Normally Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu losing in the first round would be breaking news, but that wasn't the big story. The NFL's all-time leading rusher, Emmitt Smith, upset David Williams. Hellmuth lost to cash game specialist David Benyamine, while Negreanu fell to the Unibomber, Phil Laak.

Hearts Bracket

Normally Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu losing in the first round would be breaking news, but that wasn't the big story. The NFL's all-time leading rusher, Emmitt Smith, upset David Williams. Hellmuth lost to cash game specialist David Benyamine, while Negreanu fell to the Unibomber, Phil Laak. In other matches, Tom Dwan outlasted actor Don Cheadle, Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi handled Vanessa Rousso, Gavin Smith defeated Gus Hansen, Andrew Roble beat Kara Scott and James Bord overcame Frank Kassela.

Spades Bracket

The story of the Spades Bracket was Phil Ivey losing to Daniel Cates as the consesus best player in the world couldn't make it out of the first round. Another top player, Patrik Antonius, won his first ever Heads Up match, beating Sorel Mizzi. In the other matches ... Doyle Brunson def. Jennifer Tilly, Dennis Phillips def. Erick Lindgren, Chris Moneymaker def. John Racener, Carlos Mortenson def. Sam Trickett, David Oppenheim def. Eric Baldwin and Eugen Katchalov def. Faraz Jaka.

Diamonds Bracket

Jennifer Harman defeated 2009 Heads-Up champ Huckleberry Seed, while rising star Phil Galfond took down from WSOP Main Event champ Joe Hachem. Galfond will face ElkY (Bertrand Grospellier) in the Round of 32 while Harman takes on Erik Seidel. Other first round winners included Vanessa Selbst (def. Eli Elezra), Peter Eastgate (def. Chris Ferguson), Greg Raymer (def. Mike Matusow) and Phil Gordon (vs. Thomas Marchese).

Clubs Bracket

Former WSOP Main Event champ Scotty Nguyen lost to Barry Greenstein in their first round matchup, while Andy Bloch defeated John Juanda.Olivier Busquet def. Dwyte Pilgrim, Live Boeree def. Jason Alexander, Jason Mercier def. Ted Forrest, Ayaz Mahmood def. Annette Obrestad, Jonathan Duhamel def. Mel Whitmire and Antonio Esfandiari def. Nicolas Chouity.