Alan Cutler raised to 1,700 in the cutoff and was called by the player on the button.
The flop came down 
and Cutler checked. His opponent bet 3,000 and Cutler called, landing the 
on the turn. Cutler took the lead this time, betting 5,000. His opponent went all in for a total of 11,225 and sent Cutler into the tank. After about three minutes, Cutler flashed the 
and gave it up, dropping to about 18,000.
A player in Seat 5 raised to 1,600 from middle position and T.J Cloutier reraised to 4,200 from the cutoff. Seat 5 responded by moving all in for 12,600 and Cloutier hesitantly made the call.
Seat 5 showed 
and Cloutier said in his thick drawl, "I got one over card on ya." Indeed, Cloutier held the 
. The board ran out 
and Seat 5 doubled through Cloutier. "Nine out of ten times I wouldn't have a hand that weak," was all Cloutier could say. He is down to around 10,000.
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Mark "Pegasus" Smith has been on a roll today. Recently, an under the gun player raised and Smith reraised to 3,500 from middle position. Everyone folded and Smith took down the small pot, which brought him up to 92,000.
However, a short time later variance caught up with Smith. In the hand, three players had seen a flop of 
and the big blind checked to Smith, who quickly bet 3,000. The player on the button called while the big blind got out of the way. The turn was the 
and Smith bet 10,000, which covered his opponent. The button snap called for about 8,000 and revealed 
, which was ahead of Smith's 
. However, Smith could catch a ace, ten or heart on the river to take down the pot. Unfortunately for him, the river was the 
and his opponent doubled.
Our starting field of 270 has already been cut by 1/3rd as roughly 180 players remain at just about the halfway point on Day 1.
We didn't catch all the action but Aaron Brandt was all in for 8,200 on the river with a board reading 
. His opponent had called and was counting out chips as Brandt's 
was good. He is now up to around 24,000.
The biggest stack in the room at the beginning of Level 8 appears to be Claudia Crawford. She has upped her stack to about 60,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Although we didn't have any Full Tilt pros in the field today, you can bet they'll be making an appearance at the next Regional Championship in Atlantic City. Television coverage is planned as part of the newly revamped WSOP Circuit and it should bring out tons of big names.
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