With the showing, Scotty Nguyen called a bet from a player who was showing the . Scotty caught the when the player paired his 5, and Scotty raised him when he bet.
Scotty:
Opponent:
Scotty called down to 7th, and won the high with a pair of 10s, while his opponent showed a 8-7-6 low.
Players have been falling quickly since the blind change. They were at 240 players prior to the level change and now we're down to almost 200. "Seat Open" can be heard every few minutes.
In a matchup against Chad Brown, Theo Jorgensen came out the victor as he scooped a pot with kings up versus Brown's tens up. After the hand, Brown was left with 5,200 and Jorgensen is up to 11,800.
Calling down against his opponent, who was showing aces, Mel Judah mucked on 7th after his opponent showed fives full. Judah didn't show, but we assume he missed the low as his board had the and .
The last few minutes here have been rather slow. Players knew the night was coming to a close so a lot of the action died out as players tried to stay alive for Day 2. The tournament staff announced a color up before calling it a night and players pretty much retired their play for the evening in wait for the color up.
Players are exiting the Players Pavilion after turning in their chip stacks to the tournament staff. Play has officially ended and will resume tomorrow at 3 p.m. PDT. Make sure to check back for then for full coverage of the event as we narrow down to a final table of eight players.