We've just witnessed the first elimination of the event and it came only a couple minutes into play. Luis Vazquez was all in preflop with NAPT Venetian winner Tom Marchese. Marchese had the slighter smaller stack and was the player at risk. He held against Vazquez's .
After a board of , Marchese tossed his $5,000 chip over to Vazquez and exited the tournament.
Vazquez is a local player from Massachhussetts who recently took down the Foxwoods Poker Classic $3,300 Main Event for just under $145,000. He won his seat to this event via the live satellite held last night.