Annette Obrestad has won her match, having knocked out Pietro Conti. Conti was down to 11,000 and all in with 
against Obrestad's 
. The board blanked out for Conti, and Obrestad moves through to the next round.
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Michael Degilio is a gnat's pubic hair away from victory . All the chips flew in on the turn of a 
board, Mercier's 
in need of divine assistance against 
for the straight. The Gods were sleeping at the time, and after a blank river, Mercier was down to just 6,000.
Jason Mericer has bounced back up to 25,000. His latest encounter saw his 
out-gun the 
of opponent Michael Degilio, the board coming a harmless 
to double the former EPT winner up.
Level: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Johannes Strassmann had become short-stacked and was forced to commit his last chips with 
against Vanessa Rousso's 
.
The flop came 
, and Rousso had paired her queen. The turn was the 
and the river another queen -- -- and Rousso moves on to the second round.
Joe Cada is out, his bread buttered the wrong side as pocket fours failed to out 'flip 
on an ensuing 
. Alexander Venovski was the man who prospered from the Champ's demise.
Severely short-stacked just a short while ago, Jason Mercier's comeback versus Michael Degilio is complete. He just now had Degilio all in with 
against Mercier's 
. An ace flopped, putting Mercier further in front, and Degilio couldn't catch up.
Scott Seiver has been eliminated from today's event, 
unable to unravel the of Brian Rast on a 
board.
Saar Wilf has advanced to Round 2 after topping Bryan Pellegrino. I joined the party during the aftermath, but unless Pellegrino is madder than a box of monkeys, I think the chips went in preflop.
Wilf: 
Pellegrino:
Board: 
Tom "durrrr" Dwan has advanced to the second round, defeating Max Steinberg.
