The Race to the Restroom is On!
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Level 6
: 150/300, 25 ante
The players are on a 15-minute break. Late registration will close when play resumes for the start of Level 7.
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
496
Level
28
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Gates Doubles
Level 6
: 150/300, 25 ante
Amanda Baker opened with a raise to 750 and one player flat-called before action moved to Garry Gates. He three-bet to 2,100 and action folded around to Baker. She mucked and then the flat-caller reraised all in. Gates quickly called, tabling the 
. His opponent held the 
.
The board ran out clean for Gates and he was able to double up to 38,500 in chips.
Bad Timing for Lindley
Level 6
: 150/300, 25 ante
We came up to Christina Lindley's table at the tail end of an all-in battle. Lindley's pocket jacks took the worst of it against an opponent's pocket aces to send Lindley to the rail. As she stood up and gathered her belongings, Lindley remarked that it was the third time she'd seen that player three-bet since being broken to the table.
Loss for Batista
Level 6
: 150/300, 25 ante
Chad Batista raised from the button to 775 and both blinds made the call to see the flop come down 
. Action checked to Batista and he bet 1,400. Both players called.
The turn was the 
and the big blind bet 4,400 after the small blind checked. Batista called and then the small blind called.
The river completed the board with the 
and everyone checked. The small blind showed the 
, the big blind the 
and Batista the 
. Batista was lucky he didn't hit his flush as the big blind scooped the pot with a pair of aces. Batista dropped to 22,000.
Shout, Shout, Let It All Out
Level 6
: 150/300, 25 ante
Chris Amaral is here. And now the whole tournament room knows it.
"STEVE BILLIRAKIS!" Amaral shouted across the room. "MISTER SMOKEY BUD!"
Billirakis, seated at a table in the center of the room, shook his head but did not acknowledge Amaral. Amaral, not having yet seen Billirakis, tried again.
"STEVE BILLIRAKIS! MISTER SMOKEY'S HERE!" he shouted. Again, a slight shake of the head from Billirakis.
Amaral did eventually track down Billirakis.
Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
50,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
32,000 | |
|
||
|
27,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
24,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
20,000 | |
|
|
18,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
18,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
18,000 | |
|
17,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
|
|
15,000 | |
Levi and Billirakis Fizzle Out
Level 6
: 150/300, 25 ante
We were expecting lots of fireworks in a hand between David Levi (early position) and Steve Billirakis (late position) that was three-bet pre-flop. Yet both players checked down the 
and the 
turn. When the river came 
, Levi's bet of 2,500 was enough to fold out Billirakis and claim the pot.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
On-live Poker?
Level 5
: 100/200, 25 ante
Vegas local Rob "veeRob" Perelman is in the field today. He recently noted that his table had come up with a solution to replace online poker. It involves distributing PokerPro electronic tables all across the country and then networking them together. Perelman's table calls their innovation "on-live poker". They table is already trying to raise seed capital.
"You got a million bucks I could have?" Perelman asked.
Smooth Sailing for Stann
Level 5
: 100/200, 25 ante
"Hollywood" Dave Stann is one of two players in today's field decked out in UB patches (Brandon Cantu is the other). So far it seems like Stann is encountering little difficulty at his table. He opened a recent pot to 725 behind one limper, then took the pot down on a 
flop with a single bet.
No word if anyone at Stann's table has asked him about the latest controversy -- the DOJ indictments -- in which his sponsoring site finds itself embroiled.