We arrived at the table to find both Van Marcus and Mark Schmelcher all in before the flop after a series of raises.
Marcus: 
Schmelcher: 
The board ran out 
to see Marcus take down the pot with the superior kicker.
Marcus had Schmelcher slightly covered resulting in the latter being eliminated from the tournament.
The remaining players have returned from their first break and will continue with blinds at 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The remaining 37 players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.
In just over two hours of play 23 players have already been eliminated from the field.
John Haddad moved all in for 48,000 from under the gun plus one and was snap called by [Removed:415] in the hijack. Peter Matusik then announced raise and pushed forward 200,000 in chips from the cut off. The action folded back around to Doria who thought about his decision for over a minute. Eventually he folded and the cards were exposed.
Haddad: 
Matusik: 
The board ran out 
to see Matusik hold with his monster pair sending Haddad to the rail.
The hand started with Joseph Cristallo raising to 16,000 from under the gun before Darren Schneider moved all in for 41,500 from the button. With the decision back on Cristallo, he thought for a minute, before completing the call.
Cristallo: 
Schneider: 
Schneider was in great shape to double until the board out 
. Cristallo spiked an ace on the flop to take down the pot.
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