Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger has been eliminated in what the online world might call a "standard" affair.
He three-bet Javed Abrahams button raise all in from the big blind with 
, only to be snapped off by 
.
A 
board was of no use, and the American pro was done.
"Good luck, guys," he added as he left.
One table in particular is looking more foreboding than a fist meet-up with the in-laws:
Seat 1: Liv Boeree - 25,000
Seat 2: Javed Abrahams - 90,000
Seat 3: John Tabatabai - 65,000
Seat 4: Ilan Rouah - 90,000
Seat 5: Andrew Lichtenberger - 20,000
Seat 6: Jamie Sykes - 35,000
Those were the words of Vincent Dalet after knocking out the three seat at his table twice just minutes apart from each other. Gabriel Leopore's exit from that chair made room for Jeffrey Lisandro, and he joined with a short stack and a prayer to double.
We didn't see a ton of the hand, but we did hear Lisandro shove all in on a turned 
board. When Dalet snap-called, Lisandro shrugged as if he knew is 
could be no good. It wasn't, and he was drawing dead to his opponent's 
.
"I run good," Dalet said, catching our eye. He does indeed, and his run-good has bolstered his stack up to a chip-leading 135,000 now.
It took much longer than we anticipated for the first knockout of the day, but latecomer Gabriel Leopore has just taken that unenviable plunge down Bustout Canyon. We were busy watching the Abecassis hand play out at the adjacent table, but we did notice all of Leopore's short stack going in preflop with 
. Vincent Dalet had no decision with , and he called to put Leopore five cards from a double.
But it was not to be. The suited flop was a dangerous 
, and Dalet picked up nine more spade outs to work with. The turn 
was blank, but the river 
was all she wrote for the short stack. Leopore is out in 31st place as the first casualty of the day.
We've broken our first table, and we're now left with just the five main tables here in center court.
We caught up with the action a tad late, but it looks like Willie Tann was the preflop raiser from under the gun, and both Michel Abecassis and Manig Loeser came along with him to the flop, both men with position on Tann.
The dealer spread out 
, and Tann continued out with a bet of 2,300. Abecassis called quickly, and Loeser didn't waste much time calling either, and it was still three-handed to the turn.
It was the 
, and it drew a leading check from Tann this time. Abecassis took his cue to fire 6,300 at the pot, and Loeser called again as Tann ducked out of the battle with a fold. Heads-up, the river 
completed the board, and Abecassis took his pause. He counted out 11,000 chips and shuffled them for several long minutes. He slid them back to his stack, then cut them out again and re-shuffled several more times. After at least five minutes, he checked, and Loeser moved all in with a covering shove. Abecassis took just enough time to frown and scowl before uncapping his cards and waving them towards the dealer.
Abecassis is starting to get a bit short now, sitting with about 35,000.
Down to just 11,500, Jamie Sykes made his move, pushing all in from under the gun. With plenty of chips to spare, overnight chip leader Andrew Pantling made the call to bring us to a showdown.
"Brilliant," smiled Skykes as he was shown 
, the young Brit's 
somehow heading to the flop in dominant shape.
The first three community cards seemed harmless enough: 
, and despite a turn serving up those inevitable counterfeiting draws ("Don't be silly," he warned), the river came the to double him through.
Javed Abrahams, one of the few non-tardy Brits is probably wishing he turned up late. He had bet 9,000 on the turn of a 
board but Illan Rouah check-raised to 23,300 causing Abrahams to give up his hand.
On what I believe was the very first hand of the day, a jubilant Willie Tann doubled through his paltry 11,000 in chips to a now potentially comeback-completing 25,000.
Fellow veteran of the felt Chris Bjorin stood in his way, but when cards hit their backs, Tann was amazed to see he had his man dominated with versus 
.
A 
board later, and Tann had got off to the best possible start. It's seems like only yesterday, but half a decade has passed since Tann won his bracelet in a $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event in 2005. Perhaps the next few days will finally see him add to that collection.
The players are in their chairs.
Okay, that's a bit of a tall tale. Twenty-four of the players are in their chairs as the cards go flying, but seven seats are still conspicuously vacant. We still haven't seen our chip leader Andrew Pantling yet, but he's got plenty of chips to sleep in for a couple hours if he should choose to do so. The same can be said for Chris Moorman, also still AWOL. Praz Bansi, John Tabatabai, Gabriel Leopore, Peter Wood, and Nicola Pero are the other five we're missing so far. Leopore, in particular, should probably get a move on. He's under 30,000 chips to start the day, and he's blinding out fast as his table is playing four-handed.
Table 1 is the only one with all of its players in attendance thus far.
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
