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Frank Argano moved all in over a bet with the board reading 
. His opponent called and Argano turned over 
for the nuts.
"Yup," Argano said proudly. "Knew you'd call."
His opponent was drawing dead with 
and after the river completed the board, Argano was pushed the pot. He now sits with an impressive 280,000 chips.
Players are on the last scheduled break of the evening. Ten minutes to rest, then two more 40-minute levels left to go in Day 1.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Action folded to a player in the small blind who raised to 6,000. Joe Chaplin defended his big blind and the flop fell 
. Chaplin's opponent led for 5,500 and Chaplin called.
The turn was the and Chaplin's opponent slowed down, checking to Chaplin who fired 6,000. That bet was good enough to win the pot and send Chaplin's stack to 120,000 chips.
A player under the gun opened with a 3x raise to 6,000 and the table folded around to Patrick Houchins, sitting comfortably behind a mountain of orange and gray chips.
Houchins called, as did the big blind, and the three players saw the flop come 
. It checked to Houchins who nonchalantly plucked 11,000 from his stacks to place in the middle. The big blind quickly folded, and the original raiser paused only for a moment before folding his 
face up.
Houchins has about 255,000 at present.
There was about 30,000 in the middle and the board read 
when Frank Argano bet 25,000 into Ari Albilia. Albilia didn't look pleased, but made the call. Argano opened 
for eights and sevens, but Albilia tabled 
for tens and sevens and raked in the 80,000-chip pot.
David Apostolico had been nurturing a short stack for the last several levels before he pushed all in from middle position for his last 18,000 with . Alas for the poker author, an opponent in the big blind woke up with 
.
The board ran out 
, and Apostolico hits the rail with just over 100 players remaining.
Beth Shak has been eliminated from the tournament. We don't know how, but we know who the culprit is; Dylan Drazen.
With the KO Drazen is now the chip leader with 260,000 in his stack.
We're cruising toward the end of Level 15. And Edward Pham continues to cruise as well, having just eliminated another opponent.
This time Pham used 
to conquer his short-stacked foe who was all in before the flop with 
. The board came 
, and Pham added the short stack to his.
Pham is now sitting with about 190,000.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
