Greg "FBT" Mueller (who has already advanced to tomorrow's Round 2 and is still here sweating his roommate, Shawn Buchanan), had a ready explanation for the increase: "It's because it's supposed to be over now."
There are still 37 matches ongoing.
Level: 8
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0

versus Naalden's 
. The flop was 

, giving Naalden two pair. The turn was the
, meaning his opponent wasn't quite drawing dead. But the
sealed it, and Naalden moves on.

while he held 
.



, and Campbell's jacks gave him the rest of the chips.

against his opponent's 
when they got it all in before the flop. The board ran out 



, giving Tanniru a full house and a spot at one of tomorrow's eight eight-handed tables.

and his opponent 
. The board came 



, and that river eight meant they were down to heads up.