Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul just picked up a chunk of chips while knocking out Matthew Wantman, as described...
Just got pretty lucky to bust @MatthewWantman and his last 10k..got it in w top pair vs his top and bottom and counterfeited him 50kApril 06 2013Follow
Down to a little under 8,000, Alice Sewall opened with a raise to 1,100 from early position, then watched as a late position opponent leaned forward to see what she had behind. He then raised to 8,000 even, and after it folded back around Sewall called.
Sewall tabled 
while her opponent showed 
. Sewall was fine through the 
flop, but the turn brought the 
to pair her opponent, and after the 
she bid the table goodbye on the way to the rail.
Just before the break, Jamie Kerstetter's Day 1a came to an end. It happened when she got her last 3,700 or so all in preflop holding the 
only to run into the 
of a gentleman two to her right. The 
flop was dry for Kerstetter, and the 
turn left her drawing dead.
"Good game, guys," Kerstetter said before the 
was run out on the river for good measure. We expect she'll be back in a couple hours to fire another bullet.
Level: 7a
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Players are now on a ten-minute break. Here are a few counts we grabbed before the players left for their various break adventures.
Andy Frankenberger opened for 675 from early position and received calls from Mark Epstein, who was in the cutoff, and the player in the small blind. The latter checked the 
flop, Frankenberger continued for 1,200, and only Epstein called.
Both players then checked the 
turn and Frankenberger led out for 3,800 when the 
completed the board on the river. Epstein thought for over a minute before lobbing a pink T5,000 chip into the pot for a call, and it proved the wrong decision as Frankenberger rolled over the 
. Epstein mucked.
We came upon Kyle Bowker's table to see him involved in a hand in which about 7,000 sat in the middle, chips totaling 5,025 sat before Bowker, and his lone opponent sat in contemplation at the sight of the bet and 
flop.
Finally Bowker's opponent let his hand go, and after being in the red for much of the afternoon Bowker has chipped back up over the starting stack.
Up on the big board, the total number of Day 1a entrants has held steady at 349 for a while now, likely to stay right around that mark even though registration remains open through the end of the flight.
If conversations at the tables regarding some of the prop bets that had been made regarding the overall total number of entrants here is any indication, that figure is exceeding expectations while also suggesting a healthy overall turnout once the Day 1b folks are added to the mix.
We didn't catch the hand when it happened, but we learned after the fact that Ronnie Pease was eliminated after getting his short stack all in preflop with 
and was racing against the 
of an unknown opponent. Pease got it in good, but to no avail as an ace hit the flop.
Meanwhile, Ralph Massey has also been eliminated from the tournament.
A series of bets between Bobby Ferdinand and a lone opponent saw Ferdinand having reraised all in for nearly 25,000 total and his opponent deep in the tank following a 
flop.
It took a couple of minutes, but finally Ferdinand's opponent folded, saying "I'll let you have this one" as he showed the he was giving up.
Ferdinand wordlessly slid his cards face down to the dealer and collected the chips.
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