Within the first few hands we lost Daniel Alaei, despite his fresh-faced look that is often concealed by hat and shades. Having raised to 1,700, Joe Ebanks asked how many he had behind -"13,000" was the answer - before three-betting to 5,000. Alaei pushed in, Ebanks called, and cards were revealed, Alaei behind, but basically coin flipping against Ebanks' with . No improvement for either player on a lack-lustre board, and the double-bracelet winner was gone.