Brian Hastings was all smiles when he took a picture of his stack of 75 chips but after one double up he walked his smile out the door. Hastings was in the big blind when his opponent in the small blind stuck Hastings all in. For only 175 more Hastings thought for a moment but knew his fate when he decided to put his few more in.
Hastings: 
Opponent: 
The board read out 
and Hastings will try again in his next event.
According to details from Bill Chen's twitter, he has been eliminated from play.
Blah. 3300 left blinds 25-25 co 75, I defend with AA. Flop j94, two clubs. He bets 125, me 375 he calls turn 9, I bet 500 he tank callsFollow @billchenpoker
Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
We recently spied defending champion Matt Matros in a seat here in the Brasilia room. Matros is currently sitting under starting stack with 3,150 in chips.
We caught up to find 2012 WSOP bracelet winner Naoya Kihara and an opponent looking down at a completed board of 
.
With over 900 already in the middle, Kihara checked on over to his opponent who bet 525. Kihara put his hands on his head and sat thinking for a moment. Eventually, he tossed in a call. His opponent showed 
for merely queen-high, and Kihara took it down with his 
for top pair.
Kihara is now sitting on about 6,100 in chips.
With less than 30 minutes underway there has already been some noise and controversy over in the Gold Section. The button raised to 75 preflop followed by a call by the small blind. Neil Channing tried to raise it to 275 but was told that he could only check his big blind due to a string bet. The floor was called over and Channing explained his case in a not so elegant manner. "Check the f****** cameras," Channing ranted. But to no avail as he was not allowed to raise. The flop came down 
both blinds check to the button who bet 500 and Channing called. On the turn of the 
it went check-check and the river Channing bet 500 when the board read out with a full house with the 
.
Channing ended up winning the pot when the button folded but was rather rattled up about the whole situation. He finished his rant by concluding "Your accusing me of doing something wrong!" We will see if he goes off again on his table mates and see if more noise will be stirred up as we begin this event.
We arrived at the table to find Rupert Elder call a three-bet of 600 before the flop. Elder and an opponent took in a flop of 
. Elder checked on over to the raiser who fired out 700. Elder stayed the course.
The 
struck fourth street and Elder checked again. This time his opponent checked behind and the 
rivered. It went check-check once more.
"I have a pair of sevens," sighed Elder's opponent.
Elder rolled up 
and took down the pot. He's now sitting pretty early with about 6,500 in chips.
Here are some familiar faces from an initial pass around the Brasilia Room.
Tournament Director Jack Effel has made his start-of-day announcements and cards are officially in the air!
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