On the turn the board read 
. The pot looked to be about 85,000. Michael Wang moved all in to put the screws on his opponent who thought for several moments.
Eventually his opponent tossed his cards into the middle for the fold and Wang took in the addition to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
143,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Isaac Kempton called the short stack preflop all in from Leif Force and would need to hit to take the lead as he held the 
against the 
of Force.
The flop came 
to send Kempton into the lead. The turn was the and the river the 
and Kempton busted Force to give his huge stack even more ammunition.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
510,000 | 510,000 |
|
Busted |
Late registration for Day 1a ended at the start of level 13. The amount of entries for the day was a healthy turnout of 450.
Peter Vitantonio moved all in for his remaining 41,000 over a raise of 4,500 of his opponent. The action folded back around to the initial raiser who went started to think.
A lengthy tank ensued as the raiser thought long and hard. After over a minute the clock was called. The floor came over to start the countdown and eventually the call was made.
Vitantoio was in for a flip as he held the 
against the 
of his opponent. The flop came 
to give Vitantonio more of a sweat. The turn was the 
and the river came another blank, the 
to give him a big double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
83,000 | 37,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Players are now on their last 15-minute break of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
348,000 | 193,000 |
|
205,000 | 182,000 |
|
170,000 | 13,000 |
|
165,000 | 80,000 |
|
160,000 | 8,000 |
|
120,000 | -53,000 |
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
|
110,000 | 51,000 |
|
99,000 | 26,000 |
|
95,000 | 79,000 |
|
|
93,000 | 37,000 |
|
77,000 | -11,000 |
|
75,000 | -40,000 |
|
72,000 | 56,000 |
|
55,000 | -8,000 |
|
55,000 | 8,000 |
|
48,000 | 48,000 |
|
46,000 | 46,000 |
|
45,000 | 18,000 |
|
44,000 | -13,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 12,000 |
|
36,000 | 13,000 |
|
35,000 | -60,000 |
|
33,000 | 2,000 |
The flop read 
. Three players were all in, with Ed Van Laningham being the biggest stack, with the chance to take out two players at once.
Ed Van Laningham
Steve Karp 
Player 3 
The turn was the 
and the river came the 
and both players including Karp were knocked out while Van Laningham built up his big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 | 175,000 |
|
Busted |
Action was picked up on the river with a board that read 
. Aaron Massey made a bet of 15,000 over to his opponent.
His opponent thought for a few moments making the call. Massey quickly turned over the 
for a full boat while his opponent mucked her hand, left with a short stack behind while Massey added more to his large stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000 |