[user65508]
On a board of , T6 player Alex Kravchenko bet out from the big blind and had one caller come along to the river. With a falling on the end, Kravchenko fired 550 and was paid off when he showed and the other player mucked.
[user65508]
With a flop of showing, David Singer put out a bet of 425 under the gun. With calls from a late-position player and the button, the three players saw come on the turn. Everyone checked to the river, which produced the . Singer led out with a 2,000 bet that was called by the late-position player and was enough for the button to fold. Singer showed as the player mucked. Singer now sits with about 13,500 in front of him.
[user65508]
In middle position, Scotty Nguyen raised pre-flop to 325 and was called by only the big blind. The flop came down and was checked by the big blind. Scotty bet 600 and was called, sending the pair to the turn. With the turn producing the big blind bet 1,100 and received a call from Scotty. The came on the river and was checked by both players. The big blind showed Scotty the resulting in a muck from Scotty.
[user65508]
We caught the tail end of a hand that saw seven players limp into the pot pre-flop with the board showing . A bet of 300 from the cutoff sent everyone but Scotty Nguyen packing. The river brought to complete a scary board. After it was checked down, Scotty picked up the pot with a pocket pair of aces, giving him sevens full. He now has right around 7,000 in chips.
[user38449]
The preliminary numbers are in and it looks as though this year's field is two players smaller than last year's at 334, creating a total prizepool of $1,670,000.
We'll have the prizepool and payouts section updated momentarily.