Terrence Chan was on the button and raised. The big blind called and the two saw a flop of 
. After the big blind checked, Chan bet and was called.
The same action occurred when the 
came on the turn and 
on the river. Chan turned over 
which was good enough to take down the hand and increase his stack to 30,000.
Phil Hellmuth and Todd Brunson have both been eliminated from the tournament. They made a good showing, but not good enough.
With only two or three players remaining at each table, action has slowed down. We'll bring you the winners of each table just as soon as they bust. In the meantime, we'll try catching and hands that may developed.
A few big names currently battling for a spot are Phil Hellmuth, Jeff Madsen, Barry Shulman, Vicky Coren, Chau Giang, Jonathan Little, Mark Gregorich and Ylon Schwartz.
Both David Steicke and Jonathan Aguiar have won their tables and will advance to Day 2.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Here are some more winners who've advanced to Day 2:
Brian Aleksa
Daniel Idema
Justin Iovanne
Szabolics Mayer
Joseph McGowan
Thomas Taylor
Javier Torresola
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Break!
For 20 minutes.
Szabolcs Mayer is a winner and off to Day 2 of Event #53.
On the final hand his opponent got his last few bets in with 
and was dominated by Mayer's 
.
The board ran: 
sending his opponent to the rail and Mayer into tomorrow.
Their table is four-handed, but you wouldn't be able to tell the way Phil Hellmuth and Jeff Madsen are going at it.
In a recent hand, action folded to Hellmuth in the small blind.
"I'm supposed to raise here I think," he said after sweating his cards.
"No," Madsen returned. "You just know that if you limp I'm going to raise anyway."
Hellmuth indeed raised and Madsen defended.
"I bet blind," Hellmuth blurted.
"I call blind," Madsen said.
The dealer was a bit confused after dealing the 
flop, but eventually delivered the on the turn.
Hellmuth fired a bet and Madsen thought a bit before folding.
"I should've raised dark," Madsen grinned.
"Oooooooh," Hellmuth gushed. "I might've re-raised dark!"
We're sure that these two will continue to tangle until one of them is eliminated from the tournament.
Most of the remaining tables are playing three handed or heads up; in fact, there are only a couple tables remaining with four players. This may seem like it is going fast, but limit heads up has been known to go for awhile.
