Steve Zolotow is now seated at table 240 in seat six.
East Coast poker professional Ronnie Bardah has been on a nice ride to start things off here. First, he dropped down to 4,300. Then, he built back up to 9,000. After that, he returned to around his starting stack amount of 7,500 and then ran it back up to over 10,000.
Despite getting down early, Marcel Luske isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet. On a flop of , the player from the small blind led out, a middle-position player called, and then Luske raised. The first bettor reraised, the middle-position player call, and Luske called.
The turn brought the and paired the board. The small blind bet and the next player folded. Luske made the call. The river was the and the small blind checked. Luske bet, the small blind raised, Luske reraised, and finally the small blind called.
When the raising war was over, Luske revealed pocket queens, , for a full house and the winning hand. he is now back up to 5,500 chips.
As if just having poker players in the field wasn't enough, rap superstar Nelly is also playing today's event. Nelly is seated at table 195, in the one hole. Here's a recent hand with him.
After the flop on a board of , Nelly and one other opponent checked to the button. The button bet and Nelly called. The other player called as well. The turn brought the and action checked to the button again. The button fired once more and both players again called.
The river brought the and Nelly led out. The next player folded, but the button made the call. "Ace you're good." claimed Nelly.
His opponent turned up pocket sevens, , for a set of sevens. Nelly flashed for a pair of kings and then mucked. "I thought you'd fall for that queen." joked Nelly.