Action started with an early position raise to 2,000, and Ray Henson made the call on the button. Andy Hwang was next to act in the small blind, and he put the squeeze on with a raise to 6,700. It got back around to the original raiser, and he tanked for about 15 seconds before moving all in for his last 35,000.
Henson didn't take long to get out of the way, and it was back to Hwang. He asked for a count, then dropped a stack of chips in for the call, though he didn't look too thrilled about it.
Hwang:
Opponent:
Hwang had reason to not be happy as he was dominated, and the board brought no miracles, coming down . Despite losing that hand, Hwang is still easily one of our big stacks with 130,000.
In just a few moments, we will be starting Day 1b here at the Lodge Casino. However, because it will start while Day 1a is still going on, we will be focused primarily on that flight. They have just one level left to play, so as soon as that is wrapped up, we will shift our attention over to 1b.
We only caught the hand as the chips were being counted for Ralph Massey's double, but according to table mate Ray Henson, the two got in a raising war preflop that saw all the chips go into the middle. Hwang held , and he was well ahead of the of Massey.
However, the board was kind to Massey, coming down . Massey caught a straight on the river, and notched a huge double up to 130,000, while Hwang tumbled down to 76,000.
We have just three hands left in Day 1a. When the players are bagging their chips, we will go around and get counts for our notables, as well as the big stacks.
We just had a chance to walk through the Day 1b section, and one table in particular stood out to us. In the one seat, we have Rex Clinkscales, who is the current leader in the WSOP-Circuit Player of the Year race. In seat 3, we have Jeff Fielder, who built a giant stack in 1a before busting shortly before it ended. We also have David "ODB" Baker in Seat 4, Ryan Riess in Seat 6, and Raymond Dandrea in Seat 8. We will be sure to keep an eye on this murderer's row of players.
It didn't take long for Kevin Boudreau to get involved in a big hand, but unfortunately for him, he wound up on the short end.
We didn't catch the action that led up to it, but here's what we saw when we arrived. The board read , and there was already about 11,000 in the pot. Boudreau was left facing an all in bet of 11,350 from his opponent, and Boudreau spent quite some time in the tank. After about 90 seconds of thought, Boudreau tossed in the call.
Opponent:
Boudreau:
Boudreau could only shrug and laugh when he saw what his opponent had. Boudreau would need another jack to secure the hand, but the turn and river both bricked out.
Boudreau was still alive after the hand, but he's hurting with a stack of just 3,500.
. Despite losing that hand, Hwang is still easily one of our big stacks with 130,000.
of Massey.
, and there was already about 11,000 in the pot. Boudreau was left facing an all in bet of 11,350 from his opponent, and Boudreau spent quite some time in the tank. After about 90 seconds of thought, Boudreau tossed in the call.
