Just before the break, a huge hand developed that resulted in the elimination of Kunimaro Kojo. It began with a series of preflop raises and reraises that ultimately saw Kojo all in with 
against the 
of his unknown opponent. The board ran out an uneventful 
and Kojo made his exit from the $10K Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship late in Level Two.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
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Right before the break we caught a bit of dialogue between Gavin Smith and Men "The Master" Nguyen who are sitting at tables right next to each other. Smith yelled out, "Men, do you tweet?" to which Nguyen replied "Do I drink?"
Smith laughed and said "I know you drink... I mean Twitter. Do you tweet?" Nguyen shook his head and said no.
Players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
52,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
51,000 | |
|
|
50,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 18,500 |
|
|
48,500 | 18,500 |
|
|
44,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
44,000 | 14,000 |
|
|
43,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
42,000 | -8,500 |
|
|
38,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
37,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
34,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
33,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
33,000 | |
|
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
28,500 | |
|
|
28,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
28,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
27,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
27,000 | |
|
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
23,000 | -7,000 |
|
|
21,000 | -9,000 |
With the board reading 
, Olivier Busquet put out a small bet and Chris Oliver raised to 6,100. Without much hesitation, Busquet reraised to 14,500 and Oliver went into the tank. He eventually decided to make the call and showed the 
for a full house. Busquet mucked his hand and Oliver raked in a nice pot.
Sarah chatted with Oliver just after he registered. Check out the video below.
Shots from Day 1 of Event #7
On a flop of 
, Jason Mercier checked called a bet of 3,800 from his opponent. He then checked called another bet, this time 6,700, when the 
was put out on the turn. When the 
peeled off on the river, Mercier checked and his opponent decided to slow down with a check of his own.
Mercier showed and it was good enough to take down the pot. Mercier is up to 44,000.
Nikolay Evdakov found himself facing a reraise from big blind after he opened from the button. The big blind made 2,700 to see the flop of 
. The big blind cut out 4,500 after the flop and Evdakov raised to 20,000. After a moment the big blind folded and Evdakov is up to around 35,000.
On one of the most stacked tables in the room, Allen Kessler raised to 450 from middle position and received calls from Erik Cajelais in middle position, David "Devilfish" Ulliott on the button, and Dwyte Pilgrim in the small blind. When the flop fell 
, action checked around to Ulliott and he bet 1,500. Kessler was the only player to make the call and it was heads up to the turn, which came the 
.
Both players proceeded to check, as they did on the river. Kessler revealed 
for pocket rockets, but Ulliott flipped for a rivered two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |
