Hastings Last Man Out
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Brian Hastings has been eliminated at the hands of Nikita Nikolovea to bring Day 1 to a close. Hastings was down to around 10 big blinds and Nikolovea had been putting him all in for the past four or five hands.
He did so again when holding 
and Hastings called with 
. Neither player improved on the 
board but Nikolovea's ace-kicker came into play, sending Hastings to the rail.