With the blinds starting at 600-1,200 and a 100-chip ante, the green 25-denomination chips have been raced off to see the following counts adjusted for the players.
Although most of the final eighteen players have been on their break for quite a while, the official time for the start of round two will be 7:00 pm EST.
On a flop, Sam Vakili found himself all in holding against Ray E's .
The turn and river landed running aces to see Vakili collect the pot and leave Ray with just 3,075 in chips.
The following hand, Vakili doubled Ray up when his failed to improve against Ray's .
But on the third hand, Vakili's would be the better holding of the two on a board of as Ray's was unable to connect with enough power to keep him alive.
Vakili is the final player to advance to round two, and will be taking 85,025 into play.
Ray shoved preflop and Vakili quickly made the call, but when the board brought both a king and deuce, Vakili was left with just 25,000 to be at a two-to-one disadvantage against Ray.