We just caught Andy Hwang busting after getting it in with about as many draws as you could possible have. Hwang was heads up when the rest of his money got into the middle on a flop of .
Hwang:
Opponent:
Hwang's opponent had a set, but he could still win the hand with an eight, ten, king, or a club. Well he caught the on the turn, but his lead didn't hold for very long, as the hit the river, pairing the board and giving his opponent a full house.
As we saw back down from getting these updated counts, we saw Daniel Negreanu casually walk by the table, and head for the exits. He is one of our early causalities.
Two guys who are used to seeing on the WSOP Circuit, Phillip Hui and Joe Kuether, are both playing a ton of events this summer, including this one. Unfortunately for both, it was an early day. Here's what they tweeted about their day.
We caught up with the action in a heads up pot involving George Danzer, with the flop reading . Danzer had checked to his opponent, who fired out 700. Danzer then check raised all in for his last 1,775, and his opponent called.
Danzer:
Opponent:
Danzer was in great shape, as he had a straight for the high, and had the same low as his opponent. The river brought the , and Danzer took 3/4 of the pot, upping his stack to 6,775, which is his total count including both of his lammers.