Defending champion Phil Hoff is going to have to unload the proverbial clip if he's to defend his title.

After busting on his first entry early on Day 1a and then bubbling it, his first bullet of Day 1b has been sent to Paul Cassella.

Cassella told PokerNews that he flopped a set of tens versus Hoff's overpair of queens and the defending champion shoved his stack into him to eliminate Hoff and score an early double-up.

Hoff is off to the registration desk to buy in for his final attempt at defending his title.

Paul Cassella	56,000	56,000
Phil Hoff	30,000	0