04-12-2010 05:12 UTC-12

Man Down!

donpeters

Vazquez earns the first $5,000 bounty

We've just witnessed the first elimination of the event and it came only a couple minutes into play. Luis Vazquez was all in preflop with NAPT Venetian winner Tom Marchese. Marchese had the slighter smaller stack and was the player at risk. He held {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{K-Diamonds}

against Vazquez's {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{A-Clubs}

.

After a board of {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{4-Clubs}

{2-Hearts}

{J-Spades}

{3-Hearts}

, Marchese tossed his $5,000 chip over to Vazquez and exited the tournament.

Vazquez is a local player from Massachhussetts who recently took down the Foxwoods Poker Classic $3,300 Main Event for just under $145,000. He won his seat to this event via the live satellite held last night.

Tags: Luis Vazquez Tom Marchese