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Jean "Prince" Gaspard has doubled up with 
after someone felt like donating to his cause with 
. A nine on the flop would give Gaspard a little scare but the rest of the board would be safe to give him a much needed double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | -20,000 |
Eric Baldwin checked on a flop of 
, and Michael Zduniak tossed out 5,200. Baldwin called.
The turn was the 
, Baldwin check-called another 8,000, and the 
completed the board. Baldwin checked, Zduniak fired a third and final bullet worth 11,000, and Baldwin called.
It looked like Zduniak was about to reveal an , but he mucked when Baldwin showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
45,300 |
On a board reading 
by the river, Shannon Shorr tried a smallish bet of 4,000 into a pot containing around 15,000.
Tony Dunst raised to 15,500 though, and Shorr tanked for over a minute before abruptly pushing his cards to the dealer one at a time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
102,000 | -5,000 |
|
85,000 | 21,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
After a series of bets and raises on a flop of 
, Micah Raskin was all in and at risk for a little over 100,000 holding 
for bottom set. Unfortunately for him, he was dominated by Paul Volpe's 
.
"Deuce!" Raskin called out.
The turn was not one of the remaining twos in the deck, rather the 
fell onto the felt.
"Deuce!" Raskin repeated.
The river was a brick as well - the 
- and Raskin sat in his chair silently for a bit before finally exiting the tournament area. He shook some of his opponent's hands and wished them luck as he exited.
Volpe now appears to be our chip leader with around 260,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | 127,000 |
|
Busted |
After generating a pot of 27,000 in unknown action, Byron Kaverman and Shannon Shorr squared off on the board reading 
.
Acting first from the small blind, Kaverman studied the situation for a long minute or so before slowly moving a bet of 28,000 forward.
Shorr's action occurred more quickly, and his cards went promptly toward the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
107,000 | -22,975 |
|
89,000 | 29,000 |
Todd Terry opened the action to 2,000 and Chris Moorman made it 4,800 to go from the button. Tony Gregg out of the small blind raised it to 11,800 and after Terry folded Moorman decided to go with his hand and moved all in for slightly less than 50,000.
Gregg picked his cards up off of the felt, holding them up somewhat high showing that he had pocket Queens, and grabbed a stack of 5,000 chips and placed them in the middle.
Moorman had a look on his face as if someone had just passed gas and he had taken a good whiff of it. He knew he'd been caught and he turned over the good old 
. Gregg had a legitimate hand with 
.
Of course there was a sweat as the flop came 
. The turn of 
and river of were safe for Gregg, however, and Moorman was eliminated from this first day of play.
"Well at least if I flat, same thing," Moorman said, trying to console himself somewhat, as he grabbed his things. He'll surely be back tomorrow for the Day 1B.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 37,000 |
|
Busted |
As Jeremy Kottler was opening to 1,700 from middle position, the table talk had turned to Paul Volpe's as yet unwritten autobiography, and after the action folder to him on the button he flatted the bet.
The flop came down 
and Kottler led out for 1,800, with Volpe inadvertently tossing out a collection of chips equal to 2,800. An extra orange T1000 chip had been added to the mix, and after a brief consultation with the deale, he completed the accidental min-raise to 3,600.
After a few beats, Kottler simply flicked a raise to 20,000 into the middle, forcing a quick retreat from Volpe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
133,000 | -3,000 |
|
48,000 |
The action folded to Faraz Jaka, who raised to 2,100 out of the small blind. Kevin Song raised to 5,900 from the big blind, Jaka called, and the flop fell 
. Both players checked.
The turn was the , Jaka led out for 7,800, and Song raised to 17,500. Jaka tanked for a bit, then folded.
A few hands later, David Peters raised to 1,700 from under the gun, Brandon Steven re-raised to 4,100 in middle position, and the action folded back to Peters, who called. The flop was 
, Peters checked, and Steven tossed out a single grey T5,000 chip. Peters check-raised to 12,200, and Steven folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 38,000 |
|
121,000 | -15,000 |
|
66,000 | -41,000 |
|
45,000 | -5,000 |
Roland Israelashvili was under the gun and he led out for 4,600 on the 
flop, with Justin Young the lone caller.
On the 
turn Israelashvili slowed down by checking to Young, who obliged with a 7,500 wager. Israelashvili quickly flicked out a pair of the baby blue T5000 chips to signify a call, and the river came down 
to four-flush the board.
Both pros knuckled the felt and Israelashvili rolled over his first, only to offer knock the table in acknowledgment when Young tabled for the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,000 | 18,000 |
|
61,500 | -7,500 |
