Hawes on the Rail

Charlie Hawes walked over to the table of Hamish Crawshaw and said "No good. It went all downhill for an hour straight." Indeed his former seat was empty and Minh Nguyen confirmed that Hawes had defended his big blind and check-called a shove on a king-high flop with top pair. His opponent had bottom two pair with queen-jack and that held up.

Hawes will have to re-enter on Day 1b if he wishes to repeat his third-place finish of the previous year.