There were 91 players remaining at the end of play today. Click here for a complete list of the players who will return on Thursday for Day 2, along with their official chip counts.
As the final seconds ticked off the play clock, John Juanda played two critical hands that saw him lose all but 8,375 worth of chips - then double back up to 17,000 to end the day.
The first hand saw Juanda lead out with a 3,500 bet on a flop. He was then raised by Matt Sexton, who kicked it to 8,500. When the action returned to Juanda he re-raised all in on the strength of an open-ended straight draw () and Sexton, pot committed, made the call with . The turn and river came , and Sexton took down the pot with a pair of jacks.
One hand later, Juanda open-shoved from the cutoff holding and was called by Joe Reino in the big blind who tabled . Neither player hit the board, and Juanda raked the pot with ace-high, finishing the day with right around 17,000 in chips.
On the next to last hand of the night, Eric "jeciimd" Chadwick doubled up. He was all in preflop with pocket Aces against an opponent's pocket Kings. The board ran out . Chadwick won the pot and increased his stack to 49,900.
After being dealt A-K and pocket kings in back-to-back hands, well-known Australian pro Leo Boxell has run his stack up to 98,000 three quarters of the way through the last level of play.
On a flop of , Oliver Gill's opponent shoved all in for 36,900. Gill went into the tank for several minutes while feeling out his opponent. He tried to figure out if he had a set or not.
One of the floor supervisors called the clock on Gill.
"I'm either ending the day broke or with a big stack," he mentioned before finally calling off his last 21,000.
Opponent:
Gill:
The turn was the and the river was a . Gill's Aces held up and he increased his stack to 58,000.
All in for her tournament life with pocket eights against the pocket jacks of Raymond Rahme, Full Tilt Pro J.J. Liu brought the rail to their feet after she spiked a third eight on the turn to steal the pot from Rahme, doubling up to 12,000 in the process.