Isaac Haxton had raised it to 200 from early position and got three callers including Marc Convey in middle position, the player in the cutoff and the player in the big blind.
The flop came and the big blind checked to Haxton who bet 600 into the pot. Convey was the only caller with the big blind and cutoff folding.
On a turn of Haxton went all in for 2,600 and Convey tanked while Haxton took a sip of his beer. Convey eventually folded and told him he could see one card. Convey made his pick and got a peek at Haxton's .
Scott "SC Trojans" Freeman has been eliminated within the opening level. On a board of , Freeman found himself all in for his final 1,250 with , thus allowing the remaining two players, one of whom was former EPT finalist Jon Dull, to battle it out for the side pot.
But the action went no further than the flop, a raising war leading to Dull getting it all in with against an inferior . A harmless turn and river later and Dull found himself among the early chip leaders with 9,200, whilst SC Trojans was wiped from the hard drive.
We arrived at Court Harrington's table to see him bet 600 from the small blind into a pot of 1,000 on a board reading . When a player in early position called we were treated to a turn of which both players checked.
The river was the and Harrington checked to his opponent who bet 1,100 into the pot with Harrington making a quick call. Harrington mucked when his opponent showed .
When we asked Harrington's opponent to share his name with us he pointed to his shirt, which had his name printed on it and read "Karolis Grybauskas".
Harrington asked, "Does that happen so often that you have to get a shirt with your name printed on it?"
Grybauskas replied, "It's the spelling. It's complicated.
Harrington seemed to agree, saying, "It looks a little complicated for me."
We were passing a table when a whirring sound grabbed our attention. As we approached, we noticed that an all-in player - who we later unearthed as Tom Naygrow - had wound up a toy nun and let her run wild across the felt.
His opponent, meanwhile, was mulling over his decision, but quickly made the call with . As Nagrow tabled , he wound up the nun once again and off she went. "OK, Tom, no bad beats," commanded Naygrow as the nun repeated her route.
Flop:
"Oh, Tom," he added, but the turn and river were both safe, the and hitting the felt for a double up to 1,700 and keeping both him and the nun alive.
"Get your chips, Tom" he concluded, still referring to himself in the third person.
On a board of Scott Seiver bet 325 into a pot with 400 chips in the middle. He got called by David Yingling who showed , which was better than Seiver's .
Yingling is now up to 6,400 while Seiver has slipped to 3,300.
Pros are like buses - frequently late and when they do come, they arrive all at once. Add to the list: John Juanda, Phil Gordon, Jared Hamby, Isaac Haxton, Jeff Madsen, Sorel Mizzi, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and... woot woot... Shannon Elizabeth.
We wandered over to John Little's table to see him moving all in on a board reading . His opponent called and immediately showed with Little then showing for a chopped pot. The dealer had to look things over for a moment before Little advised him that it was a tie.
No notable departures so far, but it is amazing to see how quickly this field is whittled down. Just from walking to the end of the room and back I witnessed three exits, one being queens versus kings all in preflop, and the other seeing aces all in on the flop against two pair, and then a set. Despite the one hour clock, 4,500 doesn't always last too long.
A smattering of familiar faces are now starting to take their seat, the likes of James Akenhead, Maria Mayrinck, Dennis Phillips and Adam Junglen all eager to obtain bracelet gold. Those who already boast a bracelet in the cabinet include David Singer, Peter Gelencser, Antonio Esfandiari and the recently adorned Scott Montgomery.
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and the big blind checked to Haxton who bet 600 into the pot. Convey was the only caller with the big blind and cutoff folding.
Haxton went all in for 2,600 and Convey tanked while Haxton took a sip of his beer. Convey eventually folded and told him he could see one card. Convey made his pick and got a peek at Haxton's 
.
, Freeman found himself all in for his final 1,250 with 
, thus allowing the remaining two players, one of whom was former EPT finalist Jon Dull, to battle it out for the side pot.
against an inferior 
. A harmless 
turn and 
river later and Dull found himself among the early chip leaders with 9,200, whilst SC Trojans was wiped from the hard drive.
. When a player in early position called we were treated to a turn of 
which both players checked.
.
. As Nagrow tabled 
and 
hitting the felt for a double up to 1,700 and keeping both him and the nun alive.
. His opponent called and immediately showed 
for a chopped pot. The dealer had to look things over for a moment before Little advised him that it was a tie.