We knew they were lurking around here somewhere, and they've finally taken their seats. Friends off the felt and on, Gary "Debo34" DeBernardi and Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon have just taken their seats at adjacent tables.
As Kroon sat down, he was eying up the other eight players. "This looks like an honest table," he said with a smirk. "That might be a bad read."
JC Tran went to a flop with three other players, and all tossed in 750 preflop. The flop rolled out and all three players checked. The turn brought the , Tran bet 1,050, one player folded and the other called. The river brought the and Tran pushed out 3,000. His opponent folded and Tran is above 50,000.
Never one to shy away from pushing chips around, Andrew Barber has been eliminated fron Day 1a. He had about 12,000 chips left the last time we checked on him, but now he's got zero. And a few hours to relax before this evening's Day 1b flight.
We're not sure if he's nicknamed after the city or the city was named after his nickname, but Howard "Tahoe" Andrew is a legend around these parts. His table broke just a moment ago, and we went out in search of "Tahoe". Our walkaround turned up nothing, though, and it appears that Andrew has run out of chips in the Day 1a flight.
We just watched Drew Caseri stand up, slip his white hoodie back on, and pace away into the distance. A quick check on his (former) table confirms the bad news that he's been eliminated.
Caseri finished in fifth place here last year, and he just narrowly missed a ring already this week, too. He finished second in the $345 re-entry event for nearly $20,000, and we'll likely see him again for the evening session.
Mark "Pegasus" Smith got all in against Rick Peterson on the turn with the board showing . Peterson held and Smith was drawing to a straight holding . The river bricked for Smith when it came and gave Peterson quads.
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and all three players checked. The turn brought the 
, Tran bet 1,050, one player folded and the other called. The river brought the 
and Tran pushed out 3,000. His opponent folded and Tran is above 50,000.
. Peterson held 
and Smith was drawing to a straight holding 
. The river bricked for Smith when it came 
and gave Peterson quads.