Akkari Crushed
Level 5
: 150/300, 0 ante
Andre Akkari just lost a huge portion of his chips after his pocket tens fell in a flip to his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and Akkari was left with just 3,000 in chips.
The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino
The Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino
Buy-in
$4,750
Prize Pool
$1,921,327
Entries
417
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Unlucky Number Seven
Level 5
: 150/300, 0 ante
Usually seven is a lucky number, but not today. If you're unfortunate enough to be moved to Table 7 you'll be playing against the likes of Maria Ho, Shannon Shorr, Steven Brecher, Ted Lawson, and James Mackey. Even worse news, Table 7 won't break any time during Day 1A.
DeMaci Making It in L.A.
Level 5
: 150/300, 0 ante
Chris DeMaci raised to 750 from middle position and received a call from the player in the big blind. Both players proceeded to check the 
flop, leading to the 
on the turn. The big blind checked, DeMaci bet 1,025, and the big blind folded. DeMaci, who had some success at the Bicycle Casino back in November when he finished second to Joe Tehan at the NAPT-L.A. stop, is up to an impressive 75,000.
Two Six Three
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Level 5
: 150/300, 0 ante
A total of 263 players have officially made it here for Day 1a of The Big Event. With a huge tournament on the Sunday radar for most players in the online realms, we'd expect the Day 1b crowd to be a bit smaller than today's.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Break
Level 4
: 150/300, 0 ante
The players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.
Cheong Moves All In
Level 4
: 150/300, 0 ante
With around 5,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, Joseph Cheong checked, his opponent in middle position bet 4,000, and Cheong check-raised all in for 15,225 more. His opponent thought long and hard before folding. Cheong is up to around 27,000.
Kravchenko KO'd
Level 4
: 150/300, 0 ante
We walked up to the table to see a board of 
out in the middle of the table and Alexander Kravchenko deep in the tank. There was about 28,000 in the pot already, and Kravchenko's opponent had moved all in with his covering stack. Al Krav had about 15,000 left in front of him, and after some time, he made the call for the remainder of his chips.
It was a bad one. His opponent turned up 
for the flopped straight, and Kravchenko mucked and headed out the door.
Quick Goodbye
Level 4
: 150/300, 0 ante
We didn't catch the hand, but Joe Serock has been eliminated from the tournament.
The View
A few shots of the players here on Day 1a. Click "Read full" to see them all.
