One Down!
It took much longer than we anticipated for the first knockout of the day, but latecomer Gabriel Leopore has just taken that unenviable plunge down Bustout Canyon. We were busy watching the Abecassis hand play out at the adjacent table, but we did notice all of Leopore's short stack going in preflop with . Vincent Dalet had no decision with , and he called to put Leopore five cards from a double.
But it was not to be. The suited flop was a dangerous , and Dalet picked up nine more spade outs to work with. The turn was blank, but the river was all she wrote for the short stack. Leopore is out in 31st place as the first casualty of the day.
We've broken our first table, and we're now left with just the five main tables here in center court.