David Tuthill, who busted yesterday on Day 1a, and Jose Rivas, who busted earlier today on Day 1b, have both reentered and are back in the mix.
The total entries on Day 1b has now grown to 38, creating a total field size of 81 players.
The players have returned from dinner, and so has defending champion Joe Serock. He's now on his third bullet in this event. Third time's a charm, right?
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
The players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
Chris Lewis, winner of the PPC Studz Summer Splash for $19,500, raised from early position to 1,025. Action folded to the player in the big blind, and he reraised to 2,425. Lewis called.
The flop came down 
, and the big blind checked. Lewis checked behind to see the 
land on the turn. The big blind checked again, and Lewis bet 3,100. His opponent called. After the 
landed on the river, both players checked.
The big blind tabled the 
for top two pair, and Lewis mucked his hand.
Interestingly enough, when Lewis won the PPC Studz Summer Splash event, he defeated Frankie Zayas heads up and Damien Simon came in third place. Both Zayas and Simon are at the table with Lewis here today.
Mukul Pahuja was all in preflop with 
against the 
for Joe Ebanks. Pahuja was able to flop a six to take the lead when it came 
, but a 
on the turn followed by a on the river gave the hand right back to Ebanks. Pahuja was eliminated for the second time today while Ebanks climbed to 63,000.
Defending champion Joe Serock has been eliminated for the second time. He was all in with 
versus Joe Ebanks' . Ebanks went on to make trip aces and win the pot to send Serock to the rail.
After a raise from a player in middle position and a call from Wayne Griffin in the hijack seat, Neil Rodriguez called on the button. The three players saw the flop come down 
, and action checked around. The turn was the 
, and the original preflop raiser fired 1,600. Griffin folded, but Rodriguez called.
The river was the 
, and the first player checked. Rodriguez bet 2,100, and his opponent folded. Rodriguez turned over the for a flopped full house that turned into quads on the river. He scooped the pot and moved to 70,000 in chips.
The players are now in Level 6, and this will be the last level before the 60-minute dinner break.
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