Elliott Dunner had been grinding a short stack for quite some time and finally put his last 25,000 in the pot under the gun. Martin Bender called in the small blind and Rock Shephard checked his option.

Both Bender and Shephard checked it down on the board and Bender opened , making a pair of sevens. Shephard tabled for two pair and Dunner had missed the board with .

Play has come to an end in Day 1b as they have started to bag their chips for Day 2 tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.

Rock Shephard	420,000	420,000
Elliott Dunner	0	0

The 27 remaining players are on a 15-minute break.

Jan Scotto was at risk for her tournament life with about 120,000 in chips.

She had pocket queens and was called by ace-three. She managed to fade the ace as she secured the double up as they go down to three tables in Day 1b.

Matthew Jones limped under the gun before the small blind called and the big blind jammed for about 170,000. Jones took some time and made the call while the small blind got out of the way.

Big blind:
Matthew Jones:

Jones had him out pipped and was able to hold as the board ran out .

Matthew Jones

1,150,000

364,000

The action folded around to the hijack who raised to 75,000. Michael Thompson was in the big blind and called off his stack of 24,000.

Michael Thompson:
Hijack:

"Good luck," said the all-in Thompson as he stood up to shake his opponent's hand.

The flop of wasn't looking promising for Thompson as his opponent flopped an open-ended straight draw. The hit the turn thought giving him the lead and the river was the for Thompson to survive.

Michael Thompson

80,000

-3,000

A player was at risk with less than the big blind and Mike Schnitzer was the one looking to close the deal.

Short-Stacked Player:
Mike Schnitzer:

Schnitzer was ahead with the ace-high and the flop of all but sealed it. The hit the turn giving the all-in player a gutshot straight draw but the board paired with the on the river as he waited for a payout ticket.

The action folded around to Mike Reesman in the small blind and he put a stack of 5,000 chips across the line. Doug Morris was in the big blind and instantly called off his stack of 78,000.

Doug Morris:
Mike Reesman:

Morris was in great shape as the flop came . The on the turn meant Morris had secured the double and the completed the board on the river.

Mike Reesman	326,000	-129,000
Doug Morris	172,000	77,000