A player under the gun raised to 2,500. In the next spot was Oscar Teran and he called. David Steicke called in the hijack seat and then Andrew Scott called from the big blind.
The four players took a flop of and Scott checked. The preflop raiser checked as well before Teran fired 3,500. Steicke raised to 10,500 and then action fell on Scott. He tanked for a bit and then moved all in for 24,200. The preflop raiser folded and then Teran folded as well. Steicke made the call.
Steicke held the and was ahead of Scott who held the . The turn was the and then the river was the . Scott couldn't find the help he needed and was sent to the rail as Steicke moved up to 115,000 chips.
Two players today must really have believed the adage, "all you need to win is a chip and a chair." But that's really only true if you're sitting in said chair. Sam Weir finished Day 1 with 11,200, but he never arrived this morning and has finally been blinded out. Laura Trujillo's empty chair is down to 1,500 chips.
Jukka Juvonen raised to 3,000, Yong Hyun Yoo and Jessica Ngu called, and Nam Le joined in from the big blind. Action checked around on the flop. Then after the on the turn, Le took a 6,700-chip stab at the pot. Juvonen folded, and Yoo called. Ngu went to flick her cards to the dealer, stopped, almost flicked, stopped, almost flicked, stopped, finally flicked. The river card was the , and Le checked. Yoo checked behind. Nam turned up for ace-high. Yoo first turned over an ace and then paused for a good ten seconds. We were prepared for a nice slowroll, but Yoo showed the for a missed straight draw, and Le took the pot. He's sitting with around 40,000 at the moment. Ngu grabbed her head in frustration when she saw ace-high win the hand.
On the last hand before the break, Aaron Benton lost a very large portion of his stack. On the flop of , Benton deliberated about calling a 20,000-chip bet from an opponent. After a couple minutes in the tank, Benton just called.
The turn brought the and Benton checked. His opponent counted his stack out to see how much he had as the rest of the tournament went on break. He then bet a small 8,000 compared to the pot and his last bet. Benton moved all in and he player insta-called.
Benton held the and his opponent the . The river was the and after a final count of the stacks, Benton was left with just 16,000 chips.
Dinh Le fired a bet of 3,000 on the flop of into Alex Loon. Loon made the call, bringing the two players to fourth street where the fell. Le checked and Loon checked behind.
The river card completed the board with the and Le fired 13,000. Loon took a moment, but then let his hand go. He dropped back to 38,000 while Le moved up to 96,000.
With 22,500 chips in the middle, one player checked the board of to Team PokerStars Dutch pro Marcel Luske. He fired 13,000. His opponent check-raised to 50,000, which was enough to put Luske all in if he were to call. Luske folded and his opponent showed him the . Luske was left with 18,000 chips.
and Scott checked. The preflop raiser checked as well before Teran fired 3,500. Steicke raised to 10,500 and then action fell on Scott. He tanked for a bit and then moved all in for 24,200. The preflop raiser folded and then Teran folded as well. Steicke made the call.
and was ahead of Scott who held the 
. The turn was the 
and then the river was the 
. Scott couldn't find the help he needed and was sent to the rail as Steicke moved up to 115,000 chips.![[user140525]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop. Then after the 
on the turn, Le took a 6,700-chip stab at the pot. Juvonen folded, and Yoo called. Ngu went to flick her cards to the dealer, stopped, almost flicked, stopped, almost flicked, stopped, finally flicked. The river card was the 
for ace-high. Yoo first turned over an ace and then paused for a good ten seconds. We were prepared for a nice slowroll, but Yoo showed the 
, Benton deliberated about calling a 20,000-chip bet from an opponent. After a couple minutes in the tank, Benton just called.
into Alex Loon. Loon made the call, bringing the two players to fourth street where the 
fell. Le checked and Loon checked behind.
and Le fired 13,000. Loon took a moment, but then let his hand go. He dropped back to 38,000 while Le moved up to 96,000.
