Late in the last level, with the board showing 
on the turn, a player moves all in with 
(pair of kings), and Matt Waxman tanks for a while before he calls with 
(pair of kings, higher kicker).
The river card is the 
, and Waxman wins the pot with his queen kicker to eliminate his opponent.
Matt Waxman – 165,000
The players return from their final break of the day to begin Level 12, with increased blinds of 600-1,200 and a 200 ante. With 297 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 634, the average chip stack is about 64,000 (53 big blinds).
The chipleader at the break appears to be Jason Andrews with 260,000 (216 big blinds).
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Bryn Kenney opens to 2,200 from middle position and Ben Hamnett three-bets to 5,100 from the cutoff. The players on the button and in the small blind call, as does Kenney, and a 
flop follows. All four players check to see the 
turn where the player in the small blind bets 8,100. Only Kenney calls, which lands the 
on the river. The player in the small blind fires 11,200, Kenney calls immediately, and his opponent shows 
. Kenney, though, tables 
for a set to win the pot.
Bryn Kenney – 145,000 (145 bb)
Music producer Irv Gotti is one of the non-poker celebrities in the field today, though this is hardly Gotti’s first poker tournament — he cashed in the WPT Borgata Poker Open twice in three years. Those fields had more than 1,000 players each, while the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is expecting twice as many.
Was almost out, but now goin' strong. Thank you for all the good luck ur sending! Sending love back…. http://t.co/7aTzQwnVOt
— Shannon Elizabeth (@ShannonElizab) August 23, 2013
Busto. Couldn’t get anything going & got blinded down to shove for 7k with J10 vs K6 No help on the board to stay alive.
— Lily Maylia Kiletto (@LilyKiletto) August 23, 2013
David Fox got the last of his chips into the middle with 
in the hole from the big blind and the button had him covered with 
. The board ran out 
and Fox was eliminated on the hand after the close of registration for the day so he should be back for Day 1B tomorrow.
Level 10 comes to an end, and Level 11 begins with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a 100 ante. Play continues without a break.
With 378 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 634, the average chip stack is about 50,300 (50 bb).
Bryn Kenney and Jon Aguiar are off to good starts after the dinner break, up to about 130,000 and 120,000 respectively. On the flip side David Sands and David Peters are among the players who have recently busted.
Busted 1st bullet. Debating on playing 2nd either tomorrow or Saturday…most likely Saturday.
— lauren kling (@laurenkling) August 23, 2013