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You know the World Series has escalated to gargantuan proportions when players are celebrating making it into the Amazon Room. "Final room," said Andy Bloch with a smirk as he greeted his new, but only momentarily new opponents.
Bloch's not faring too badly though; at first glance, it looks as though he has just under the 50,000 mark.
Andy Bloch committed his last 25,000 chips when he got all his chips in on a flop of 
. He was called by the other player involved in the hand.
Bloch: 
Opponent: 
Bloch was well ahead of his opponent and kept his lead through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river.
Bloch has 50,000 chips with only a few hands left to play for the night.
With the board reading 
, Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis led out for 14,000. His opponent moved all in for 41,000 and Billirakis called.
Billirakis: 
Opponent: 
Billirakis' opponent could double with a four, jack or ace, but the 
on the river did not suffice. With the knockout, Billirakis' stack ballooned to 187,000 chips.
Layne Flack was in the cutoff and put in a raise to 1,100. Eddy Sabat made the call from the button and the two saw a flop of 
. Flack bet 1,500 only to be raised to 7,500 by Sabat.
After Flack made the call, the 
appeared on the turn and both players checked, as they did when the 
hit the river.
Flack turned over 
but was behind Sabat's 
. Flack dropped to 14,000 after the hand while Sabat is up to 60,000.
"Nice playin' with ya, boys," announced the gentleman who had got his whole stack in from early position with 
. His opponent, Nick Degaetano, was holding 
.
Flop: 
Turn: 
!
River: 
!!!
"OH MY GOD!" lamented the all-in player, now busted.
"You must have been sick when the queen came out," a tablemate said to Degaetano.
Replied Degaetano, "I was actually praying for a king." He's up to 47,000.
We heard "all in and a call on table 375", and we ran to the table. Johannes Steindl was all in against Scott Clements.
Showdown
Steindl: 
Clements:
The board ran out 
and Steindl doubled up. He's now up to 19,000 chips while Scott Clements slipped to 23,000 chips.
Jeff Shulman asked Steindl "Was playing like this how you became a Team PokerStars Pro?" and Steindl answered " Yes, I have to win a lot!" and laughed.
With about 7,000 in the pot, Jack Ury bet 2,000 and received a call from the button. When the came on the river, Ury bet 1,800 and the button called.
Ury, who is 97-years-old and admittingly a little hard of hearing, didn't realize his opponent called and sat motionless waiting for action. The dealer asked Ury to reveal his cards but he didn't seem to hear her.
Finally the other players managed to grab Ury's attention and he flipped over 
for two pair. It was good and he increased his stack to 43,000.
Phil Ivey just got knocked back below starting stack after doubling up a shorter-stacked opponent, but is now down to business building back. He was knocked down to just below 24,000 a little while ago, but is back near the starting stack now.
A player limped in middle position before the hijack seat raised to 1,600. Ivey was in the small blind and three-bet to 4,700. The limper folded and the original raiser tank-folded as well, giving Ivey the pot.
Dan Heimiller was at about 40,000 chips and got them all in the middle preflop against another player at his table.
Heimiller:
Opponent: 
All Heimiller had to do was stay ahead, which he did with the board running out .
With only 21 minutes left in the evening, Heimiller currently has 86,000 chips.
It's that time of night.
There's about a half-hour of play remaining in Day 1d. We just saw a player win a pot with pocket aces, most probably guaranteeing he'll be surviving to Day 2. Couldn't help himself, it seems, and thus did he express his pleasure with the turn of events with a spontaneous victory lap around the table.
Only the dealer button is allowed to go around the table like that here, though, so he was asked to take an orbit off to think about what he'd done.
