Grant Levy is the defending champion in this event. His title defense has gotten off to a rough start today. Levy has never been much over the starting stack of 20,000 and finds himself now with about 9,000 left after losing a hand with pocket queens. With the board showing , Levy's opponent led out into a pot of 5,000 for 4,200. Levy made the call to the river. His opponent tanked for about a minute before acting, then bet 15,000.
That meant it was Levy's turn in the tank. He tanked for over a minute, then remarked, "I don't know what I can beat," and mucked face-up.