She started out the day with more than 20,000, but those chips are all gone by now. Limit Hold'em is a swingy game and we're not exactly sure what happened, but for Liu it swung the wrong way today. She's on her way to the exit right now, we'll see her in another tournament soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
![[user101598]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Steve Gee raised in the hijack, a player called on the button, and Thomas Blizniak called out of the big blind. The flop came 
, Blizniak checked, Gee fired out a bet, and the player on the button folded. Blizniak check-raised, Gee called, and the turn brought the 
.
Gee called a bet from Blizniak, then called another when the 
completed the board. Blizniak showed 
for a full house, and Gee mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
9,800
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
40,200
11,800
|
11,800 |
|
||
|
37,000
9,900
|
9,900 |
|
||
|
29,000
-2,800
|
-2,800 |
|
||
|
27,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
23,200
-4,100
|
-4,100 |
|
||
|
22,000
800
|
800 |
|
4,000
-20,700
|
-20,700 |
Kevin MacPhee raised it up from the hijack and the player on the button made the call. Both blinds folded and the dealer put out the first three community cards: 
. MacPhee continuation bet and received a call one again. 
on the turn and again it went bet (MacPhee), call (button). The 
on the river didn't change any of that as MacPhee bet again and the button once again called. MacPhee showed 
for a rivered fullhouse while the button saved himself a lot of chips with his 
for a rivered flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
|
||
The players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 11
Limits: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.
Brian Aleksa made it three bets preflop after a player on his direct right raised. Aleksa's opponent check-called bets on the flop (
) and the turn (), and both players checked after the 
completed the board.
Aleksa's opponent showed 
for eights and sixes, prompting him to muck his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,500
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Mike Schneider started the day with a very small stack, but has since run it up to 23,000 chips.
In a recent hand with Aaron Ogus, Ogus raised in late position and Schneider three-bet. Ogus called, the check-called a bet on the 
flop. Both players checked when the turned, and Ogus led out after the 
completed the board. Schneider contemplated the call for 30 seconds or so, then flipped forward a handful of purple T500 chips.
"Missed," Ogus said, showing 
.
Schneider opened up 
for ten-high, and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
23,000
20,200
|
20,200 |
