We didn't see what happened, but Tim Duckworth posted about his elimination some time ago on Twitter:
busto #WSOP1 ~486/~874 ... 3bet shove AsKc for 16bbs and get called by QQ with a 2x5s9s3s3x runout and couldn't spike the 17-outer.Follow @tRaMSt0p
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
With a raise from under the gun and a flat call on the button, Matthew Pitt squeezed for the rest of his chips holding 
in the blinds. The original raiser called and the button folded, and Pitt was up against 
.
A flop of 
gave his opponent a straight draw while neither held a club. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Pitt survived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,975 |
We walked up to a board of 
and a pot of approximately 3,000. Vongduane Sengseevong had bet 1,500 and John Pack raised all in for 6,350. Sengseevong thought for a moment before making the call. Pack showed , having flopped a set of twos, while Sengseevong turned over 
for the open-ended straight draw.
Pack faded her outs, however, and the man whose "day job" is poker dealer at Aria is still employed in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
15,850
15,850
|
15,850 |
From under the gun, a player moved all in for a mere 1,300 chips and Daniel Johnson in the big blind called with the 
. The player at risk had 
and lost the flip, Johnson is up to 14,000 in chips.
Ty Stewart looked set to make an early exit a short while ago, but when we swung by his table he looks to have spun it up to around 8,000 as we approach the second break of the day.
Stewart's last longer bet against Chad Holloway is looking a lot closer now as Holloway has slipped a little to 6,500.
Meanwhile the aggressive Cameron Tullis is continuing to dominate his table and has accumulated an impressive chip stack of around 20,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
8,000
5,600
|
5,600 |
|
6,500 | |
|
||
The dealer already had rushed away the cards of the female player on the button as we arrived at the table, alerted by the massive cheer from David Campbell. It turned out that he was all in with the 
on the 
flop against the 
of the button for about 7,400 chips.
On the turn he hit the two-outer and the 
river completed the board. The button still has chips left, but Campbell is now among the bigger stacks in the early stages of Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Players are on the second break of the day. Back in 20 minutes.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Up until the start of Level 5, players still had the opportunity to join the action in the Casino Employees Event until the first card was dealt. It looks like nobody bought in for 10 big blinds and registration has been officially closed. Final numbers and prize pool information will come soon.
In the last minutes of the previous level, Bernard Lee enjoyed a double-up. He raised to 475, got an opponent to three-bet to 2,000, and then jammed while holding 
. His opponent snap-called with , then an ace as well as a queen showed up within the first three community cards. Lee's hand held, and he returns from the break to a stack of about 10,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000
7,100
|
7,100 |
