2012 WSOP Bracelet Winner Brent Hanks has had his day end rather early.
No details on exactly how it all went so bad, just a comment from Brent to the PokerNews Live Reporting Team on the way out the door.
"Yeah, we took a shower with the whole table," he said with a straight face.
Alex Queen opened for a raise to 125 in the hijack and was called by both blinds. On the 
flop, the small blind bet out 200, the big blind folded, and Queen called. The small blind check-called 500 from Queen on the 
turn, and a 
hit the river. The small blind fired out 700, and Queen raised to 1,900.
The small blind called, and Queen showed 
for a turned flush.
Also, Jonathan Tamayo is now seated next to Queen and Antonio Esfandiari just took a seat in the Brasilia as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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7,100
4,100
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4,100 |
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3,125
3,125
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3,125 |
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3,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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With the field now up and over 1,700 and counting, there are also tables running in the Pavilion Room. We spotted these pros getting it on in there:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,000 | |
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3,000 | |
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3,000 | |
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3,000 | |
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3,000 | |
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3,000 | |
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3,000 | |
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3,000 | |
Looks like professional best friend Jeff Gross made the best hand in poker and decided to tell Twitter all about it:
Fun start to the 1k @wsop just hit my second live ROYAL FLUSH for full double w/ KJss vs QQ on AQ7sss flop. All in and Ts peels @PokerNewsFollow @Jgross5
Erick Lindgren seems to be getting the most out of a tough table draw that includes Thayer Rasmussen and Steve Gross.
The two-time WSOP Bracelet Winner has earned a double up early on and now has close to 7k.
It wasn't one big hand, however, as Lindgren told the PokerNews Live Reporting Team he's simply had "a bunch of winners so far."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,600
3,600
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3,600 |
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2,900
100
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100 |
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2,100
900
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900 |
Dennis Jones got all in with 
on an ace-high flop with two clubs. His opponent had 
and turned a flush, but Jones managed to find a pair on the board on the river to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,000 |
Kathy Liebert bet 500 after an ace on the river made the board 
. Her opponent called, and Liebert showed 
to best the 
of her opponent.
Meanwhile, Matt Salsberg got seated nearby.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,300
300
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300 |
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3,000 | |
Coming off a fifth-place finish at the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event for $213,650, Vladislav Mezheritsky has some big plans for the WSOP.
Here in this latest $1k he's certainly off to a good start. Mezheritsky managed to turn 
into a flush over flush over top pair situation to drag a rather big pot and is now sitting on better than 8,000 chips.
Although, it doesn't appear it will be an easy day for him, as Byron Kaverman and his $3.1 million in live tournament earnings, including a 21st-place finish for $17,357 in that very same Borgata main, is sitting to his right.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,400 |
Mike Sowers seems to have lost most of his chips in the early going here. Meanwhile, Annette Obrestad is a bit above the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,200
200
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200 |
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775 | |
Maurice Hawkins, who recently finished ninth in the Millionaire Maker for $128,150, has taken a seat at Table 9. Hawkins is a well-known circuit grinder with more than $1.2 million in career tournament cashes, and PokerNews recently caught up with him for an interview.
To learn more about Hawkins, head on over here for the interview.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,000 | |
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3,000 | |
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2,900 | |
