De Mel Departs
Priyan de Mel has been riding the short stack all day -- perhaps in part due to the fact that he's been paying more attention to the boxing match on his ��500 iPad than on the ��5,000 poker tournament he's playing in. In any event, he got the last of his chips into the middle preflop when he looked down at . An unknown American-sounding chap across from him put de Mel to the test, racing for the knockout with .
The flop left de Mel dead to an eight, and he couldn't find either of them. The turn and river sealed his fate, sent packing about a half level before making Day 2.