Mike Thorpe just defeated Barry Greeinstein to move on to the next round. We know this because of Thorpe's enthusiastic celebration after he sealed the deal. Ever gracious in defeat, Greenstein quietly exited the Brasilia room just shy of this third cash of the 2012 series.
A few tables over, Preston Derden won his table and secured a payday of $3,088.
JJ Liu's opponent raised on the button and Liu called.
The flop fell 
and Liu checked to her opponent who tossed out a bet. Liu called and fourth street brought the 
. Liu check-raised and her opponent went into the tank before calling. Liu's opponent put the rest of his chips all in blind and Liu called. The river brought the 
and Liu tabled 
. Her opponent showed the 
and mucked his other card.
Liu will be taking 31,000 into play tomorrow.
Just like that six more tables have finished immediately upon returning from the break. Most notably moving on are Scott Seiver and Greg Mueller, both of whom made deep runs in Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry. Seiver finished 17th in that event while Mueller took 7th place. Both of these players and the rest moving on to tomorrow are guaranteed at least $3,088.
There are 17 tables still playing down to a winner here in the first round. Most are heads-up, but there are a handful of three-handed tables still running.
The players are back from dinner and the cards are back in the air! Those who chose to go on the full 90-minute dinner break will return to 300/600/1200, and those who played a level during the dinner break will start Level 8 at 400/800/1600.
Level: 8
Limits: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Players that opted to continue playing are now on a 30-minute break.
Victor Ramdin was able to overcome Hal Lubarsky heads up and progress to Day 2. Ramdin will be carrying 30,200 with him.
Chris Vitch has made the money and will be returning for Day 2 with 34,900 in chips.
Brock Parker just picked up his third cash of the 2012 WSOP by winning his first table of this shootout. Parker won a limit hold'em event back in 2009, defeating Daniel Negreanu heads-up for a bracelet, so he won't be an easy out for his second round tablemates.
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