Day 1b registration has ended with 206 total entries, meaning that play will cease for the night when there are 25 players remaining. Those 25 will gain a in cash and advance to Day 2 on Sunday.
A shout of celebration was heard at one of the tables from Anthony Reynolds as he was standing up celebrating a huge pot and accidentally knocking over a few drinks on the table behind him in his excitement.
The board was splayed out 
. Reynolds had the winning 
displayed on the table.
The pocket aces of Mark Cortez had been discarded as the losing hand, showing that Reynolds had gone from nearly out the door to chip leader thanks to the king on the turn while Cortez was reduced to crumbs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
745,000 | 380,000 |
|
6,000 | -289,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Players are now on a 15-minute break. At the end of the break, registration will be over.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000 | 135,000 |
|
440,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
365,000 | 135,000 |
|
340,000 | |
|
|
295,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
270,000 | 270,000 |
|
270,000 | 45,000 |
|
235,000 | -5,000 |
|
230,000 | 151,000 |
|
230,000 | 3,000 |
|
200,000 | 175,000 |
|
155,000 | 155,000 |
|
135,000 | 10,000 |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
110,000 | -25,000 |
|
105,000 | 105,000 |
|
90,000 | 90,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Chris Moneymaker's next buy in was at stake preflop holding 
against the 
of Hiep Doan.
The board ran out 
and Moneymaker was left without chips for the second time in the day.
Also at the same table, Nathanael Kogel has chipped up to be one of the largest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
425,000 | 357,000 |
|
232,000 | -28,000 |
|
Busted |
Eloy Rios had the chance to knock out his opponent in a preflop all in holding the 
against the 
.
The flop wasn't helpful as it came . But the turn was as the appeared. The river was a 
and Rios collected his opponent's chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
At the feature table, Pedro Rios raised from the hijack to 5,500. Chris Moneymaker three-bet to 16,000. Braxton Dunaway then four-bet to 56,000. Moneymaker moved all in. Dunaway took a few moments before calling.
Moneymaker had the 
, while Dunaway had the 
.
The board ran out 
and Moneymaker was busted, but has since re-entered and ran his stack up to a bit over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
311,000 | 146,500 |
|
|
110,000 | -27,000 |