Earlier we thought that Joe Kuether was our chip leader, but we just stumbled upon Luke Nettles, who has managed to leap frog the field to the top, sitting on 98,000! By our count, that is over 20,000 more then anyone else in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000 |
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Joe Tehan raised to 1,325 from the cutoff before being three-bet from the woman in the big blind to 3,100. Tehan thought for a bit before throwing out a raise to 5,025. His opponent made the call leaving herself about 17,000 behind.
The flop was 
and the player first to act checked. Tehan continued, but only for 2,300. After some thought, the woman moved all in and Tehan quickly called.
Tehan: 
Opponent: 
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
. Neither changed the outcome and Tehan was able to send one to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
||
Action folded around to the player on the button, who raised to 1,750. Eddy Sabat folded his small blind, and Bryce Yockey was next to act in the big blind. He rerasied to 4,350, and the button called. The two saw a flop of 
, and Yockey continuation bet for 5,000. His opponent took five pink T5,000 chips, and slid them into the middle, forcing Yockey to make a decision for the rest of his chips. Yockey looked pained as he was in the tank, then took one last look at his cards before quickly flicking them into the muck. That hand drops Yockey to 12,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,500
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
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We picked up the action on the turn of a 
board with a pot that had reached almost 20,000 already. Freddy Deeb was heads up against an opponent who had 14,000 chips in front of the betting line. After some thought, Deeb made the call.
The river was the 
and both players opted to check. Before Deeb could table his cards, his opponent had flipped over . Deeb mucked and watched the large pot shipped the other way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
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Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
When we got to the table, Joe Kuether and Eric Baldwin were heads up on the turn, with the board reading 
. Kuether had fired out a bet of 1,800, and Baldwin called, making the pot over 6,000. The river came the 
, and Kuether assembled a bet of 5,000, and dropped it into the middle. Baldwin went into the tank for about 90 seconds before folding his hand, giving the pot to Kuether.
As soon as the hand ended, the table broke, and Baldwin was moved to the same table as Bryan "Devo" Devonshire. These two popular players are sure to provide a few fireworks before the day ends.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
48,000 | |
|
|
||
Jonas Mackoff was in the small blind position squaring off against two opponents, one out of the big blind and another under the gun. Each had put in 1,500 chips so far.
The flop came down 
and the first two players checked before the third opponent fired 2,200. Mackoff raised to 6,100 before the next player called which brought a confused look from Mackoff. The initial bettor opted to fold.
The turn was the 
which really seemed to pain Mackoff. After starring his opponent up and down for a little while he threw in 12,000, leaving himself with only 525 behind. His opponent seemed equally frustrated with his hand, almost moving Mackoff all in before finally folding.
Mackoff scooped the pot but held onto his cards. He eventually let the dealer take them but quickly retrieved them to show the 
. The dealer began taking his cards again only to be halted once more so Mackoff could reveal the . Another minute went by before Mackoff said to the table, "I probably should have only showed the queen there, huh?"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
We heard a roar coming from a table in the corner and walked over to see Joe Kuether's 
beating the 
of his all in opponent by having hit a queen on the river. It pays to be lucky, as Kuether appears to be our chip leader as we begin to wrap up Day 1a after shipping that pot worth over 50,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
112,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
We have 5 minutes left in the last level, and the tournament staff has stopped the clock. Every table will be playing 3 more hands before bagging and tagging their chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,400
70,900
|
70,900 |
|
65,600
24,100
|
24,100 |
|
37,900
-3,100
|
-3,100 |
|
||
|
31,900
-8,100
|
-8,100 |
|
25,700
-13,300
|
-13,300 |
|
||
|
|
5,800
-32,200
|
-32,200 |
