From the hijack seat, NBA star Paul Pierce raised to 1,100. The player on the button and the player in the big blind both called to see the flop come down . All three players checked through to see the pair the board on the turn, and action checked around again.
After the completed the board on the river, the first player checked, Pierce bet 2,500, and both of his opponents folded.
With that, Pierce scooped the pot and moved back over 60,000 in chips.
On the former table of Calvin Anderson and Andy Frankenberger we've just spotted Brad Booth sitting on a big stack and Finnish poker phenom Jens Kyllonen.
The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players will play five more hands at each table before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to catch any last-minute action and to compile a list of chips counts. Stay tuned for those as well as a full recap of the Day 1c action.
"Can I hug you?" a big Tom Dwan fan just said as she stood side by side with her idol.
Dwan, who laughed, put his arm around the tiny girl who showed an even bigger smile as her boyfriend took a few quick photos.
"Sorry for disturbing you, but we wanted to get a photo before you're going back to Macau," the boyfriend said.
"This is one of the first times I've seen him smile on one of these photos," Aguiar said while laughing uncontrollably. "Usually I'm the one taking these photos and I charge $20, so you're lucky," Aguiar.
Aguiar recalled what had happened before we arrived and said, "Her boyfriend came up to Dwan and said that his girlfriend is a big fan, she was too shocked to say anything," Aguiar said with a big smile.
The atmosphere at the table remained very jovial as Dwan had a hard time not to laugh playing the next hand he was dealt.
A player shoved all in for about 4,000 at Nick Yunis' table, and action folded to Yunis in the big blind. He considered for a bit before making what appeared to be a somewhat reluctant call.
Yunis:
Opponent:
Yunis failed to hit anything as the board came , giving his opponent a boat and taking a small chunk of out of Yunis' monster stack.
NBA star Paul Pierce has opted to forgo that last few minutes of play today and jet out of here early. With 15 minutes left on the clock for the night (the clock would be paused with 10 minutes left in the level to play an equal amount of hands at each table), Pierce took off with just under 61,000 left in his stack. He'll miss a few hands, plus lose some blinds and antes, but a near-double starting stack heading into Day 2 was something he seemed pleased about.
Phil Ivey raised to 900 in the cutoff seat, the player on the button reraised to 2,300, and Ivey called to see a flop. Ivey checked to his opponent, who bet 2,100. Ivey check-raised to 10,000, and after a few moments his opponent reraised all in for 12,100.
Ivey called with the for a straight, leading his opponent's for a Broadway draw. The turn and river locked up the pot for Ivey, who just may very well be the Day 1c chip leader following this pot.
Tom Dwan finished the last hand of the night but he didn't have to wait around for the 'bagging and tagging' process.
On the final hand of the night Dwan played a pot for his tournament life and that didn't go so well. Dwan ended up getting check-raised all in on the river and he called it off with two pair on a board.
The turn had brought out a third heart and that had given Snickles a flush with . Dwan's ended up in the muck, just as his World Series of Poker Main Event aspirations.
. All three players checked through to see the 
pair the board on the turn, and action checked around again.
completed the board on the river, the first player checked, Pierce bet 2,500, and both of his opponents folded.
, giving his opponent a boat and taking a small chunk of out of Yunis' monster stack.
for a Broadway draw. The 
turn and 
river locked up the pot for Ivey, who just may very well be the Day 1c chip leader following this pot.
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