Mike Lang bet 14,000 from the big blind into about 30,000 on a completed board of 
. An opponent in middle position thought more than a minute before letting it go.
Despite the win, Lang has lost a bit of steam from his peak.
Mike Rieck got his 51,000 in preflop with 
against the 
of an opponent.
"If I don't win, I hope you do," Rieck cracked.
The board ran 
, good for a Rieck double.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Jeremy Brown bet 6,500 from an early position in a three-way pot on 
. A player in the cutoff called, and one in the blinds folded. On the 
, Brown checked and quickly shoved all in when his opponent bet 14,000. There was only about 26,000 back but Brown's opponent mucked right away.
Dennis Stevermer busted Dan Bekavac with aces over king-queen.
Tim Garles bet 25,000 into a pot of 40,000 from the big blind on 
. According to another player at the table, Garles had defended big blind for 5,000 against an early open and check-raised from 6,000 to 13,000 on the flop.
His opponent stuck in a raise to 62,000 and Garles went deep into the tank. Finally, he shoved for 93,000 or so and was snap-called.
Garles: 
Opponent:
Garles got up to leave but the 
arrived to save him.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Scotter Clark was all in from an early position for about 30,000 and Missy Bartelme called out of the big blind with 
. Clark showed a dominated 
and needed help.
He found some with a gutter on the 
flop but nothing further emerged to help him.
Day 1b has hit a milestone with 500 entries. That pushes the two-flight total to just shy of 850, meaning the prize pool could get within shouting distance of $1 million depending on how the last 90 minutes or so of registration shake out.
Missy Bartelme had bet and was facing an all-in shove worth around 50,000 on a 
flop. She called with and was pleased to see her opponent roll over a crushed 
. The and 
were no threat to the queens and Bartelme surged to six figures.
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