Our partypoker qualifier Richard King made Day 2 with 233,000 (20 bb). He had this to say

"I felt good, I made some good calls, I got card dead at the end. I'm really looking forward to Day 2 and hopefully Day 3."

Good Luck Richard! Enjoy your days off!

Richard King - 233,000 (20bb)

Louise Francoeur is all in from the hijack for about 170,000 with , and she needs her hand to hold to stay alive against Ken Norman's on the button.

The board comes , and Norman flops a set of jacks and turns a full house to win the pot and eilminate Francoeur on the Day 2 bubble in 24th place.

Ken Norman  -  611,000  (51 bb)
Louise Francoeur  -  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($1,200)

With the elimination of Francoeur in 24th place, Day 1F comes to an end with 23 players remaining. It appears that Norman will be our Day 1F chipleader with 611,000.

Nesrin Can moves all in from late position, Navot Golan calls with , and Can needs a lot of help with her .

She doesn't get any help from the board of  and is eliminated by Golan's pocket aces.

Navot Golan - 610,000 (51 bb)
Nesrin Can - Eliminated in 25th Place ($1,200)

David Fox raises from middle position to 30,000, Brian Chike moves all in from the button for 110,000, and Fox thinks for a while before he calls with . Chike turns over , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and the pocket queens hold up for Chike to win the pot and double up in chips.

Brian Chike - 254,000 (21 bb)
David Fox - 320,000 (27 bb)

Ken Norman opens to 25,000 from under the gun and action folds to Markus Cerny (pictured) on the button. He counts down his stack before moving all in for 113,000. The blinds release and Norman quickly calls.

Norman: 
Cerny: 

Norman is ahead for the knockout but Cerny adds a flush draw on the  flop. The  turn changes nothing but the  river sends Cerny the big double.

Ken Norman - 466,000 (39 bb)
Markus Cerny - 348,000 (29 bb)

The players return from break to begin Level 21, with increased blinds of 6,000-12,000 and a 2,000 ante.

With 26 players remaining from a Day 1F field of 452 entries, the average chip stack is about 261,000 (22 big blinds). The field is in the money, and action will continue tonight until there are 23 players remaining.

Here are the remaining Day 1F payouts:

1st-23rd: $1,500 + Advance to Day 2
24th-26th: $1,200

Brian Adragna moves all in UTG+1 for 136,000, and WPT Champions Club member Dylan Wilkerson tanks for a while before he calls with . Adragna turns over , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes -- Wilkerson pairs his ace on the flop, but Adragna rivers a set of sevens to win the pot and double up in chips.

Brian Adragna  -  286,000  (29 bb)
Dylan Wilkerson  -  115,000  (12 bb)

Earlier this evening, David Fox was up to 400,000 in chips, and among the chipleaders. Then he got knocked all the way down to 40,000 in chips, at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Fox has just completed a comeback and then some, doubling up with against another player's to reach 480,000.

David Fox  -  480,000  (48 bb)

Gregory Tucker moves all in from late position, Antonio Karman calls from the big blind.

Karman: 
Tucker: 

The board comes  giving Karman the lucky pair of tens on the turn to eliminate Gregory Tucker in about 28th place

Antonio Karman - 410,000
Gregory Tucker - Eliminated in ~28th Place ($1,200)

Cliff Fisher (pictured) moves all in from middle position for 31,000, and Mike O'Connell calls from the big blind with . Fisher turns over , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and O'Connell pairs his three on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Fisher from Day 1F.

Mike O'Connell  -  220,000  (28 bb)
Cliff Fisher  -  Eliminated in 31st Place ($1,200)

Photo: Brian Cospolich (left) versus Dylan Wilkerson (right)

Action folds to Brian Cospolich in the small blind and he moves all in for 86,000. Dylan Wilkerson thinks for a minute in the big blind and calls to put Cospolich at risk.

Cospolich: 
Wilkerson: 

Wilkerson is ahead and takes a commanding lead on the  flop. Cospolich is left with a gutshot straight draw but neither the  turn or river help for Cospolich.

Dylan Wilkerson - 276,000 (28 bb)
Brian Cospolich - Eliminated in 32nd place ($1,200)

A player on the button moves all in and Richard King calls from the big blind with  he's up against .

The board comes  giving his opponent a pair of jacks to beat King's pocket eights.

Richard King - 185,000 (19 bb)

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Here are the players who have finished in the money so far here on Day 1F:

32nd:  Brian Cospolich  -  $1,200
33rd:  Donna Stewart  -  $1,200
34th:  Ricky Crandell  -  $1,200
35th:  Giovanni Zanette  -  $1,200
36th:  Michael Swafford  -  $1,200
37th:  Ong Yang  -  $1,200

38th:  Dylan Collingwood  -  $950
39th:  Andrew Connor  -  $950
40th:  Anup Palod  -  $950
41st:  Gordon Eng  -  $950
42nd:  Shiva Kapavarapu  -  $950
43rd:  Jason Thalas  -  $950
44th:  Andrew Bulliard  -  $950
45th:  Artur Rudziankov  -  $950
46th:  Andrew Pressler  -  $950
47th:  Jeffrey Breslaw  -  $950
48th:  Milan Simko  -  $950
49th:  Irina Petrova  -  $950
50th:  Scott Turnbaugh  -  $950

Level 18 comes to an end, and Level 19 begins with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and a 1,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 32 players remaining from a Day 1F field of 452 entries, the average chip stack is about 212,000 (27 big blinds). The field is in the money, and action will continue tonight until there are 23 players remaining.

Here are the remaining Day 1F payouts:

1st-23rd: $1,500 + Advance to Day 2
24th-32nd: $1,200

Louise Francoeur moves all in UTG+1 for 114,000, and Markus Cerny tanks for a while before he calls from the big blind with . Francoeur turns over , and she needs her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes -- Cerny pairs his ace on the river, but Francoeur immediately shakes her six of clubs to highlight the fact that she has a club flush. Francoeur wins the pot to double up in chips.

Louise Francouer  -  240,000  (30 bb)
Markus Cerny  -  105,000  (13 bb)

On the flop of  a player bets 25,000 from late position and Richard King calls from the button. The turn brings the , King's opponent bets 40,000, and King calls.

The  comes on the river, both players check and King shows  for the queen high flush besting his opponent's  jack high flush. King now sits close to the top of the charts.

Richard King - 330,000 (41 bb)

A player in late position is all in preflop with  in the hole, and David Fox has him covered holding  on the button. The board is dealt  and Fox is down to just 50,000 after paying out the double.

David Fox  -  50,000  (6 bb)

Level 18 comes to an end, and Level 19 begins with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and a 1,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 38 players remaining from a Day 1F field of 452 entries, the average chip stack is about 180,000 (23 big blinds). The field is in the money, and action will continue tonight until there are 23 players remaining.

Here are the remaining Day 1F payouts:

1st-23rd:  $1,500 + Advance to Day 2
24th-37th:  $1,200
38th:  $950