Annette Obrestad is catching all the right cards today. She wound up putting a player all in before the flop. Obrestad had and was up against . It was no problem for her to find a matching king on a flop of . The board safely ran out after that, giving Obrestad the chips and the win. She's up to 145,000.
The level of chatter in the Crown Poker Room has increased noticeably. That means the players are on their first break of the day. We'll be back in 15 minutes.
Chris Parker raised from the button to 3,2000 before Grant Levy made it 11,400 to go from the small blind. Parker then put in the four-bet to 22,100 before Levy moved all in for an additional 29,900. Parker quickly folded as Levy flashed .
Tony G eliminated
There's no joy on media row -- another one of our own has fallen. Tony "G" Guoga has been particularly unlucky today, so it's par for his day that he was unlucky one last time. Tony moved all in preflop for 17,000 after an opening raise to 2,500 from Zach Gruneberg. Gruneberg, who has amassed chips during this level at an amazing rate, made the call with . He was raising Tony G's . The board was all clear for Tony by the turn, , but a tournament-killing hit the river to send him to the rail.
Gruneberg started the day with 23,550 chips and is now on approximately 150,000.
Eric Assadourian was all in from the button for his last 12,100 and Martin Comer made the call in the big blind.
Assadourian held but was dominated by Comer's . The first first cards fell and Assadourian quipped, "Want to chop it now?" as the river fell the to give Assadourian the flush and yet another double-up. He's up to 28,000 with Comer slipping to 68,000.
Sometimes poker is easy -- flop the nuts and get paid. Chris Chronis flopped the nuts with on a flop. On the turn his lone opponent check-called a bet of 15,000. Chronis then moved all in after his opponent checked the and was called. His opponent did not have the nuts; he had unimproved and was sent home before the first break with a bad beat story.
Jarred "FlopNutsOnYou" Graham has just doubled through to give himself a slight amount of breathing space. In a battle of the blinds Graham got it all in preflop against Zac Fellows. Graham's in a commanding position against the of Fellows.
It wouldn't stay that way. The flop brought a in the door with the to put Fellows in front, and leave Graham teetering on the brink of elimination. The turn was no help, but like a gift from above the spiked the river to save Graham and push him up to 38,000 chips.
Clonie Gowen, during Day 1 action
Clonie Gowen eliminated Joe Humunicki in a battle of the blinds. With all the chips in preflop, Gowen's was in control against Humunicki's .
The board ran out and Gowen takes it down to move up to about 40,000 chips, with Humunicki sent to the exit.