matthew Parvis, who started heads up about a 3-to-1 chip leader, is now down about 2-to-1 in his match.
David Peters, Brandon Wong, Devon Shalmi, Eddy Sabat and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier have all won their tables. Shalmi came over and told us his winning hand. Shalmi held 
on a board of 
and got it in against his opponent who had 
. No miracle ten hit the river as it came a 
and Shalmi advanced to the next round.
![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Allen Cunningham, Roberto Romanello and Laurence Houghton are all among those players now playing heads up for a spot in the second round.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
We just got a bit of info off Tournament Director Jack Effel's twitter page.
After a player tweeted to Effel saying that having a 90 minute dinner break in a shootout tourney seemed unnecessary, Effel replied saying that players can opt to play through the dinner break if they wish and that their table will be put on a timer.
The dinner break is scheduled to start in about an hour and 15 minutes and we're guessing some of these heads up matches may want to skip it and try to finish playing instead.
The last time we saw Brett Richey's table, he was the short stack at his table. However, when we just walked by the table, his chips were being racked, meaning that he has outlasted everyone else at his table to win.
With the board reading 
Eddy Sabat lead out for 550, his opponent raised to 1,050, Sabat upped it to 2,800, and his opponent went all in. Sabat made the call and their hands were tabled.
Sabat: 
Opponent: 
The turn brought the 
and the river was the 
giving Sabat an unneeded two pair and securing his win. He'll be back for round two tomorrow.
Fresh off his deep run in the $1500 6-max yesterday, Amit Mahkija has just gotten in the line of winning players. He has cashed for the second event in a row. Also advancing is Filippo Candio, who had a roller coaster heads up battle with Nick Schulman.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Erick Lindgren and Max Pescatori are also heads up at their tables. Both players appear to be at a slight chip disadvantage. Also, David Pham has advanced to the next round.
