Joining the action on the turn with the board in a blind vs blind battle.
The small blind bet 25,000 and Mary Payeur called in the big blind.
The river was the and the small blind checked. Payeur bet 75,000 moving her opponent all in. The small blind went into the tank before making the call. Payeur showed and the small blind mucked as she was eliminated. Payeur said to the table "I didn't want to knock her about" but the table agreed that there's no friends in poker.
The field generated an already massive prize pool of $1,936,770 with 881 players making the money. Those who did not bag tonight will have a second chance tomorrow for Day 1b. The second flight is expected to be even bigger than the first.
Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
1
Kao "Flexx" Caechao
United States
1,514,000
2
Mary Dvorkin
United Kingdom
1,388,000
3
Samuel Laskowitz
United States
1,297,000
4
Charles Peppers
United States
1,190,000
5
Eric Revak
United States
1,183,000
6
Ryan Himes
United States
1,168,000
7
Vanessa Mejias
United States
1,159,000
8
Martin Pineiro
Argentina
1,149,000
9
Sung Keem
United States
1,124,000
10
Danny Grogan
Guatamala
1,008,000
Other players to find a bag include Brian Weaver (864,000), Marle Spragg (236,000), Francisco Valencia (133,000), Olympic Boxer Audley Harrison (150,000), and former PokerNews live reporter Dannah Kamp.
Some of the players to fall throughout the day included Main Event winners Joe Cada and Greg Raymer. Also pros such as Pat Lyons, Alex Outhred, Ryan Depaulo, and Jeff Boski.
All players who advanced will return on Sunday, June 26 at 10 a.m. for Day 2.
Follow all the updates through the end of this event right here on PokerNews.