Aaron Massey went to a flop with two other players and the board was . Massey moved all in, the first player to act called and the next player went into a short tank before folding.
Massy:
Opponent:
Massey's aces were in the lead but turn sunk his ship when it fell . He bricked on the river when it fell .
Kenny Nguyen was the story of the day before the dinner break. We just passed by his table and he is sitting on 45,000. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Lots of big pots."
A player in early position raised to 2,300 only to have a short-stacked Faraz Jaka move all in for 7,200. The player in the cutoff then wok up with a four-bet to 12,000, which pushed the initial raiser out of the pot. "Don't worry, I got this," Jaka joked as he flipped his hand:
Showdown
Jaka:
Cutoff:
Jaka was in bad shape, and even more so when the case queen appeared on the flop. The turn kept Jaka alive and drawing to a river ace, but it was not meant to be as the peeled off. Jaka was eliminated here on Day 1a, but was quick to assure us that he would be back tomorrow.
A recent pass through the room has revealed that Circuit regulars Preston Derden and Matthew Lawrence have both been eliminated from the tournament.
On the flip side, we've discovered two notables who've somehow managed to fly under the radar, bracelet winner Robert Cheung and 2010/2011 WSOP-Circuit Caesars Palace Event #6 $560 NLHE ring winner Bob Whalen.
We're not sure what happened, but Kathy Liebert just passed by us and said, "See you tomorrow." We checked her former seat and sure enough it was void of chips. It all adds up to one thing . . . Liebert has been eliminated on Day 1a, but fear not, she will exercise her re-entry option and return tomorrow for another day of poker fun.
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. Massey moved all in, the first player to act called and the next player went into a short tank before folding.
. He bricked on the river when it fell 
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