We've already lost somewhere around 100 players here in the first level of play today. Here are the stories of how a couple more went out:
Gary Berbiglia pushed with and was called by Ivan Demidov, who held . A four flopped, and Berbigila couldn't catch up, so he's out. Demidov currently has 703,000.
Meanwhile, Herbert Morici decided to go to battle with and was up against Reggie Lyons, who held . Morici couldn't hit his deuce, and he's out. Lyons is up to 285,000.
With the preflop action folded to him in the small blind, Mark Vos raised to 17,500, Phillip Liou raised to 80,000, Vos moved all in, having him significantly covered, and Liou called all in.
Liou
Vos
The board came and Vos eliminated Liou, increasing his stack to 760,000.
Phil Hellmuth
We have limited access to the feature but managed to just catch the end of a classic Phil Hellmuth tantrum. The board read and Hellmuth's opponent flipped over for the nut straight to take down a healthy pot as Hellmuth mucked his hand.
Hellmuth flipped out, berating his opponent for overplaying his hand before doing a lap of the studio area in disgust.
We'll have an updated chip count for you from this table as soon as we can.
The pace of bustouts hasn't slowed at all here in the Amazon Room. Two more players were recently eliminated, each time getting all their chips in before the flop.
First, Israel Hodara raised to 20,000 preflop and found one caller before Tom Cope reraised to 60,000. Hodara made it all of his chips to go, a total of 91,000. Only Cope made the call, and it was an easy one with pocket kings. He was well ahead of Hodara's pocket sevens. The cowboys held up on a board of to knock Hodara out of the tournament and increase Cope's stack to 385,000.
Shortly thereafter, on Blue #33, Mark Velloney and Diren Yildiz got it all in preflop. Yildiz held a slight edge with against Velloney's . That turned into a huge edge when the flop came . Velloney couldn't come up with a runner-runner winner when the board finished out . He was eliminated, while Yildiz climbed to 410,000.
Matt Matros
Just had a big exchange of chips happen between Matt Matros and Brian Hansen. Matros raised to 15,000 from late position, and Hansen called from the big blind. The flop came . Hansen checked, Matros bet 21,000, then Hansen check-raised to 58,000. Matros called.
The turn was the . Hansen checked. This time Matros bet 85,000. Hansen again check-raised him, this time to 190,000. Again, Matros made the call.
The river was the . Hansen fired out 210,000. Matros thought a bit, then called. Hansen showed for second pair. Matros turned over for top pair, slapping his hands together once as he saw the big pot was his.
Matros is up to 1.2 million now, and Hansen has slipped to 400,000.
Daniel Fechser joined the dozens of players to hit the rail in the first level of play. Fechser took his up against Joe Brandenburg's and came up short when the board ran out .
At this stage of the tournament, it can be really tough to get away from a hand without a massive stack. On a flop of , Justin Wald and Hunter Frey got it all in, with Frey the one at risk of elimination. He flopped top two with , but Wald had flopped a set of jacks. The board bricked out ; Wald's set was the boss hand.
After eliminating Frey and increasing his stack to about 420,000, Wald gave a very demonstrative (but completely silent) fist pump.
and was called by Ivan Demidov, who held 
. A four flopped, and Berbigila couldn't catch up, so he's out. Demidov currently has 703,000.
and was up against Reggie Lyons, who held 
. Morici couldn't hit his deuce, and he's out. Lyons is up to 285,000.
and Vos eliminated Liou, increasing his stack to 760,000.
and Hellmuth's opponent flipped over 
for the nut straight to take down a healthy pot as Hellmuth mucked his hand.
against Velloney's 
. That turned into a huge edge when the flop came 
. He was eliminated, while Yildiz climbed to 410,000.
.
. Hansen checked, Matros bet 21,000, then Hansen check-raised to 58,000. Matros called.
. Hansen fired out 210,000. Matros thought a bit, then called. Hansen showed 
; Wald's set was the boss hand.
