Hand and Talbot Fall in the Early Minutes

Fintan "easywithaces" Hand had rebought at the start of the day and was sitting in the big blind with a stack of 78,781 chips. The action folded around to "__P0o_P0o__" in the small bind, and they jammed all in, covering Hand's stack. Hand made the call and was at risk of an early night.

Fintan "easywithaces" Hand: K♦8♠
"__P0o_P0o__": Q♠6♣

Hand was ahead preflop, but "__P0o_P0o__" flopped top pair on Q♦10♠3♥. The turn 4♦ and river 8♣ did not bring a king for hand, and he was one of the many eliminations in the first minutes of play.

On another table, Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot also saw his main event dreams come to an end.