Nam Le was all in on the turn on a board of 8-5-7-8. Le had 6-4 for the straight and his opponent held T-6 for the open-ended straight draw. The river brought a 9 and his opponent made the ten-high straight sending Nam Le home on Day 1.
On a board of a middle position player moved all in and Kevin O'Donnell called. O'Donnell showed while his opponent tabled . The river was the and O'Donnell doubled up to 7,000.
David Williams just lost a big pot when the A-K of his opponent outran his 9-9. The flop was harmless for Williams, but the Ace on the turn gave put his opponent in the lead. The river bricked for Williams who lost the hand and is now down to 3,800 chips.
After a flop of , Joe Sebok bet 600 and Keith Lehr raised to 2,000. Sebok said, "you're the only one at the table I don't want to play against," then he showed before he mucked his cards. Lehr showed 3-4, for a flopped straight, and as he raked in the pot, Sebok said, "Keep calling me with 3-4 and they aren't all going to end up that way." After the hand, Lehr was up to 28,000.
A player in the small blind pushed all-in for 400 and David "Devilfish" Ulliott called. Ulliott had A-2 against A-K. The flop came and Ulliott rivers a deuce for two pair and knocks his opponent out. Ulliott is only sporting half of his bling today, but it looks like being just a "Devil" also works.
Phil Gordon got unlucky when he ran his into the of Daniel Alaei. Gordon got no help from the community cards and was sent to the rail. Alaei is now a force with 37,000 chips.