Event 1: Aces Everywhere

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 15k/30k/3k ante

First, it was Kishor Bahkta who would pick up pocket aces and he would limp in with them and end up getting exactly what he wanted when Carlos Loving moved all in over the top with queens. It was folded back to Bahkta who made the easy call. The flop of 5s4h4d was a safe one for Bahkta but the two-outer Qc would come on the turn and Bahkta would be crippled. He would be eliminated a few moments later.

At another table a few moments later, Willie Wiggins would get the biggest pre-flop hand in poker in the big blind and he would get it all in against the small blind and double up to 1.5 million when his hand prevailed on the QhQs2c4c6c run out.

Event 1: Zelnick Doubles Through Wiggins

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 12k/24k/3k ante

On a flop of 8d6d2c, Willie Wiggins made a bet and Joe Zelnick moved all in over the top of him for an additional 512,000. Wiggins counted out the chips to make the call, studying the quiet Zelnick the entire time.

“Does that look right,” Wiggins asked the dealer and then a few moments later said “I call” as he tabled Ac8h for top pair. Zelnick had him crushed, however, as he had flopped a set with his 6c6h. The turn was the 9c and the river was the 7c and Zelnick doubled up to approximately 1.675 million while Wiggins dropped to close to 600,000.

Event 1: Big Names Fall

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 12k/24k/3k ante

We’re down to three tables (27 players) as two of the more notable names in the tournament have been eliminated. Mukul Pahuja went into the dinner break 2nd in chips but he was eliminated in 30th place. Nick Schwarmann was eliminated shortly after Pahuja in 28th place. Here’s a look at the 28th through 35th place eliminations:

PlaceNameWinnings
28thNick Schwarmann$1,358.00
29thKen Berman$1,358.00
30thMukul Pahuja$1,358.00
31stDouglas Chan$1,358.00
32ndJessica Dawley$1,358.00
33rdGiovanni Quintero$1,358.00
34thDaniel Saffer$1,358.00
35thMichael Marks$1,358.00

Event 1: Dawley Eliminated

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 12k/24k/3k ante

Jessica Dawley opened to 56,000 from the hijack and was called by the player in the big blind. The flop came Ac6h5h and it was checked to Dawley who placed out a bet. Her opponent check-raised all in and Dawley made the call, being slightly covered by her opponent.

Dawley turned over Qh3h for the flush draw and was actually ahead as her opponent turned over 7h4h for the straight flush draw. The turn would hit Dawley’s foe as it was the 4s and when the river came the Kc that would be the end of Dawley’s tournament.