Bill Gazes stormed to the chip lead during the last half of Day 1, finishing up with a staggering 336,700 chips. Quite a step from the 20,000 he began with. There are a few contenders hot on his heels though, and it's still anyone's game with two full days of poker remaining.
Play will be underway in a little more than a half hour -- at 2:00pm local time (EDT). So stretch your legs, grab a snack, and follow along with us as we play down to our final table!
against Michael Walls'
. The board ran out
and the online star was sent to the rail.
board, Dan Shak shoved for 22,500 with
and was called by big stack Allen Bari with
. The
turn put Bari in the lead and the
river did not help Shak who is out in 34th place.
just defeated Brock Parker's
in an all in preflop situation when the board ran out
to get back to around 65,000. Lee slips back down to 60,000.
and found action from Jeffrey Wan in the small blind with