Another player just busted, this time from Table 433 — around the 80th so far during the first 40 minutes of play today — and he'd nearly left the table without waiting for tourney staff to escort him to the cashier. But Amnon Filippi called out to the gentleman to wait, and eventually he was guided to where he was supposed to go.
"Amnon is the man," said Chris, the tourney director, acknowledging Filippi's assistance. "He's gonna be buying a black suit here soon."
Amnon flashed a brief grin, although returned to a serious look as he focused on the hand being dealt. Filippi has slipped some here in the early going, stack-wise, now sitting with less than what he started the day. But he's still the man at his table with the most chips with about 75,000, followed by Joe Cada sitting two to his left with about 66,000.
We've reached the second level of the day, having already lost 104 players during that first hour of play. Among those failing to survive the first hour of play were Matt Keikoan (199th), Scott Sitron (219th), David Emmons (240th), Joshua Tieman (241st), Barry Hutter (247th), Pascal LeFrancois (260th), Erik Seidel (261st), Martin Finger (263rd), Adam Kornuth (269th), and Victor Ramdin (270th).
So explained 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada to an opponent while jerking a thumb to his left. Ivan Demidov, runner-up at the 2008 WSOP Main Event, shook his head in acknowledgement from a seat over.
With all of the bustouts, players are moving around rapidly. An interesting group has now been assembled over on Table 431. Besides Cada and Demidov, start-of-day chip leader Tony Welds is there as well, although he's seen his stack cut down considerable as we move through the second level of the day.
It's possible Kevin Elia may have had something to do with Welds' situation, as suggested by the columns of chips sitting front of him. Elia looks to be our leader at the moment with 150 players left.
We caught up with the action on a flop, where a player in early position fired for 5,000 and change. Cada made the call to see a turn, which brought the .
Cada's opponent fired 8,300 and Cada responded by raising to 22,000 total. His opponent immediately announced he was all in and Cada quickly mucked.
"You didn't see my hand - did you?" Cada asked jokingly.
The 2009 Main Event winner is down to 61,000 following the hit.
Action folded over to a short-stacked player, who went all in for approximately 20,000 from middle position. Directly behind him in the hijack, Joe Tehan flat called. Everyone else got out of the way and hands were revealed.
Tehan:
Opponent:
Tehan had his opponent crushed and the board kept Tehan in the lead as he scooped the pot and eliminated his opponent.
board sealed the deal.
and both players checked.
fell on the turn and Little's opponent checked again - prompting a 4,000 bet from Little. His opponent folded and Little scooped the pot.
flop, where a player in early position fired for 5,000 and change. Cada made the call to see a turn, which brought the 
