Dinner Break
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The remaining 26 players here on Day 1a are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
PPC Aruba World Championship
$2,500 Main Event
Day: 1a
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Back from Dinner
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
The players have returned from dinner, and the cards are back in the air.
The plan for the day was to complete 12 full 45-minute levels or stop play when 20% of the field was reached. With 43 entries, 20% of the field would be approximately nine players, and the field could get down to that well before finishing out 12 full levels.
One for Seth
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Ryan Franklin checked the 
flop to Andy Seth. Seth bet 1,500, and Franklin called. The turn was the 
, and Franklin checked again. Seth bet 2,800, and Franklin quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
|
19,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
Bardah Takes One
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
From the hijack seat, Ronnie Bardah opened with a raise to 1,200. Stephen Sindler called out of the big blind, then checked the 
flop. Bardah fired a continuation bet of 1,300, and Sindler folded.
Trip Tens for Emmert
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Winner of the 2013 Battles at the Beach $3,300 Main Event, Stephen Bokor, just lost some chips to Robert Emmert thanks to the hand famously called the "Doyle Brunson."
Emmert fired a bet of 3,000 on the 
board into Bokor. Bokor made the call, then the 
landed on the river. Emmert fired 4,000 with 15,600 behind. Bokor tanked for a bit, then called.
Emmert tabled the 
for trip tens, and Bokor mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
38,000 |
Buzzetto Runs Jacks Into Queens
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Pam Buzzetto was all in preflop with the 
against chip leader Jimmy Peters holding the 
. The flop contained a queen to add to the hurt for Buzzetto when the 
rolled out. The 
on the turn and on the river finished out the board, and Buzzetto was eliminated. Peters moved to a commanding 138,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
138,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Defending Champ Serock Eliminated
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
The defending champion of this event, Joe Serock, has just been eliminated. Fortunately for Serock, players can reenter up until the start of Day 2, so his title defense isn't over just yet.
Serock opened with a raise to 1,200 before Stephen Sindler reraised to 4,000. Serock moved all in for around 14,000, and Sindler called with the 
. Serock had 
.
A kind was on the flop as the board ran out 
to bust Serock.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
Two for Dee
Level 8
: 300/600, 100 ante
From early position, RJ Sullivan raised to 1,400. Dave Dee reraised from the next seat to 5,000 and behind him Robert Emmert called in the hijack seat. Action folded back to Sullivan, and he folded as well, leave Dee and Emmert heads up to the flop. The flop came down 
, and Dee bet 6,000. Emmert folded, and Dee won the pot.
On the next hand, Dee opened to 2,000 from under the gun, and the player in the cutoff seat made the call. The flop came down 
, and Dee bet 3,500. His opponent folded, and Dee scooped this pot, too.
Dee, whose wife Catherine is seated at the same table in Seat 1 (Dee is in Seat 8), is from England and won two events here in Aruba at the PPC South America Poker Classic back in May for $2,798 and $3,910 each. That same series, his wife won an event as well, taking home $2,480 for her victory. Needless to say, Aruba has treated this happily married couple very well, and they're back here for the PPC Aruba World Championship to try their luck again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
|
30,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
24,000 |