James Dempsey had just 6,000 chips upon his return from dinner, but now he's sat with more than 100,000. I asked him to provide a summary of how it happened and he responded with, "Just printing. Just Printing!"
He had dinner with JP Kelly and both had the same starter and main course. There may be magic in them foods there. Kelly is making a small comeback of his own. Another double-up has put him up to a little less than 15,000. His metabolism must be a little bit slower than his compatriots. An no, I'm not calling him fat!
On a flop of , former Aussie Millions champ Stewart Scott checked to Annette Obrestad, who bet 1,400. Scott made the call and both players proceeded to check the turn and river. "Ace high," Obrestad said.
Stewart then rolled over for the winner. "I was going to let you bluff me on the river," he joked as he raked in the pot.
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JP Kelly has received a much needed double-up to what is still a short stack. He open pushed for 4,750 from the hijack and the action folded all the way around to the button.
He asked how much it was and when he was doing so Kelly said, "I got you. Ace-six, or something?"
The big blind didn't listen and called with . Kelly did indeed have him () and held through the board.
We took a trip back upstairs to check on the players on the TV set, and it appears both Simon Watt and Mel Judah have been eliminated from the tournament.
According to Watt's Twitter: "Busto in main. Cbet QQ 3 way on 944, get raised, I shove. He has j9. 9 on turn. Sigh."
Yesterday we had 153 players enter Day 1a and you can add 187 to that number for Day 1b, brining the total so far to 340 players. Tomorrow is going to be the big day for this event and we expect many big names to show up, making it the biggest and best day yet.
We missed the pre flop action but Tom Dwan had called the all-in of the player in the small blind who had only 9,175 left behind. We witnessed the following showdown.
Tom Dwan
Opponent
The board ran out and this gave his opponent a double up. Dwan is still looking healthy but with the number of pots he's playing there's no telling what his stack will do in the last two levels.
Tom Dwan has been sat at the feature table all day. There’s no cameras but there a is a rail so fans can watch the action. Dwan just gave the gathered a reason for them to applaud him.
He raised from the cut-off and called when Ryan Hong three-bet him from the next seat. Hong went on to empty the clip on Dwan as the American superstar checked to him on every street. The board got wetter as it ran out but Dawn wasn’t to be budged and called all the way.
When he called the river bet, Hong gave a rye smile and opened for air. Dwan tabled and the crowd went wild.
, former Aussie Millions champ Stewart Scott checked to Annette Obrestad, who bet 1,400. Scott made the call and both players proceeded to check the 
turn and 
river. "Ace high," Obrestad said.
for the winner. "I was going to let you bluff me on the river," he joked as he raked in the pot.
. Kelly did indeed have him (
) and held through the 
board.
but Dawn wasn’t to be budged and called all the way.
for air. Dwan tabled 
and the crowd went wild.