M and M
Lee Markholt and Joe McGowan are now heads up at their table.
Markholt is sitting with 85,000 chips and McGowan has 65,000.
Viva Pescatori
Max Pescatori had his opponent all-in for his last 18,000 chips preflop and the hands were opened:
Pescatori: 
Opponent: 
The 
flop gave Pescatori a plethora of outs, but the 
on the turn was neither of them. The 
on the river was one of them however and Pescatori recorded the KO and the victory.
Break Time
The remaining few tables are heading on a twenty-minute break.
Bax Be Gone
The heads up match between Christian "charder30" Harder and Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy didn't last very long.
Harder opened with the button and Josephy moved all-in for 27,000. Harder called and the hands were tabled:
Harder: 
Josephy: 
The board ran 
and Josephy was eliminated.
Charder will return tomorrow as one of the thirty-six remaining runners.
Boeken Busto
Noah Boeken opened to 2,600 and Nicolas Levi bumped it to 6,000 from the big blind.
Boeken made the call to see a 
flop fall and a bet of 5,500 follow from Levi. Boeken deliberated for a few moments before tossing in five orange 5,000-denomination chips amounting to a raise of 25,000.
Levi took his time mulling over a decision before announcing a call and flipping his hand believing that Boeken was all in when in reality still had a further 14,900 behind.
The dealer burned and turned the 
on the turn and Levi tossed in three 5,000-denomination chips with Boeken sliding his remaining chips.
Levi: 
Boeken: 
The river landed the 
to see Boeken miss his flush draw and be sent to the rail as Levi progresses to the second round of play.
Charder Takes from Bax, Now Heads Up
Christian "charder30" Harder and Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy tangled in a sizable pot at Table 24 moments ago.
Harder opened to 2,700 from the button and Josephy called from the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Josephy checked to Harder who bet 4,800. Josephy thought before check-raising to 10,500 and Harder made the call.
The turn brought the 
and again Josephy checked. Harder bet again, this time 14,300. Josephy wasn't happy and tanked for quite some time before lifting his cards to show the rail and throwing them in the muck.
Harder eliminated Casey Jarzabek soon after, and Harder (111,000 chips) and Josephy (39,000 chips) are now heads up.
Broadway For Brown Sends Him To Round Two
With the board spread 
Matt Waxman found himself all in against Chad Brown.
Waxman: 
Brown:
With Brown having flopped Broadway and a royal flush draw, Waxman would have to improve on his two-pair.
Fortunately for Brown, the river landed the 
to improve his hand to a flush and send Waxman to the rail as the PokerStars Team USA Pro progresses through to the next round and a guaranteed $16,607 payday.
Gross and Katz Heads Up
For the longest time Table 1 was four-handed, but now they are down to two.
Cary Katz (22,000 chips) has some work to do against Steve Gross (128,000 chips).
Katchalov's Ladies See Him Progress
On a board reading 
Eugene Katchalov was faced with a 20,000-chip bet into a pot of around the same amount.
Katchalov grabbed a stack of assorted chips amounting around 43,000 and dropped them in front of his cards to put his opponent all in.
After several minutes in the tank, Katchalov's opponent made the call for his tournament life tabling 
to be drawing dead to Katchalov's 
.
The meaningless landed on the river to send Katchalov through to round two action.
Elpayaa Defeats Ivey
Joseph Elpayaa raised the button and Phil Ivey three-bet. Elpayaa was having none of it and jammed all in to put Ivey to a decision. That decision resulted in a call for his tournament life.
Ivey: 
Elpayaa:
The board ran out 
to see Elpayaa strike gold on the flop to send Ivey to the rail and himself into round two and a guaranteed payday of $16,607.