John Maklouf entered the pot from middle position with a raise to 600 and found a caller from a short-stack in the big blind.
Both players checked the 

flop before the big blind fired out 1,025 when the turn landed the
.
"How much have you got left?" asked Maklouf.
His opponent looked down at what remained of his stack before stating that a yellow chip - or a 5,000 one - would be enough.
Maklouf followed that response by tossing in a single 5,000-denomination chip, but it was ruled as a call as there was no announcement of an indication of a raise.
The dealer dropped the
on the river and once his opponent checked, Maklouf fired out 3,000 only to force his opponent to fold.
Maklouf picked up the pot and moved to 55,000 in chips.
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John Maklouf.
Taking his seat in today's tournament, Tony Hachem was faced with a raise to 550 on his very first hand.
His response? A three-bet to 1,500 from the hijack. As the blinds folded, and the action passed back to the original raiser, he quickly tossed in four blue 1,000-denomination chips amounting to a raise of 4,550.
"How much you got left?" asked Hachem, before adding, "This is my first hand!"
Hachem tossed in the chips to make the call before putting on his dark shades and casually checking behind the 

flop.
When the turn landed the
, Hachem's opponent instantly moved all in with Hachem double-fist-pump-snap calling for his last 14,550.
Hachem: 

Opponent: 

"Nothing stupid! Please nothing stupid!" pleaded Hachem with the dealer before she dropped the
on the river to ensure Hachem the double to 39,500 in chips.
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Tony Hachem.
Aaron Benton has just been seen walking out of the tournament area with jumper in tow, and his previously occupied seat lacking any chips.
Only one can assume that he has been eliminated.
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Aaron Benton.
On a flop of 

and faced with a 2,200-chip bet, Raj Ramakrishnan raised it up to 6,200.
With the action back on his opponent, around two minutes went by before he opted to move all in for 12,500 more.
Ramakrishnan went into the tank before opting to release his hand while slipping to 11,500 in chips.
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Raj Ramakrishnan.
Here are an assortment of photos from the Day 1b field.
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Van Marcus
Van Marcus
Joe Cabret
Raymond Wu
Raymond Wu
Thomas Bihl
Nathaniel Seet
Tae Jun Noh
Leo Boxell
Inwook Choi
Mike Stecker
Mishel Anunu
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