Amanda Musumeci was in full control of the latter stages of her heads-up battle with Italy's Max Pescatori, holding 30,425 chips to his 5,050.
Musumeci raised enough to put Pescatori all-in and Pescatori folded. The next hand, Pescatori limped and then folded when Musumeci set him all-in.
The following hand, Musumeci set Pescatori all-in again, and this time he called off his stack.
Pescatori:
Musumeci:
Pescatori paired his four on the flop, but it was a board that also gifted Musumeci extra outs to the diamond flush. The failed to alter the course of the hand so it would be the river that would decide if Pescatori doubled or busted.
"Bink!" said Musumeci as the river card made its way onto the board face down.
It was indeed a bink because when the card was flipped over it was the flush completing , which sent Pescatori to the rail and Musumeci to Day 2.
Scotland's David Vamplew punched his ticket to Day 2 after a solid performance over in Bronze section. Vamplew was grinding a short stack for most of the time he was seated at his table, but showed experience beyond his years to drag himself back into contention and then win all 36,000 chips in play.
We got to the table with approximately 15,000 in the pot and Humberto Brenes all in. The board was and Brenes's opponent was mulling over his decision, talking to the veteran poker professional to try and garner any type of reaction.
"Why so much?" he asked. "You've been talking the whole time and you're quiet now."
Brenes sat motionless, looking straight ahead.
"If I'm wrong, I'm not going to be upset about it," his opponent said. Moments later he made up his mind by stating "I call."
Brenes turned over and his opponent shook his head and turned over the . "How does he always have it," he muttered to himself before leaving the table.
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The Brasilia Room is quieting down as many tables have finished. The latest batch has 26 players moving on including big names like John Dolan, Kyle Julius, Cody Slaubaugh, Jordan Cristos, Chris Tryba, and Eugene Katchalov.
If the players choose, they are now on a 90-minute dinner break. Those that wish to continue playing may do so but must take a 30-minute break sometime during the dinner break. It's a bit confusing as those that are playing through have moved to the next level but the 30-minute forced break means they will just be playing one level ahead of those that did take the full 90 minutes.
Tim Reilly and Konstantin Puchkov are butting heads over in Bronze section in the final stages of their table. Reilly has a 23,000 to 13,000 lead over his Russian opponent, a lead that was cut slightly because of the following hand.
On a flop, Puchkov checked to Reilly who fired a bet of 550. Puchkov called.
Both players checked the turn, but Puchkov came out betting on the river and Reilly wasn't willing to commit more chips in the pot and he flicked his cards back to the dealer.
Rich and Eric finally get together in Las Vegas to break down the latest Global Poker Index rankings, try to project where Vanessa Selbst will land after winning her third WSOP bracelet, and discuss the Fantasy Poker Manager game and the new GPI Magazine.
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flop, but it was a board that also gifted Musumeci extra outs to the diamond flush. The 
failed to alter the course of the hand so it would be the river that would decide if Pescatori doubled or busted.
, which sent Pescatori to the rail and Musumeci to Day 2.
and Brenes's opponent was mulling over his decision, talking to the veteran poker professional to try and garner any type of reaction.
board with 
and Kessler was sat waiting with 
for the flush.
turn, but Puchkov came out betting on the 
