Luke Blindert was eliminated from the tournament moments ago by Nick Marsh, who confirmed that Blindert shoved for his last 60,000 and Marsh gave him action.
Luke Blindert: 
Nick Marsh: 
Blindert failed to improve to the best hand when all was said and done and fell short of advancing by some 45 minutes as a result.
Tablemate Cole Ernst also now has a stack of 245,000 in front of him, spinning it up from just 10,000 one level prior.
Nicola Ditrapani opened under the gun and was called by Penelope Banhidy on his direct left. Action went heads up to a flop of 
and Ditrapani continuation-bet 11,000. Banhidy shoved over the top for 77,000.
Ditrapani took half a minute to consider his decision, lamenting that he had 
before sending it to the dealer to give up contention of the pot. A player across the table, having not heard fully what Ditrapani said, asked if he had ace-king.
"I had ace-queen," Ditrapani confirmed once more as Banhidy took down the pot.
Official prize pool numbers have been announced and a total of 928 entries generated a prize pool of $898,660. The top 99 places will make it into the money, earning at least $2,156 for their efforts. The eventual winner will take home $170,769.
Complete payout information can be found in the Payouts Tab above. Meanwhile, 83 players remain in Day 1b with a little over one level left in the evening.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Shaun Gillian opened under the gun to 6,000 and was called by three players, one of which was Nick Marsh in the small blind.
The flop came 
. Action checked to Gillian, who shipped it in for 47,000 and received folds all the way to earn him the pot.
A player opened to 8,000 in the cutoff and Brian Landon re-jammed in the small blind, which was called after the big blind folded.
Brian Landon: 
Cutoff: 
Landon's kings held on a runout of 
and his stack was counted out to be 43,000, which his opponent sent his way.
There was 100,000 in the middle on a board of 
after Jason Gross check-called a bet in the small blind from his opponent in the cutoff.
The turn came and Gross led out with an all-in shove for 83,000. His opponent called.
Jason Gross: 
Cutoff: 
Gross had flopped top set but needed to fade his opponent's gutshot and flush outs to stay alive. The river 
complied and the pot was shipped his way.
Brad Sailor got his last 27,000 into the middle preflop in the cutoff, receiving action from a player in middle position.
Brad Sailor:
Middle Position:
Sailor's kings remained best as the runout 
gave him kings up and scored him the dub.
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