Matt Savage put in a 7,100 bet on the turn, from middle position, on a board reading 
. His opponent on the button thought it over and made the call, bringing the river card 
.
The action checked through the final street, and Savage showed 
and took down the pot with his pair of tens.
A few of the notables mentioned earlier have left their first bullet in the stacks of others, but may in fact be in the queue to rejoin the action with their single rebuy option. Meanwhile Table 186 is working its way through occupants, with most of the chips currently ending up in the stack of Chad Mizner.
Bill Klein: 
Opponent: 
Bill Klein was on the big blind, facing limpers from middle position and the small blind. Klein raised to 3700, and the player in middle position called.
The flop came out 
, and Klein went all-in, having his opponent well covered. The short-stacked player had 11,000 left behind and made the call, and saw that his middle pair was in bad shape against Klein's pair of aces.
The turn came a favorable for the opponent, however, and the trip queens held up on the river 
.
James Hess is vying for a second $1,000 Seniors Championship title, having scooped a bracelet in this very event back in 2012, along with $557,435. Despite dropping a few thousand chips check-folding a 
flop to a button preflop three-bettor just now, he has 26,000 and a salad.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Though with 5,298 entrants and rising it is hard to be certain, the 98,000 stack of Dan Hughes is likely to be the largest in the Day 1 field at this point.
Players are going on their second 30-minute break of Day 1. Play resumes with Level 5 on the other side.
A gregarious Keith Littlewood just won a 10,000-chip pot. Caught from the river on a board of 
, his opponent had bet 5,000 and Littlewood jammed for 13,600. His opponent covered him by around 7,000 and was thinking about his options under a barrage of chat.
"I have all my chips in so I can't really pull them back," Littlewood was saying. "Make a decision - rebuys are closing soon." That wasn't strictly true - there are four more levels of re-entry available - but he was never really considering a second buy-in: as soon as his opponent folded he showed 
for the nut straight.
"I have a six card straight," Littlewood pointed out.
"I know that now," was the reply, as the losing hand was mucked.
"I don't care what you had, I've got the nuts," added Littlewood, "You can have three aces."
T.J. Cloutier started off this event with a rousing speech from the Brasilia Room stage, and the six-time WSOP bracelet winner is mixing it up at the tables as well.
Fellow bracelet winner Steven Albini, seated two seats to Cloutier's left, raised a bet from Cloutier on a flop of 
, going all in for his last 17,000 chips. Cloutier thought it over briefly before folding and for now the pair of bracelet winners battle on.
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