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On a 
flop Allen Cunningham fired out a bet which William Molson called.
The 
landed on the turn and Cunningham again led out with a bet only to be raised all in by Molson. Cunningham made the call and the cards were tabled.
Cunningham: 
Molson: 
The river landed the 
to put Cunningham on the rail and Molson into round two.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
The heads up match between Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Vivek "Psyduck" Rajkumar was nothing less than a classic. Here are three of their final hands.
Rajkumar held a slight chip advantage in the first hand, and after Dwan opened to 2,500 he three-bet to 8,200. Dwan called and the two saw a flop of 
.
Rajkumar led for 14,500 and after an epic staring match Dwan called.
"How much do you have? Rajkumar asked while the dealer burned and turned the .
"Forty-six (thousand)," Dwan answered.
Quickly, Rajkumar announced all-in and Dwan thought momentarily before calling. Rajkumar knew he was in trouble before the hands were even turned over:
Dwan: 
Rajkumar: 
The 
spiked on the river, and Dwan took a commanding chip lead at about 140,000 to 10,000.
Rajkumar found a quick double though, getting it in with 
against Dwan's 
. The flop did bring an ace, the , but there was also an eight; the 
. They were accompanied by the and then the on the turn and the on the river.
The stacks then looked like:
Dwan 127,000
Rajkumar 23,000
In the final hand, the board read 
when Dwan led for 2,300. Rajkumar called the turn brought the 
.
Dwan studied Rajkumar for a moment before moving all-in. Rajkumar called, and it was a brilliant call because his 
was way ahead of Dwan's .
Boom, 
.
Dwan and Rajkumar both laughed and then shook hands. The epic match was over, and Rajkumar was eliminated. Dwan quickly made sure he was set for Day 2, and quickly scurried off to play in Event #7: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball.
Joseph Elpayaa raised the button and Phil Ivey three-bet. Elpayaa was having none of it and jammed all in to put Ivey to a decision. That decision resulted in a call for his tournament life.
Ivey: 
Elpayaa: 
The board ran out 
to see Elpayaa strike gold on the flop to send Ivey to the rail and himself into round two and a guaranteed payday of $16,607.
On a board reading Eugene Katchalov was faced with a 20,000-chip bet into a pot of around the same amount.
Katchalov grabbed a stack of assorted chips amounting around 43,000 and dropped them in front of his cards to put his opponent all in.
After several minutes in the tank, Katchalov's opponent made the call for his tournament life tabling to be drawing dead to Katchalov's 
.
The meaningless landed on the river to send Katchalov through to round two action.
For the longest time Table 1 was four-handed, but now they are down to two.
Cary Katz (22,000 chips) has some work to do against Steve Gross (128,000 chips).
With the board spread 
Matt Waxman found himself all in against Chad Brown.
Waxman:
Brown: 
With Brown having flopped Broadway and a royal flush draw, Waxman would have to improve on his two-pair.
Fortunately for Brown, the river landed the to improve his hand to a flush and send Waxman to the rail as the PokerStars Team USA Pro progresses through to the next round and a guaranteed $16,607 payday.
Christian "charder30" Harder and Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy tangled in a sizable pot at Table 24 moments ago.
Harder opened to 2,700 from the button and Josephy called from the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Josephy checked to Harder who bet 4,800. Josephy thought before check-raising to 10,500 and Harder made the call.
The turn brought the and again Josephy checked. Harder bet again, this time 14,300. Josephy wasn't happy and tanked for quite some time before lifting his cards to show the rail and throwing them in the muck.
Harder eliminated Casey Jarzabek soon after, and Harder (111,000 chips) and Josephy (39,000 chips) are now heads up.
Noah Boeken opened to 2,600 and Nicolas Levi bumped it to 6,000 from the big blind.
Boeken made the call to see a flop fall and a bet of 5,500 follow from Levi. Boeken deliberated for a few moments before tossing in five orange 5,000-denomination chips amounting to a raise of 25,000.
Levi took his time mulling over a decision before announcing a call and flipping his hand believing that Boeken was all in when in reality still had a further 14,900 behind.
The dealer burned and turned the 
on the turn and Levi tossed in three 5,000-denomination chips with Boeken sliding his remaining chips.
Levi:
Boeken: 
The river landed the to see Boeken miss his flush draw and be sent to the rail as Levi progresses to the second round of play.
The heads up match between Christian "charder30" Harder and Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy didn't last very long.
Harder opened with the button and Josephy moved all-in for 27,000. Harder called and the hands were tabled:
Harder: 
Josephy: 
The board ran 
and Josephy was eliminated.
Charder will return tomorrow as one of the thirty-six remaining runners.
