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Although we missed the betting action, right before the break we caught Konstantin Buecherl all in preflop holding the 
against another players 
. The board ran out 
and Buecherl's day came to an early end.
During one of our long strolls around the Pavilion Room, we ran into Paul "X-22" Magriel sitting at one of the hundreds of tournament tables. His distinctive call of "quack, quack" while making a bet drew our attention and we asked X-22 for a quick chip count. Magriel sits with approximately 6,200 chips and is in comfortable shape as we head to our first break.
Livello: 3
Bui: 50/100
Ante: 0
A player in early position raised to 225, the small blind called, and David Williams re-raised all in for a total of 1525. The original raiser called and the hands were tabled.
Williams: 
Opponent: 
The board didn't favor Williams when it ran out 
and he was eliminated from the tournament.
As is the custom of many professional players, many of the more well known players in the field have just arrived to the Pavilion area and jumping into the fray.
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3,000 | |
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Only about ten minutes after taking his seat, we caught up with Greg "Fossilman" Raymer while he was involved in hand.
The board read 
and Raymer's opponent had fired a bet of 1,000 into the 2,000 chip pot.
Raymer removed his trademark reptilian glasses and sighed before mucking his cards. His opponent flashed the 
to the table before collecting his chips and Raymer is now down to just over 1,000 chips.
With the board already reading 
a player pushed all in for his last 1,600 chips and Chau Giang called. The all-in player held the 
for an overpair and an open-ended straight draw, but was behind to Giang's 
for a flopped set. The turn and river brought the and which were of no help to the all-in player and he was eliminated although didn't seem terribly upset about it.
"I said if I was going to get busted, I wanted it to be by this guy," he said as he put his arm aroung Giang. He asked Giang if he could take a picture with him and Giang agreed.
Giang now has around 7,000 in his stack.
With the board reading Annette Obrestad shoved all in for her last 1,750 chips. The other player in the hand went into the tank for a good five minutes before eventually deciding to call.
Obrestad:
Opponent: 
The river was a blank and Obrestad's two pair was good enough to take the pot and boost her stack up to 4,000.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
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4,000
1,000
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After taking his seat following the first break, Phil Hellmuth appears to have take a few early pots and now sits with a stack of approximately 4,700 chips. We will keep you posted if Hellmuth is involved in any major hands throughout the rest of this Day 1b.
Just a few minutes after taking down some early pots, Phil Hellmuth has been eliminated from the tournament. After calling a preflop raise by Dung Nguyen, the Poker Brat saw a flop of 
.
Nguyen checked the flop and Hellmuth fired out a bet of 600 chips, prompting a check-raise by Nguyen to 1,500. The 11-time bracelet winner came along for the ride and the dealer revealed a 
on the turn.
Nguyen checked the action to Hellmuth once again, who decided on a bet of 1,100 chips. According to Nguyen, who reported the hand to us after Hellmuth had departed, the amateur pushed all-in and Hellmuth made the call, risking his tournament life and showing down the for top pair.
Nguyen proudly flipped up his 
and after an inconsequential brick on the river, the Poker Brat hit the rail and made the long walk of shame through the Pavilion area.
