Down to 4,100, Brian Meek (with 
) doubled through Chris Klodnicki (with 
) when the board ran out 
.
Shortly thereafter, Klodnicki opened to 1,200 under the gun and found two callers before Meek went all in for 9,200 on the button. Theo Tran isolated the pot with an all-in re-raise of his own from the big blind.
Meek: 
Tran: 
The board rolled out 
as Meek's set of jacks scored him the double up.
Michael Kemeter called a preflop raise by Cherish Andrews, then called bets by her on both the flop and turn as well. After the 
flop he called a 2,000 bet, and after the 
turn he called a 5,000 bet.
The river brought the 
, a bet of 15,000 from Andrews, and a big decision for Kemeter. He had about 13,000 behind, so calling would mean putting his tournament life at risk. Finally after about a minute of contemplation, Kemeter set out his remaining chips in a single column.
"Good," said Andrews with a nod as he made the call. Kemeter turned over 
, and Andrews pushed her cards dealerward.
"Jacks are all right."
So said Chris Klodnicki just now after winning a second hand in short succession, using pocket jacks both times.
The first one saw Klodnicki calling a Theo Tran opening raise (along with one other caller), then betting the 
flop, turn, and 
river. Both of Klodnicki's opponents called his flop bet, then Tran only stuck around to call down the turn and river bets. Klodnicki then showed for a set and scooped the pot.
Soon after that Klodnicki was raising to 1,200 from early position. "I thought I heard him say all in," said Klodnicki as he did, pointing at a short-stacked Edward Harris sitting in the big blind and waiting to act. A couple of players called Klodnicki's raise, then when the action was on Harris he did in fact declare himself all in. Klodnicki reraised, and the others folded.
Harris had 
, but Klodnicki had picked up once more, and after the board ran out 
, Harris was out.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
Theo Tran opened to 1,025 in early position and Michael Kemeter three-bet to 3,025 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Tran who called to see a 
flop.
Tran check-called 6,000 on the flop, landing the 
turn. A check from Tran led to a bet of 13,000 from Kemeter, but Tran re-raised to about 35,000.
Kemeter, with about 13,000 behind, gave it up.
Dan Buzgon was just moved to Table 31, and in his first hand there he was swiftly eliminated after running 
into Robert Miller's .
All in before the flop, Buzgon saw the first three community cards come 
to improve Miller to a set, and by the turn Buzgon was drawing dead.
"That's all skill there," said Miller afterwards with a smile.
Gregory Fishberg has been eliminated from Day 1a after having taken 
up against Robert Colucci's 
, then losing the race.
Cherish Andrews opened to 1,200 in early position and found calls from the players on her immediate left (Theo Tran and Chris Klodnicki).
The flop came down 
and Andrews bet 2,300. Only Tran called to see the turn where Andrews bet 3,500. Another call from Tran landed the 
river and Andrews pushed out more chips, this time betting 8,000.
Tran called, but mucked when Andrews tabled what appeared to be 
(second card might have been the ) for top pair.
"Be back tomorrow," said Matt Glantz as he made his way to the door, having been eliminated here during Level 7 of Day 1a. Anyone eliminated here today will have the option to re-enter the event tomorrow.
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