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We just spotted an interesting player in the field. Pratyush Buddiga, who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2002 (at the age of 13), is seated in the black section. Perhaps he'll be the first person to win a WSOP bracelet and the national spelling bee. We'll keep you posted!
Masaaki Kagawa is one of the earliest casualties today, the Japanese player appeared to have got into a sticky spot all in preflop with 
for his last 1,000 chips or so against 
and the board predictably punished him coming 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
We didn't see the hand, but the seat next to Chad Brown, which was filled by Faraz Jaka, is now empty with no chips in front, meaning that he has been knocked out.
With 700 chips in the pot and the board reading 
, Kenny Nguyen had pushed all in for around 2,000 chips against Jason Young.
Young seemed to be struggling with whether to call or not and Nguyen asked, "You heard that I'm a tight player?" to which Young replied, "I've never seen a tight asian." That elicited a chuckle from the table and Young folded his 
face up.
Nguyen showed his 
for jack high and a flush draw and scooped up the pot bringing his stack to 2,850. Young still had around 4,500 after the hand.
When we got to the table, Layne Flack was down to just 300 chips, and he put the rest of them in preflop. The big blind was the only caller, and the two flipped up their cards.
Flack: 
Big Blind: 
The flop provided some fireworks when it came 
, giving both players two pair. The turn and river provided no miracles coming and 
and Flack was eliminated. As he got out of the chair, Flack said "Well sometimes you're the dog and sometimes you're the hydrant. Good luck guys." Everyone at the table, including Flack, had a laugh at that one.
Kevin MacPhee has been knocked out according to his twitter feed. The American had kings into aces, top pair into middle set and then top pair into an overpair.
Not his day.
Jon Spinks, who finished 4th in the $1,500 Stud event, just made an overcall for 1,500 on the river of a 
board. The initial bettor turned over and the caller folded when Spinks flipped 
for a rivered two pair.
Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Chris Moorman is sitting shaking his head with a rueful smile on his face as he is already down to 2,500.
"Some guy limp-called from UTG with 
, flopped trips...then I tried to bluff him..."
It was an early day for Greg Mueller who lost a good portion of his stack when he ran kings into aces and then was eliminated in a hand not long after.
