Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Daniel Laidlaw entered the pot with a raise to 550 and Wally Sombrero made the call to see a 

flop fall.
Both players checked as the
landed on the turn and Sombrero fired out 550 from the big blind. Laidlaw made the call as the
landed on the river and Sombrero made it 1,650 to go.
Laidlaw quickly made the call tabling his 
to best Sombrero's 
as he slipped to starting stack while Laidlaw climbed to over 22,000 in chips.
On a flop of 

, Tom Grigg fired out 700 only to have his opponent check-raise to 2,200.
Grigg smooth-called as the
landed on the river and he was now faced with a 3,500-chip bet. Grigg again made the call as the dealer dropped the
on the river and his opponent fired out another healthy bet; this time to the amount of 5,500.
"This is so gross. So gross. Just so gross!" uttered Grigg before making the call.
Being shown the 
of his opponent, Grigg happily flipped his 
to collect the pot and move to the 36,000-chip mark.
With a limp and a raise to 750, Jarred Graham made it 2,200 from the button.
With the action on Neil Arce in the big blind, he moved all in for 7,625 to force both the limper and original raiser out before the action was put back to Graham.
Asking for a count, Graham eventually tossed in the allotted amount of calling chips into the pot to see the cards put on their back.
Arce: 

Graham: 

The 

flop gave both players a piece of the action - with Graham catching the greatest part of it with bottom two-pair.
The
on the turn gave Arce an additional three outs to stay alive, but when the
landed on the river, Arce was forced to exit to the rail as Graham climbs to 52,000 in chips.
On a board of 


, Daniel Francis fired out 700 into a pot of twice that with his opponent taking the check-call line.
Both players tapped the table when the river landed the
as Francis' opponent tabled his 
to collect the pot.
For Francis however, he is still in a healthy position with over 48,000 in chips.
Andrew Hinrichsen entered the pot with a raise to 525 and found three callers as a 

flop fell.
Firing out a continuation bet of 1,300, he was called by just one player as the
landed on the turn.
Hinrichsen continued his aggressive approach to the hand by making it 3,600 to go only to have his opponent move all in on this occasion.
An anguished Hinrichsen shook his head before tossing his cards into the muck while slipping to 27,400 in chips.
Jarred Graham opened to 600 from under the gun only to have Andrew Hinrichsen three-bet to 1,900 from the hijack. The player in the cutoff made the call before Graham followed suit before leading out for 3,100 on the 

flop.
Hinrichsen passed, but the cutoff player made the call as the
landed on the turn. Graham tossed in a stack of chips amounting to 15,000 to effectively put his opponent all in.
After a few minutes of deliberation, Graham's opponent committed his remaining 7,400 to be at risk.
Graham: 

Opponent: 

The river landed the
to see Graham eliminate a player and move to 42,600 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
|
37,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
31,650
23,950
|
23,950 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,200
1,800
|
1,800 |
|
|
29,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
26,500
900
|
900 |
|
|
||
|
|
26,500 | |
|
|
||
|
|
26,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
25,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
21,800
6,025
|
6,025 |
|
|
||
|
|
19,500
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
19,000
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
|
15,800
2,300
|
2,300 |
|
|
15,500
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
14,800
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,000
500
|
500 |
|
|
12,900
2,900
|
2,900 |
|
|
11,150
650
|
650 |
|
|
9,000
1,200
|
1,200 |
Here is another batch of photos from the Day 1a field.
The cards are back in the air with the antes now kicking in!