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Patrik Antonius and Sorel Mizzi got all the chips across the line without much need for tanking. Once they got the go ahead to table their hands, it was a classic flip.
Antonius: 
Mizzi: 
and at risk
This deck wasn't in Mizzi's favor, as the board ran out 
. Antonius moves on to play Eugene Katchalov in the next round.
An extremely short-stacked Erick Lindgren moved in pre-flop with 
and was called by Dennis Phillips' 
. I think we've seen quads in every bracket so far today, so why not the Spades Bracket too?
Board: 
"I got my flush!" Phillips joked. He doubled Lindgren up but still has the chip lead.
Erick Lindgren and Dennis Phillips were at it again. All the chips were in pre-flop this time, and Lindgren was the one with pocket aces, 
. Phillips' completely whiffed on a board of all black cards, 
. Lindgren has been restored to the chip lead in their match.
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Carlos Mortensen, fresh off his 3rd-place finish at the WPT LA Poker Classic, found himself down to 10,000 chips in his match against Sam Trickett. Trickett opened the button to 1,600, then called Mortensen's three-bet shove. After the appropriate pause and set up for NBC's cameras the cards were on their backs.
Mortensen: 
Trickett:
Mortensen was in rough shape but hit a fortunate river card, 
. He rivered jacks and tens to double up to 20,000 and extend the match.
The Spades Bracket has been full of "set-up" hands. Dennis Phillips and Erick Lindgren, moved to the back feature table after the elimination of Phil Ivey, got all the chips in on a flop of 
. Lindgren tabled bottom two pair, 
, but Phillips had a set of aces! Phillips doubled up and took the lead after the turn 
left Lindgren drawing dead.
Daniel Cates drew one of the toughest first-round opponents: Phil Ivey. But a cooler of a hand allowed Cates to get the best of Ivey and advance to the Round of 32. With all five cards already on board, 
, Ivey and Cates got all the chips in, with Ivey at risk. Ivey showed trip eights but was out-done by Cates's full house, . The two men remained on stage for a brief interview with Leeann Tweeden and then (perhaps?) headed back to whatever high-stakes game was waiting for them.
In without a doubt the fastest match of the day, Faraz "the Toilet" Jaka has been eliminated by Eugene Katchalov. Katchalov raised his button pre-flop, then called Jaka's re-raise. Jaka bet the 
flop and the 
turn. Katchalov called the flop bet and raised the turn bet all in, with Jaka quickly calling.
Jaka: 
Katchalov: 
Jaka flopped top and bottom pair but was out-done by Katchalov's middle set. When the river fell Katchalov was the first Spades player through to the second round.
The last bracket of the night, the Spades Bracket, has started play.
A marathon Hearts Bracket first round is finally over. Michael Mizrachi was the first to advance, dispatching Vanessa Rousso early on when both flopped top pair. Phil Laak soon joined Mizrachi by flopping a set against Daniel Negreanu's top pair.
The next three matches to end took a bit longer: Andrew Robl knocked out Kara Scott, Gavin Smith handled Gus Hansen, and James Bord rivered a flush against Frank Kassela.
The last three matches took a very, very long time. David Benyamine had Phil Hellmuth on the ropes early but needed the full allotment of blind levels to finally beat him. Don Cheadle give Tom Dwan a tough time before knuckling under. And in the biggest surprise of the first round, former NFL star Emmitt Smith came from behind to knock off David Williams.
The tournament is on a short break while we prepare for the Spades Bracket, the last round of matches for the night. Here are the match-ups:
Spades Bracket
Doyle Brunson v. Jennifer Tilly
Erick Lindgren v. Dennis Phillips
Daniel Cates v. Phil Ivey
John Racener v. Chris Moneymaker
Carlos Mortensen v. Sam Trickett
Eric Baldwin v. David Oppenheim
Patrik Antonius v. Sorel Mizzi
Eugene Katchalov v. Faraz Jaka
There's plenty of action to come. Stick around!
