A preflop push from under the gun for 36,500 received one caller, the big blind and also first lady to ever cash in the main event, Wendeen Eolis.
Opponent: 
Wendeen Eolis: 
The flop came down 
hitting top pair for Eolis right off the bat. The 
turn and 
river offered no help to the opponent and he was sent to the rail while Eolis climbed to almost 100,000 in chips.
Jimmy D'Ambrosio's stack continues to grow late in the night and he's now nearing half a million.
There was a raise to 5,000 and both John Dolan called from the hijack and D'Ambrosio from the big blind.
On the 
flop, the action checked to Dolan and he fired out 6,000. Only D'Ambrosio called.
"Me and you Mr. Dolan," he said.
The turn brought the 
and D'Ambrosio took the lead with a bet of 18,500. Dolan hesitated and then conceded the pot.
On the next hand, the player on D'Ambrosios' right opened to 4,500.
"You again?" he said.
D'Ambrosio quickly three-bet to 16,500 and next to act was Casey Carroll. He cold four-bet up to 55,000.
"Apparently he doesn't want us to play," said D'Ambrosio to the original raiser. "All in."
Carroll snap-called but both players were holding pocket aces. The runout changed nothing and they chopped it up.
"See he saved you," said D'Ambrosio to the original raiser.
Meanwhile, Christian Roberts and William Smith have also chipped up in the last few hours.
Christophe De Meulder started the action with a min-raise to 4,000 and DJ Alexander called next to him. The button player jammed for a remaining stack worth 30,500 and after some consideration, De Meulder called. Alexander reshoved and De Meulder let it go:
Button: 
DJ Alexander: 
Alexander was in great shape to win the pot, which he did after the board ran out 
, sending his opponent to the exit.
Jamie Kerstetter will not be winning the Main Event this year but she'll still be keeping busy as she will hop right into the booth.
Unfortunately for her, the drinks will have to wait.
Not being able to get 10/10 wasted after busting the main is the only drawback of an otherwise cool booth job
— Jamie Kerstetter (@JamieKerstetter)
Aliaksandr Shylko opened to 4,000 in early position and Anatolii Zyrin three-bet to 15,500 on his left. The action folded back to Shylko who just called to see a flop of 
. Shylko checked to Zyrin who continued for 11,500 and Shylko called.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the 
on the river. Shylko led out with a bet of 36,000 this time and Zyrin gave it some thought before dumping his cards to the muck.
Michael Holtz raised in middle position before the cutoff called. The player on the button three-bet to 16,500 before Hikman Masood four-bet to 36,000.
The big blind forgot he had cards as the table waited with anticipation before he folded, Holtz and the cutoff followed suit. The button went into the tank and asked, "Will you show for PokerNews if I fold?"
Masood was unresponsive and the button showed 
as he folded. Masood let him pick one which was the but didn't show the second card as he collected the pot.
Daniel Ott opened to 4,000 and it folded to Domenico Gala on the button who three-bet to 12,000, which was called by Ott.
The dealer revealed a flop 
and Ott check-called Gala for 9,000. The 
brought no betting action.
The 
came on the river and after some thinking, Ott and Gala checked. Ott tabled for a pair of kings but the pot was sent to Gala who held 
for top pair.
Steve Stolzenfeld opened to 4,500 from early position and Jacqueline Burkhart three-bet to 14,000 in the cutoff. "It's my birthday for another two hours," Burkhart noted as Stolzenfeld called.
The dealer spread the 
flop and Stolzenfeld check-called for 11,000.
The landed on the turn and Stolzenfeld check-called for 35,000, while both players checked the 
river.
"You got it," said Burkhart as Stolzenfeld tabled 
to take the pot and add to his stack.
A player in middle position opened to 4,000 and was called by Eric Salazar out of the big blind.
Salazar checked on the 
flop and then called when his opponent led out for 4,000.
Action checked through the turn to the river where Salazar bet out 14,000. The middle position player made the call and was shown by Salazar, a hand he could not beat.
Heads-up on a flop of 
, Dave Smart moved all in for his last 51,000, also placing a yellow Jolly Rancher in the middle with his chips.
Patrick Hagenlocher tanked for several minutes before eventually calling, turning over 
. Smart, though, had and was a favorite to double up.
The board ran out 
and Smart took a chunk off the Day 1b chip leader, while also getting his Jolly Rancher back from the dealer.
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