Razz
Chip Jett had the bring in with 
and action folded to Phil Ivey, who completed with a 
showing. Even with two opponents showing 
and 
behind, Ivey's raise was enough to take down the pot.
Maybe his opponent's are hesitant to go up against Ivey in Razz; afterall, it was during the Razz portion of the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event that Ivey defeated Bill Chen to claim his eighth gold bracelet. Nonetheless, Ivey is up to 30,300.
Players are back from their dinner break and the cards are back in the air. The plan is to play four more levels.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
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The players will now be taking a one-hour dinner break.
There are a lot of massage therapists earning their keep in the tournament today. Right now Dan Shak, Ted Forrest, Steve Wong, Robert Williamson III, David Chiu, Jimmy Fricke and Justin Smith are enjoying a rubdown.
However, one man has them all beat. As far as we can tell, Greg Mueller has been receiving a massage since the start of the tournament. At two bucks a minute, that sure adds up; however, we're sure the 2009 two-time bracelet winner doesn't mind forking over some cash in order to stay comfortable throughout Day 1.
Hold'em
Chris Ferguson was in the cutoff and raised to 1,000. Andy Bloch made the call from the big blind and the two saw a flop of 
.
Bloch checked and Ferguson took the opportunity to bet 500. Bloch raised to 1,000 and Ferguson called to see the 
on the turn.
Bloch led out for a 1,000 bet only to have Ferguson bump it to 2,000. Bloch called and the 
appeared on the river. Bloch checked and then snap-folded to Ferguson's bet.
Bloch dropped to 11,000 while Ferguson chipped up to 44,000.
Omaha-8
Frank Kassela raised it up and found three callers, including Steve Sung on the button and the short-stacked Dan Heimiller in the big blind.
They went to a flop of 
and Heimiller checked to Kassela who fired a bet. All three opponents made the call.
The turn was the 
and again Kassela was the aggressor, but this time Sung raised it up. Heimiller called off his last chips, and Kassela also called as the third player stepped aside.
The river brought the 
and Kassela fired out a bet with Sung releasing. Kassela showed 
for quads and the nuts as Heimiller shrugged and departed the Amazon Room.
Stud-8
Doyle Brunson (X-X) / 
/ (X)
Bruno Fitoussi 
/ 
/ 
Brunson had the bring in and action folded to Fitoussi, who completed. Only Brunson called to fourth street. Fitoussi bet and again Brunson called. Both players checked fifth and sixth streets.
Fitoussi then bet seventh and it was up to Brunson. With four low cards showing, it seemed inevitable that he would call and reveal a low; however, Brunson picked up his board and tossed them to the dealer. Fitoussi flashed two diamonds for a flush that he had hit on seventh.
Fitoussi took down the pot and is up to around 39,000 while Brunson dropped to 23,700.
Omaha-8
David Benyamine is our first notable elimination of the day, and he earns the privilege of being at the bottom of our chip counts page...all day.
Benyamine was short and got his last chips in on the turn with the board reading 
.
Benyamine tabled 
but his opponent opened 
and scooped on the 
river with the only low and top two pair for the high.
Scotty Nguyen just payed a visit to Table #298 where he appeared to settle a bet with Erik Seidel. Scotty payed the man and added, "You know, baby, you're the only one I'm happy to pay, because I know I'm gonna get it back."
