"Hey!  Get over here!  Both of you!"  I recognized the voice of none other than Melissa Hayden who was calling Norman Chad and myself over to look at her table draw.  The ESPN announcer cracked, "of all the gin joints..." before noticing why Melissa was calling us over.  Seated two seats to her left was her boyfriend, Allen Cunningham.

Unfortunately, Allen was just sent to the rail after flopping two pair with 63 on a K63 board.  His opponent rivered a higher two pair when a J fell, and Allen was eliminated.  He joins the growing list of last year's final table finishers to be eliminated.

Jamie Gold exited on Day 1.  Paul Wasicka went home early in play on Day 2A.  Rhett Butler, Dan Nassif, Doug Kim, Richard Lee, Fred Goldberg, and Erik Friberg have all busted.  The lone representative of last year’s final table is Michael Binger.  Binger is looking for a record-setting 9th cash in one series. He’s slightly above average with 67k.