With a preflop raise of 700 and a call in front of him, Jason Sagle three-bet to 2,000 from the button. The blinds folded, but the other two players called to see a flop of . Ron D'Grillo, the original preflop raiser, led out for 5,000, and only Sagle called. On the turn, D'Grillo bet 6,000, and Sagle immediately moved all in for 3,300 more. D'Grillo called, and then mucked his hand upon seeing Sagle's for top set. Sagle doubled to 36,000.
The board read and Hoss Colao was heads up with an opponent in the hand. Colao fired a bet of 1,000 on the turn and his opponent called to see the final community card.
The river was the and Colao shot out one last bet of 1,700. His opponent instantly called but then mucked his hand after Colao showed down for sixes full of fives. Colao scooped up the pot and now sits around 38,000 in chips.
Some notables have registered and made their way to the balcony here in Level 4. One of them is Ray Book, who is fresh off his victory in Event #9 early this morning.
We walked up to Dave Olshan and D.J. MacKinnon staring at a flop of . Olshan checked, MacKinnon bet 600 and Olshan called. The turn was the and Olshan checked again. MacKinnon announced a bet of 1,600, and Olshan called. The fell on the river and Olshan tapped the table for a third time. MacKinnon bet again, this time 3,300, and Olshan snap-called.
"Straight," Olshan said as he tabled for Broadway. MacKinnon tossed his cards into the muck, leaving him with around 21,000 in chips.
As the fourth level of play has recently begun, the tournament clock has been updated with the number of entrants in this event so far. The clock currently reads that there are 102 entries with 95 players left in the field.
As a reminder, registration is open all day and will remain open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time.
The $1,500 Main Event is the big draw of this series, but there has been plenty of action here this week. Early this morning, Raymond Book took down Event #9, a $300 no-limit hold'em event that attracted 153 players. Book won $10,401 after defeating a final table that included D.J. MacKinnon, who just took his seat in the Main Event.
The flop read and we arrived at the table to find Pete Kaemmerlen and an opponent each commit 5,100 with unknown action. The turn brought the and Kaemmerlen checked. His opponent tossed out a bet of 5,000 and Kaemmerlen wasted little time moving forward all of his large denomination chips for a raise to what looked to be 35,000.
Kaemmerlen's opponent quickly flicked his cards into the muck and Kaemmerlen dragged in the pot. He's now sitting around 58,000 in chips.