Gus Vergos is now the chip leader, he has been among the bigger stacks for most of the day. On this hand, Vergos was facing a bet of 1,200. Vergos sizes up his opponent and then decides to raise to 12,000. His opponent wastes no time shoving all in and Vergos snap calls. His opponent shows , meanwhile Vergos sets down . The board keeps Vergos in the lead and adds to his chip lead.
Dan Laduke was facing an all in three bet shove for 12,000 more. Laduke seemed to reluctantly call. His opponent seemed disappointed or at least surprised at the call and when he turned over it seemed he was hoping Laduke would fold. Laduke had and the board ran out giving Laduke the win and eliminating his opponent.
Nash Attisha called an all in from the player in seat 1 for 14,000. The player had previously lost a big chunk of his stack when he got all in against and was now at risk against Attisha. Attisha had him beat with against the of the at-risk player. The board kept Attisha in the lead when it came .
Dylan Thomassie got all in for his tournament life with . It wasn't looking good for Thomassie, since he was up against , but the flop handled that when Thomassie flopped a boat on the board. The turn and the river, and , kept Thomassie in the lead and put a huge dent in his opponents stack.
The players are now on a ten-minute break. After this break, reentries for this flight will be closed. There are five levels left this evening before players can join the 29 players already qualified for Day 2.
There was an early position raise and a call before Gary Viaches reraised all in for 10,525. The original raiser called and the second player folded, leaving Viaches heads up for his tournament life. Viaches had and his opponent had . The board ran out and Viaches survived with a pair of fours and doubled up.
MSPT Pro Jason Zarlenga raised from the cutoff to 1,375. He got two callers, the player on the button and the big blind Jake Baumgartner. The flop came and Baumgartner checked. Zarlenga bet 2,050 and the button player called. Baumgartner folded and the dealer put down the for the turn. Zarlenga was now acting first and bet 3,500. His opponent took a few moments to consider his options, checked Zarlenga's remaining chips and elected to fold.
, meanwhile Vergos sets down 
. The board keeps Vergos in the lead and adds to his chip lead.
it seemed he was hoping Laduke would fold. Laduke had 
and the board ran out 
giving Laduke the win and eliminating his opponent.
against the 
of the at-risk player. The board kept Attisha in the lead when it came 
.
, but the flop handled that when Thomassie flopped a boat on the 
board. The turn and the river, 
and 
and his opponent had 
and Viaches survived with a pair of fours and doubled up.
and Baumgartner checked. Zarlenga bet 2,050 and the button player called. Baumgartner folded and the dealer put down the