Antonis Kambouris was looking at a stack of 23,500 and a raise from middle position to 2,200. He decided to ship his stack into the middle, putting his faith in . The original raiser wasn't the party to be worried about; it was the big blind, who moved in over the top of Kambouris with . That folded the original raiser, sending Kambouris and the big blind off to the races. Kambouris was the victor on a board of . He's over 50,000 in chips now.
Kristine Milinkovic has doubled up with against an opponent holding . All the chips were in preflop with the board running out . She's now well placed with nearly 80,000 chips.
Assadour Assadourian told PokerNews on Day 1 that he's taken lots of tips from his son Eric since he started playing poker. Assadour didn't need any of those tips to make an easy call with when a player in front of him moved all in for 10,000 chips. His opponent showed , and Assadour's 3-to-1 edge held up on a board of . He now has 63,500 chips.
Tom Guise didn't have a stellar Day 1. Although he managed to chip up, he finished the day with an unimpressive 33,000 chips. Things are going better for Guise today. He moved all in for 45,000 with ; a player with 34,000 called all in with . Guise's cowboys held up on a board of . He now has 80,000 chips.
Lee Nelson has just eliminated Justin Cleary. With all the chips in preflop, Nelson was in a dominant position with against Cleary's . It remained that way as the board bricked out .
Tony Dunst has left the feature table. He found himself in an all-in confrontation against Jason Plant. Dunst showed but was a significant underdog to Plant's . Dunst needed clubs or an ace, but got neither on a board of . Plant dragged a pot worth about 50,000 chips, eliminating Dunst in the process.
John Juanda is also out. His pocket kings were cracked by Andrew Scott. After Juanda had re-raised preflop, Scott decided to shove with but Juanda made the call. The flop was nine-high but then a seven hit the turn to give Scott two pair. The river bricked and Juanda was sent to the rail. "Sorry about that Johnny!" quipped Scott as he raked in another pot.