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Tim West has been battling with a short stack for a bit and he got the rest of his chips in with 
against another players 
. The board ran out 
and West was eliminated from the tournament.
We missed the preliminary action but with the flop reading 
, Paul "X-22" Magriel found himself all-in against the larger stack held by Narendra Banwari. The tournament backgammon legend tabled his for top pair but found himself trailing the two pair held by Banwari, who showed down the 
.
Turn: 
River: 
And with that, the man known as "X-22" was sent to the rail, while Banwari built his stack to upwards of 15,000 chips.
Players just left for their 90 minute dinner break. We're pretty hungry too, so we'll be back in a little while!
Gavin Griffin discussed a hand he played in Level 1 of this event.
Level: 7
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Players have returned from dinner break. A total of 2,062 players entered the tournament today bringing total registration for event #8 to 4,178.
At the start of level seven the average stack in the room was 10,292. Players will play through levels seven, eight, and 40 minutes into level nine, which is where play ceased on day 1a.
A total of 423 players will make the money in this tournament although we obviously won't reach that number until the two day one fields converge tomorrow afternoon.
Our first place finisher will walk away with $611,185 in addition to the prestigious gold bracelet.
601 players remain in today's field and we're sure there will be plenty of exciting action over the next couple of hours!
After risking the rest of his chips with the 
, Rick Wasson of Houston, Texas found himself racing against the 
of his opponent.
The flop ran out 
and Wasson was on life support, needing to spike a two-outer to survive.
The turn brought the 
and Wasson was afforded a glimmer of hope as he picked up a gutshot straight draw.
Calling for a three, Wasson stood up and waited as the dealer peeled the river card which would either send him home or double him up.
River: 
And with that, Wasson's miraculous wheel straight was completed and the Texan sat back down while his opponent paced around the table in pain. Wasson is now in decent shape with a stack of around 9,000 chips, which is just below the average of 10,292.
With the board already showing 
Phil Collins (the poker player, not the singer) and another player were already all in. The all-in player held the 
but couldn't best Collins' 
. The other player was sent packing while Collins stack increased to 14,200.
A player in early position raised to 700 and both Men "The Master" Nguyen and the hijack called. The player in the cutoff re-raised all in to 2,750, the initial raiser folded, and Nguyen asked "How much?" before deciding to call. The hijack folded leaving Nguyen and the cutoff heads up.
Cutoff: 
Nguyen: 
"I like this hand," Nguyen stated to the table. The board ran out 
and the other player doubled up while Nguyen's stack dipped to 19,000.
We arrived at the table to see two players contemplating action on a flop reading 
, with Nenad Medic sitting on the sideline, having already committed his stack in preflop.
The big blind checked his option before the player on the button put in a significant raise to have his opponent fold.
Nenad Medic: 
Opponent: 
Medic received a great counterfeit card with the coming on the turn, and when the river produced a 
the side pot of 3800 was his.
