Anton Smolyanskiy
After coming into the final table with nearly 25% of the chips in play, Anton Smolyanskiy is the first player knocked out of at the final table of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'em event.
He lost a series of all-in pots and finally was eliminated when his [As][6d] was unable to improve against the [Jc][Js] of Joe Liberta.
