Chris Howard limped in on the button and Blake Cahail checked. The flop was and Cahail checked. Howard bet 4,000 and Cahail called. The turn was . Cahail checked. Howard bet 15,000 and Cahail went all in. Howard called. Cahail had to for Howard. The river was and Cahail was eliminated. Chris Howard advances to Round 2.
Beth Shak and Praz Bansi were all in preflop. Bansi had and Shak . The board spikes for Bansi with . Remaining at the table are Sabyl Landrum, Bansi and Tim West.
We are down to ten tables or so. Most are at heads-up, but a few still have four or five players. The staff has relocated everyone down to the other side of the Amazon Room. Which means a couple of things . . .
The table numbers we've been referring to will all change here as the remaining players sit down in a new section.
Our reporters are going to have to do extra running back and forth, as the distance between the tables and our workstation has increased considerably. They're young and energetic, though, so we should be okay.
We've reached the end of Level 6 and thus have gone to break. Even though it is dinner time, it doesn't appear we're having a dinner break, so we'll be back in 20 minutes.
Preflop, Cort Kibler-Melby limped in on the button. Phil Tom raised to 2,000. Kibler-Melby re-raised all in for 13,000. Tom called with versus the of Kibler-Melby. The board was and Tom moves on to Round 2.