Will "The Thrill" Failla opened with a raise from middle position to 800. On the button, a player reraised him to 1,850. Action folded back around to Failla who called.
The flop came down and Failla checked to his opponent who put out a bet of 1,325. Failla called.
The turn card was the and for a second time Failla checked. The player on the button put out a bet of 1,950 and Failla released his hand without much stress.
"Show the top one," said one player at the table. "I know you want to show it."
"He's gonna show a seven," Failla said.
The player did in fact show a card, but it wasn't a seven. He turned over his top card and revealed the . Failla still has plenty of life and room to work here on day one as he has over 15,000 chips.
We caught up to Eric Baldwin in a raised pot with Andy Hills on a flop of . Hills had checked to Baldwin made a bet of 850 in position. Hills thought about it momentarily then called.
The turn card was the and Hills checked for a second time to Baldwin who fired off 1,650. Hills asked for a count of the bet, then folded his hand while Baldwin scooped the pot.
From the button Victor Ramdin raised to 650. He was called by both players in the blinds.
The flop cam down and action checked to Ramdin who fired off a bet of 775. The player in the small blind check raised to 1,700 and after the big blind folded Ramdin instantly moved all in. Even quicker than Ramdin could go all in the player in the small blind called creating a monster pot.
Ramdin:
Small Blind:
"I couldn't ask for a better flop than that!" Ramdin said seeing the hands.
Ramdin was on a freeroll to a heart flush and he just needed to catch one to double up from the player in the small blind with a bigger stack. The turn didn't give Ramdin the heart he needed for the scoop, and neither did the river .
"Ahhhh come on," Ramdin bemoaned after the river came out. "That's not fair."
Either way, Ramdin still has a healthy stack here on Day 1 and looks to increase it as we near the end of the night.
Under the gun a player raised to 700 and action folded all the way around to J.J. Liu in the big blind. She moved all in for her last 3,075. After getting a count, the player made the reluctant looking call and the hands were turned up.
Liu:
Under The Gun:
Liu was in the lead and she picked up an even bigger advantage on the the flop, which gave her a flush draw. The turn was the and that gave Liu an unbeatable flush to double up. The river was a meaningless and the under the gun player shipped a few of his chips over to Liu.
Earlier in the day Maxim Lykov appeared with heaps of chips in front of him. Something must've happened because now his seat is empty and the dealer at his table was heard calling "Seat open!" and seen handing his seat card to the floor. Lykov hasn't taken to twitter to announce what happened yet, but he is no longer in the Brasilia Room with us and is no longer a facet of this tournament.
Just after break we caught Vladimir Geshkenbein all in against another player after getting all the money in preflop. Geshkenbein was holding against an opponents . The board ran out giving Geshkenbein the winning pair of eights and allowing him to double up to just about 5,000.
On the very next hand though, Geshkenbein moved all in and was called by an opponents better . The board didn't run out in favor of Geshkenbein a second time and he was removed from the tournament.
While Everett Carlton may not be one of the widest regarded names in the poker community, he is a player who has over $800,000 in lifetime cashes. He's also a player who returned from break with chips to play with here on Day 1 over Event #42: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Carlton's name may be familiar as he recently finished third place in Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, the event which Athanasios Polychronopoulos won his second bracelet in. Carlton looks to add to his already impressive number of cashes with another good run here today.
While not equipped with the biggest stack in the room, Carlton has a decent amount of chips and even more after we caught him in a recent hand.
On a flop of Carlton moved all in over a bet of 1,500 from his opponent. The player spent a while in the tank before finally releasing his hand and his chips over to Carlton who collected the pot.
and Failla checked to his opponent who put out a bet of 1,325. Failla called.
and for a second time Failla checked. The player on the button put out a bet of 1,950 and Failla released his hand without much stress.
. Failla still has plenty of life and room to work here on day one as he has over 15,000 chips.
. Hills had checked to Baldwin made a bet of 850 in position. Hills thought about it momentarily then called.
and Hills checked for a second time to Baldwin who fired off 1,650. Hills asked for a count of the bet, then folded his hand while Baldwin scooped the pot.
and action checked to Ramdin who fired off a bet of 775. The player in the small blind check raised to 1,700 and after the big blind folded Ramdin instantly moved all in. Even quicker than Ramdin could go all in the player in the small blind called creating a monster pot.
didn't give Ramdin the heart he needed for the scoop, and neither did the river 
.
and that gave Liu an unbeatable flush to double up. The river was a meaningless 
and the under the gun player shipped a few of his chips over to Liu.
. The board didn't run out in favor of Geshkenbein a second time and he was removed from the tournament.
