A player in early position opened and Ian Dean re-jammed for 22,100 on the button. The original raiser called once it was his turn to do so.
Dean: 
Opponent: 
Dean stood up to sweat the coin flip for his tournament life, and he earned the double as the runout came 
.
"Let's go!" exclaimed Dean as the pot was sent his way, and he now finds himself with over 46K early in Level 10.
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Joe Sutliff opened to 3,200 in early position and action folded around to the big blind, who announced a call and then put in chips to match.
The flop came 
and the big blind led out for 7,000. Sutliff called.
The turn was the 
and the big blind checked. Sutliff bet another 7,000, roughly half of his opponent's remaining stack, and his opponent folded.
Sutliff then showed 
for a flopped set of aces and the pot was set his way.
Chris Belcher opened to 3,200 in early position and a player in middle position re-jammed for 8,100. Mark Tyner came over the top, shoving for around 28,000, and Belcher thought for a bit before letting his hand go.
All-In Player: 
Tyner:
The flop 
provided a small sweat to a chop for Belcher, but running 
came to complete the board and earn him the pot and knockout.
Level 9 is now underway with the tournament clock displaying 252 entries as the Day 1a total. Upon registration closing, the floor made an announcement that Day 1a will continue past the scheduled 12 levels of play if more than 40 players remain at that time.
Twelve full tables are now in play, meaning 120 players remain as all tables are ten handed.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The last seconds of Level 8 have ticked off the clock and players are now on a 15-minute break. This is the last chance to take part in Day 1a: late registration will close at the beginning of Level 9 at approximately 11:32 p.m. local time.
Joe Sutliff open-jammed for around 17,000 in middle position and saw the cutoff think for over a minute before sliding his cards forward on the felt. As soon as the cutoff folded, the player on the button re-jammed for just over 20,000 and both blinds folded.
Sutliff: 
Opponent: 
Sutliff was way out in front and remained there through the runout 
to score the double.
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