Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 15: Blinds 2,500/5,000, Ante 500
Players Remaining: 28/212
Average Stack: (~227,000 – 45 big blinds)

With the board reading , Michael Tait got his stack of 45,000 into the middle with for a ten-high straight. Muzaffer Yesilce had him covered and looked him up with for a pair of nines, as well an open-ended straight-flush draw.

The turn was safe for Tait, but the river gave Yesilce a queen-high straight to score the elimination.

Yesilce increased his stack to about 295,000.