We caught up with the action to see Alexander Venovski move all in on a board of 
.
Zolotow quickly called and tabled 
for the nuts and left Venovski on his last leg.
The match quickly ended after this crippling hand, thus advancing Zolotow to the next round. After the match, Zolotow attempted to shake his opponent's hand, but Venovski stormed off.
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Justin Bonomo has just advanced past Michael Mizrachi to move himself into the second round.
... and the Shoutbox goes wild!
Gus Hansen got it all in against Jason Mercier on a board of 
.
Hansen: 
Mercier: 
The turn and river fell 
and 
giving Hansen a ten-high flush and a round one victory.
A cryptic, and potentially very interesting tweet from Michael Binger during the break:
"Loser of my match with @shaundeeb has to parachute into back lot of Rio"
I'm not sure what else to add to that, except that I hope they let us know when it's happening first.
Vivek Rajkumar defeated Pramesh Bansi with flair, cracking his opponent's 
with a set of Three's. After getting all of the chips into the middle, Rajkumar was far behind Bansi's rockets but when the door card was revealed to be the 
, his flopped set was enough to dispatch a shocked Bansi. Jake Cody also moved on to the next round when his 
materialized into a set on the flop. The 
held by George Adams was not enough and Cody advanced to Round 2. Also moving on to the second round was Darren Elias, whose 
hit the flop of 
hard. His opponent John Monnette held 
and was far behind, ultimately falling to Elias' nut flush when the turn and river came 
and 
.
Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/1,000
Ante: 0
More details on that Jason Mercier double up from a moment ago.
Gus Hansen suggested going all in blind. Mercier agreed and both shoved their stacks in the middle without looking.
Showdown
Hansen: 
Mercier: 
The flop came 
, giving Mercier the lead. A fell on the turn, leaving Hansen flush and counterfeit outs. The 
river came safe for Mercier, who doubled again to 92,000.
Six levels into the day, it's time for a break. We'll be back in 15 minutes.
Jason Mercier was in trouble early in his match with Gus Hansen, but the tides are turning. We were too far away to see the hand, but we did just spot Mercier doubling up through his opponent to take a 2:1 lead. It's about 96,000 to 54,000 by our eyeballs.
Round 1 at table #359 is complete. Maxim Lykov bested David Benefield when the two saw a flop of 
. When the hands were turned up, Benefield flipped over 
but were behind Lykov’s 
. There was no help for Benefield on the next two streets and Lykov won the match.
On the other side of the table, Antonio Esfandiari and David Peters got it all in preflop. Esfandiari held and was ahead of Peters’ 
. The board bricked out and Esfandiari advanced to the second round.
