Two players on back-to-back hands have been dispatched on Table 9.

First, Cy Church took a stab in a blind vs. blind hand when he pushed with 33,000 chips against Brian Opp. But his move with ran into Opp’s and Church was sent to the rail.

Then with around 12,000 chips Jon Hanner tried to hold on with against Kanat Ozturk holding but could not catch up ending his run in Day 1A.

The field has now trimmed to 15 players with a level and a half to play in tonight’s flight.