Niall Farrell was nursing the smallest stack on the table after losing a big hand against Pantling earlier on. We didn’t see the action but were told that he finally picked up a premium hand, and when Gruissem opened the action. Farrell 3-bet, only to be met by a 4-bet shove by Gruissem. Farrell snap called the shove of close to 680,000, and he opened up his hand to show pocket Queens. Gruissem had a pair of eights. It seemed like a dream spot for Farrell.

As fate would have it, the board ran out in the worst way possible for Farrell as Gruissem made a straight. Farrell decided to call it a night, although he still has the option of re-entering right up until the end of the late registration period on Day 2, which is at 4:15pm.