We have only lost one player thus far here in the early going. The remaining nine players over Table 370 are discussing how it happened -- the player with 
having gotten his aces cracked by 
.
Meanwhile, the Tournament Director is reminding everyone that when eliminated they must check in with him in order to get their scheduled payouts. It looks like it was Maxim Semisoshenko who was eliminated, but the TD is still working to track that down for certain.
Here's another early bustout to report, this one from Table 375.
Before the flop, Michael Adamo opened with a raise from under the gun, and Adolfo Castillo reraised to 13,100 from middle position. It folded back to Adamo who reraised all in, and Castillo called.
Adamo showed 
and Castillo 
. The board went 
, and Castillo ended up with a diamond flush.
Adamo is out, and Castillo is up to 135,000 and leading the now nine-handed table.
Richard Hawes opened with a raise to 1,100 from early position and got three callers -- Jason Koon (MP), Johanssy Joseph (button), and Michael Cooper (BB). All four then checked the 
flop and 
turn.
The river then brought the . It checked around to Joseph who bet 2,250, and only Hawes called. Joseph showed , and Hawes mucked.
Joseph is up to 62,000 there at Table 368.
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Sam El started the action by opening to 1,050 from early position. Terrence Chan three-bet to 3,000 and a short-stacked Andrew Shack moved all in for 9,500 near the button. Action folded back to El who re-shoved prompting Chan to fold his hand.
Showdown
El:
Shack: 
"At least I have live cards," Shack said with a smile.
He couldn't connect with the 
board however, and was off to the cashier to pick up his earnings.
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Cory Carroll has crippled Andras Kovacs after flopping two pair.
Carroll's 
was well ahead of Kovacs' 
on the 
board. The turn and river came 
, 
respectively and Carroll is up to 92,000 chips.
Kovacs is very low with 10,000.
We've moved into the second level of play. It looks like Annette Obrestad has pushed out to a lead at her table.
Here's a quick look around the room at those who have taken the early edge at each of the 14 tables:
Table 361
-- Joseph Ward, 75,000
Table 362
-- Kevin Ho
& Chau Giang, 65,000
Table 363
-- Michael Noda, 90,000
Table 364
-- Brett Shaffer, 60,000
Table 366
-- Thomas Belleuvre
, 56,000
Table 367 –- Barry Hutter, 72,000
Table 368
-- Kristian Lunardi, 58,000
Table 369
-- Dan Kelly, 62,000
Table 370
-- Cory Carroll, 87,000
Table 371
-- Christophe Lebreton
, 87,000
Table 373
-- Annette Obrestad, 76,000
Table 374
-- Manuel Darsigny, 73,000
Table 375
-- Adolfo Castillo, 140,000
Table 376 -- Ylon Schwartz, 62,000
We'll continue to report chip counts here in the blog at each of the tables. Meanwhile, when players are eliminated (or win their tables), that will be reflected over on the "Chip Counts" page.
Adam Kornuth received a well-timed double up at Table 366.
With almost 10,000 in the pot and the board reading 
, Kornuth open-shoved for 5,400 and was called by John Strzemp.
We missed Strzemp's cards, but Kornuth's held after the board ran 
because he was shipped the pot doubling to 20,000 chips.
A couple more eliminations to report -- Robert Mizrachi has busted from Table 366, and Anthony Utnage is gone from Table 362.
