Sandra Aikin and Tarun Ravi Eliminated in a Tie for 41st Place ($1,500 each)

With the field on the end-of-day bubble, Sandra Aikin was short-stacked and slowly blinding down closer and closer to the felt. Eventually, she was down to just a single 1K chip — just enough for the ante.

Aikin was forced all in from middle position before the cards were even dealt, and then Dan Natarelli moved all in from middle position. Everyone else folded, meaning Aikin only had to beat one hand in order to octuple her stack up to 8,000. Unfortunately for Aikin, the hand that Natarelli reveals is .

Aikin turns over , and she needs to crack pocket aces to stay alive.

The board comes , and the pocket aces hold up for Natarelli to win the pot and eliminate Aikin.

There was a silver lining for Aikin, as Tarun Ravi busted at another table a few moments before, which means they officially tied for 41st place, earning $1,500 each (since they split the $1,000 for 42nd place and the $2,000 for 41st place).

Dan Natarelli – 131,000 (16 bb)
Sandra Aikin – Eliminated in T-41st Place ($1,500)
Tarun Ravi – Eliminated in T-41st Place ($1,500)

And that concludes Day 1G, with 40 players advancing to Day 2.