Daniel Clifford First Casualty of Day 1b
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Before the first break, Daniel Clifford became the first player to exit the tournament. We learned from his opponent Cristian Cirtog that both players flopped a pair in a multi-way pot on the flop of 
. Cirtog already had the best of it with top pair holding 
while Clifford held only bottom pair with . The 
on the turn wasn't an action card for either player, however, an spiked the river giving both players two-pair. Clifford got the rest of his chips all-in and was the first to leave the tournament arena after he saw Cirtog holding a better two-pair.
Other players leaving the tournament arena before the first break included England's Dost Ghrabie, Sweden's Daniel Ekstrom, and Turkey's Orpen Kisacikoglu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |