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Brent Hanks will return for Day 2 after picking up aces in his last hand heads up.
His opponent's cards were already mucked when we reached the table, but the board read: 
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We can assure you of one thing; his opponent didn't hold a three (we're smart)!
Keven Stammen (30,000) vs. Aaron Jones (120,000)
Tommy Vedes (124,000) vs Dennis Burke (26,000)
"Winner on Table 3!" a dealer shouted in the Pavilion Room.
When we walked over, Christopher DeMaci was shaking Blair Hinkle's hand before proceeding out of the tournament area. Luckily for us the hands were still face up and it looked like this:
Hinkle: 
DeMaci: 
Board: 
We caught up with Hinkle after the hand, and according to him the money went in on the turn.
Hinkle is guaranteed at least $16,607 and will return tomorrow for Day 2.
With the action folding round to Joe Tehan in the small blind, he pushed his last 14,000 into the middle and was called by Cliff Josephy from the big blind.
Tehan: 
Josephy: 
The board ran out 
to see Tehan eliminated as Josephy climbs to over 40,000 in chips.
Maxim Lykov is another player we will see on Day 2; he just bounced Ravi "govshark2" Raghaven from the tournament.
On the final hand, Lykov opened to 2,400 and Raghaven shoved for about 27,000. Lykov called and the hands were turned face up.
Raghaven: 
Lykov: 
The 
flop was all she wrote, and after the turn and 
river the elimination was official.
Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka climbed all the way back and eliminated Justin Bonomo to advance to Day 2. We missed the hand, but Jaka was kind enough to give us the scoop.
According to Jaka, he opened to 2,600 and Bonomo shoved for around 30,000. Jaka called and the hands were tabled:
Jaka: 
Bonomo: 
Jaka won the race, flushing Bonomo from the tournament.
Amit Makhija opened to 3,000 form the button only to have Julien Nuijten bump it to 8,700. Makhija shoved for roughly 42,000 and Nuijten made the call.
Makhija: 
Nuijten: 
The board ran out 
to see Makhija eliminated as Nuijten progresses through to round two.
Kirk Morrison pushed his last 20,000 into the pot from the button and was immediately called by Neil Channing.
Morrison:
Channing: 
The flop of 
gave Morrison a set but still left Channing drawing to a spade or running cards for a straight.
Unfortunately for the $50,000 Poker Players Championship bubble boy, Morrison would see the and fall on the turn and river to see him bubble his second event for the series as Channing progressed through to round two.
The remaining players have all returned from their dinner break.
For those that decided against a dinner break, they have their own individual clock and have just ticked into the 600-1200 and 200-ante level.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
