Riess First to Fall
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
In one of the first hands of the day, Ryan Riess open-shoved his stack of around 53,000 from the cutoff and Robert Mclaughlin re-shoved from the button to get the hand heads-up.
Ryan Riess: 
Robert Mclaughlin: 
Riess had his opponent dominated and was in great shape to double up until the flop brought a queen, and another queen on the turn had the WSOP Main Event champ drawing dead to be the first elimination of the day.
Riess picks up $1,940 for his deep run as well as any bounties he may have collected along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 74,000 |
|
Busted |