After a raise on the button from Antwan Tate, Victor Cerqueira moved all in for about 125,000 in the big blind. Tate called to put him at risk.

Victor Cerqueira:
Antwan Tate:

Cerqueira had run into it, and after the runout, he was eliminated by Tate, sending the final 15 players home with a payday and on to Day 2 Monday at 11 a.m.

Stay tuned for complete chip counts and a recap of the day's action.

Antwan Tate	367,000	239,000
Victor Cerqueira	0

Following an elimination at the feature table the final 15 players are bagging up.

PokerNews will provide details of the elimination once the stream delay has caught up to avoid spoilers.

Following an elimination at the feature table, the tournament is down to 16 players.

The next elimination will send the remaining 15 players home with a min-cash and on to Day 2.

Billy Hayes has continued to smash away at the feature table with his growing chip lead, but he's distributed a small piece of his stack to Paul Cassella.

After Cassella moved all in for 125,000 in early position, Hayes called on the button, trying to eliminate him.

Paul Cassella:
Billy Hayes:

The board came as Cassella's fours held to double him up.

Billy Hayes	800,000	220,000
Paul Cassella	300,000	150,000

After an early position raise from Gregg Bloom, Steven Witzke moved all in on the button for 129,000. Bloom quickly called.

Steven Witzke:
Gregg Bloom:

Bloom was dominated until the flop came , giving him a set and putting Witzke on the verge of elimination.

The turn however was the , giving Witzke a two-out set of his own to retake the lead, which held up after the fell on the river.

Steven Witzke	298,000	152,000
Gregg Bloom	160,000	-72,000

Since a recent elimination at the feature table, leaving the field two eliminations from advancing to Day 2, play has become incredibly tight, with flops rare to be seen and raise-and-take-it becoming the regular occurrence.

Short stacks are clinging to life while large stacks are staying out of each others way with 17 remaining in play.

Nicholas Pacheco's opponent on the button moved in for about 100,000 and Pacheco called in the small blind.

Button:
Nicholas Pacheco:

The board came bringing no help and sending more chips to Pacheco as the final 18 players are redistributed between the feature table and the lone remaining poker room table.

Nicholas Pacheco

337,000

117,000

After Kenny Goff opened in early position to 35,000, Gregg Bloom moved all in for 106,000. Goff contemplated for a bit and then made the call.

Gregg Bloom:
Kenny Goff:

The board came , bringing no help to Goff who sends a double-up to Bloom.

Kenny Goff	352,000	-40,000
Gregg Bloom	232,000	37,000

Billy Hayes is making the most of his time at the feature table having built himself the chip lead with 580,000 chips.

Just five more eliminations are needed to end the night and send the final 15 players on to Day 2 and into the money.

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Billy Hayes

580,000

280,000

Just a couple of hands after his flopped set of fives was run down by Sandy Ferguson in a huge pot that left him with just a few big blinds, John Germano put his last 27,000 in from the small blind after a raise by Ferguson.

Ronald Kaepernick called in the big blind, as did Ferguson.

On the flop, Kaepernick led out for 25,000 and Ferguson folded.

John Germano:
Ronald Kaepernick:

Germano had flopped top pair, leaving Germano needing an ace to survive.

The board completed , bringing Germano no help and sending him to the rail.

With his elimination, just 20 players remain as what will likely be the final break of the day approaches.

Sandy Ferguson	340,000	225,000
Ronald Kaepernick	320,000	320,000
John Germano	0	-95,000

Following a pair of early position limps, Charles Gudaitis moved all in for 115,000 from the cutoff.

Sandy Ferguson re-jammed for about 250,000 and the limpers folded.

Charles Gudaitis:
Sandy Ferguson:

Gudaitis was on the wrong side of the ultimate preflop cooler, but the dealer spread a flop of , flopping Gudaitis a set of kings. The board completed , earning Gudaitis a double-up the hard way.

Charles Gudaitis	239,000
Sandy Ferguson	115,000	-97,000

John Germano raised to 15,000 in early position and was called by Ronald Fienberg in the hijack.

On the flop, Germano continued for 25,000 and Fienberg moved all in for just under 100,000.

Germano made the call and had been trapped preflop.

Ronald Fienberg:
John Germano:

Fienberg had got the perfect flop to catch Germano with his aces, and after the board completed with the turn and river, he had slow played his way to a double-up.

Ronald Fienberg	235,000
John Germano	95,000	-95,000

Picking action up on a flop of with 50,000 in the middle, Linda Rodrigues bet 25,000 from the big blind.

Paul Kassella then moved all in for 167,500 from middle position, which sent Rodrigues into the tank.

She had been steadily building a big stack all day long but was now facing a decision that could potentially put a huge dent in it.

After a couple of minutes in the tank, Rodrigues opted to preserve her chips and fold, sending a sizeable pot to kassella.

As blinds get huge and play approaches just three tables left, decisions at each table are getting more and more important with just 15 players today advancing to Day 2 and making the money.

Paul Kassella	242,500	130,500
Linda Rodrigues	180,000	-105,000