Drake Espenlaub shoved his last 70,000 with ![ad](/images/pokercards/ad.gif)
from the hijack and was called by the surging Joseph Lamkin holding ![ah](/images/pokercards/ah.gif)
. Everyone else got out of the way.
The board ran out clean for Lamkin ![qs](/images/pokercards/qs.gif)
![8d](/images/pokercards/8d.gif)
![9h](/images/pokercards/9h.gif)
![8h](/images/pokercards/8h.gif)
to eliminate Espenlaub.
With that elimination, there are only 14 players left, which is 12% of the 120 entries, so play was halted about half way through Level 15.
Day 1B will begin at 3pm Saturday, which is sure to be another action-packed day. Official chip counts from Day 1A will be available soon.