$2,500 Main Event Day 1b | PPC Aruba World Championship

10-06-2013 23:58 UTC-4:30

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Karp	110,500 -11,000	-11,000
Hayden Fortini	107,000 -5,000	-5,000
Terry Plagenz	70,000 27,000	27,000
Joe Ebanks	68,000 23,500	23,500

Jose Rivas	36,000 26,000	26,000
Joe Serock	25,000

Brandon Navarrete	24,000 -56,000	-56,000
Jeff Tomlinson	16,000 1,500	1,500

It's Merda

donpeters

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

From the cutoff seat, David Tuthill raised to 2,600. Current Day 1b chip leader Igor Merda called out of the big blind, and the flop came down. Merda checked, Tuthill bet 3,300, and Merda called.

The turn was the , and Merda checked again. Tuthill fired 5,300 this time, but Merda stuck around to see the river. Lastly, the completed the board, and both players checked.

There was a bit of confusion as to who was to show first. Eventually, Merda showed his hand — the — for a pair of sevens. Tuthill mucked, and Merda won the pot.

After the hand, there was a bit of discussion between the players and the tournament staff as to what the rule is here for who has to show first on the river following action being checked down. The tournament staff said they are following standard TDA rules, minus the "first card off the deck" rule, and that the player to the left of the button must show first.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Merda	180,000 28,000	28,000
David Tuthill	56,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: David Tuthill Igor Merda

10-06-2013 23:39 UTC-4:30

Karp Busts Chinni

donpeters

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Jesse Chinny opened to 2,500, Joe Ebanks flat-called, and then Steve Karp reraised to 10,000. Chinni shoved for approximately 30,000, Ebanks folded, and Karp called.

Chinni had pocket queens to Karp's . The flop came down to give Karp the lead and he held from there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Karp	121,500 40,500	40,500
Joe Ebanks	44,500 -26,500	-26,500

Jesse Chinni	Busted

Tags: Jesse Chinni Joe Ebanks Steve Karp

10-06-2013 23:36 UTC-4:30

Fortini Sends One Home; Seth Returns for Fourth Bullet

donpeters

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Hayden Fortini opened with a raise to 2,700 before the player in the big blind reraised all in for around 6,000. Fortini called with the and his at-risk opponent had the . The board ran out , and Fortini won the pot to move to 112,000 in chips.

After the hand, Andy Seth returned to the tournament, and he's back in the event for a fourth time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hayden Fortini	112,000 12,000	12,000
Andy Seth	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Andy Seth Hayden Fortini

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

10-06-2013 23:25 UTC-4:30

Big Stacks

donpeters

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Merda	152,000 32,000	32,000
Hayden Fortini	100,000 3,000	3,000
Steve Karp	81,000 6,000	6,000

10-06-2013 23:13 UTC-4:30

Seth Eliminated

donpeters

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Andy Seth was working on his third bullet, but his has been eliminated once again. There are now 19 players remaining on Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Seth	Busted

Tags: Andy Seth

10-06-2013 23:11 UTC-4:30

Navarrete Tackles Tomlinson for a Loss

donpeters

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On the flop, Brandon Navarrete checked, and Jeff Tomlinson bet 3,200. Navarrete made the call to see the land on the turn. Both players checked fourth street, and the dealer landed the on the river. Navarrete bet 3,600, Tomlinson raised to 8,800, then Navarrete tank-shoved. With 14,500 behind, Tomlinson folded, and Navarrete won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Navarrete	80,000 5,000	5,000
Jeff Tomlinson	14,500 -18,000	-18,000

Tags: Jeff Tomlinson Brandon Navarrete

10-06-2013 22:51 UTC-4:30

Lewis Eliminated

donpeters

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Chris Lewis was all in preflop with the against David Tuthill's . The board ran out , and Lewis was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Tuthill	41,000 6,250	6,250
Chris Lewis	Busted

Tags: Chris Lewis David Tuthill

10-06-2013 22:47 UTC-4:30

Welcome Back Seth

donpeters

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Andy Seth has quickly returned to the tournament, and he drew the same seat he had before he busted. That brings the total entries on Day 1b up to 41, making for 84 overall in the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Seth	25,000 25,000	25,000