After some back-and-forth action preflop, Tai Vo and Shannon Shonof got all of their chips into the middle, with Shonof at risk.
Shannon Shonof: 7♥7♣
Tai Vo: K♣10♠
Shonof was ahead going into this flip, and the runout of 6♣2♥4♣6♦5♠ was pure for him to score the double.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
On a three-way turn of 2♥6♦K♥8♥, the action checked to David Valden who bet 42,000 and was called by Shannon Shonof while Charles Sims got out of the way.
The river came the 7♠ and the action went check-check.
Valden then flipped over Q♣Q♥ which was evidently good enough to take it as Shonof mucked his hand.
With a whopping 314 entries into Day 1e, 38 players will be advancing tonight into Day 2.
There are currently 107 players still on the hunt so there is still a lot of poker left to play tonight!
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The players in Day 1e are now on their 4th break of the night and registration will be closed upon their return.
The purple 500-chips will also be raced off and colored-up at this time.
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On a heads-up turn of 4♣5♠4♥K♠, Joaquin Vicioso checked, Tzu 'Jerry' Yen bet 9,000 and was then raised to 21,000 by Quynh Ho.
Joaquin Vicioso then called while Yen found himself in a pickle. After thinking it over, he decided to throw his hand away and his two opponents went to the river A♦. Vicioso then tossed out his last 10,000 and Ho called to put him at risk.
Vicosio then confidently tabled 5♣5♦ for a flopped full house while Ho was drawing to two outs with his 8♦8♣ but could not get there and Vicosio was awarded the double.
Meanwhile, Yen was kicking himself for folding pocket nines as he would have gotten a double through Ho. Left short, hw was eliminated soon afterward.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
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