From the hijack seat, Julius Colman raised to 1,600. Rob Howard called from the cutoff seat, and Connor Drinan called from the small blind.
The flop fell , and Drinan checked. Colman bet 2,200, and Howard folded. Drinan check-raised to 6,000, but Colman wasn't phased and he reraised all in for about 40,000. Drinan quickly gave it up, and Colman won the pot.
From under the gun, Robert Damelian raised to 1,300. Rob Howard called from the hijack seat, and Connor Drinan called on the button.
The flop was , and Damelian bet 2,600. After Howard folded, Drinan took a moment or two before he raised all in for 21,800. Damelian received the count from the dealer, then called with the . Drinan had the for a combo draw.
The turn was the , and the river was the . Both of those missed Drinan, and he was eliminated.
With 9,200 in the pot and a flop of , the player in the big blind bet 4,000 and Tony Dunst, host of the World Poker Tour's Raw Deal segment, called from the button. After the dealer burned and turned the , the big blind check-called a bet of 8,200 from Dunst and then both players checked the river.
Dunst showed the for a pair of aces, and it was good as his opponent sent his hand to the muck.
We happened upon the action with roughly 20,000 in the pot and a board reading . Tony Hachem, the brother of 2005 WSOP champ Joe Hachem (who is busy playing cash games a few tables away), bet 8,500 from the small blind and Dietrich Fast moved all in from the button.
Hachem hit the tank until another player at the table called clock, and the 60 seconds he was allotted was counted down by the floor person. When it hit zero, Hachem's hand was declared dead and Fast was awarded the pot.
With the board reading , Fabian Quoss checked from middle position. His opponent, seated on the button, thought about it for a bit before moving all in. Fabian Quoss made the quickest call in history.
Quoss immediately showed his and the talkative player on the button realized his flopped nuts with was drawing dead.
The river didn't matter anymore and, still smiling, the player made his exit. Quoss up to 85,000 in chips with just over half an hour to go for the day.
Matthew Wakeman just raised to 1,300 from the hijack and Yaxi Zhu three-bet from his direct left to 3,400. Benjamin Pollak, in the small blind, made the call and Wakeman tanked for a bit before making the call as well.
The flop brought out and both Pollak and Wakeman checked quickly. Zhu gave it some thought before betting 3,300, after which she stared down Pollak. While Pollak tanked, Zhu stared at him, but Wakeman stared at Zhu to create an interesting three-way staring contest.
After a while Pollak called, and Wakeman seemed to have found what he was looking for and folded his cards.
The turn brought the and Pollak checked quickly again before Zhu looked down at her chips and bet 9,000.
Pollak tanked for a decent amount of time before calling, and the river put a full house on the board. Both players eventually checked, and Zhu showed versus Pollak's . Pollak had outs the whole way through to win the hand outright, but in the end the pot was chopped.
We saw Faraz Jaka shamble to the rail and went into pursuit to ask him what had happened. He told us that he had started the hand with about 30 big blinds and found himself up against with on an -high board with a flush draw three-way. Long story short: Jaka got it in while dominated, and didn't come from behind to stay alive. Exit for Jaka in the last level of the day.
We spotted Japanese PokerStars Team Pro Kosei Ichinose on the rail and he told us what had happened.
In the previous level Ichinose had opened with on the button and saw the big blind shove for 25 big blind. Ichinose called and was up against . That player hit a on the flop to stay alive and leaf Ichinose crippled.
Just about 20 minutes ago the player under the gun had opened to 1,300 and Ichinose had shoved for his last 9,000 with . The initial raiser had and saw that hand hold up as Ichinose hit a queen but nothing more.
Team Online's Randy Lew opened for 1,400 under the gun and Scott Davies, who was to his direct left, made the call. The player on the button came along, as did the big blind, and four players took a flop of . All four players checked, and then action repeated itself on both the turn and river.
As the last aggressor, Lew was obligated to show first and tabled the . Davies then revealed the , the button folded, and the big blind rolled over the winner with the .
"Awww, I thought I had it for a second," Davies joked. "That was some exciting poker."
It may not have been that exciting, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on both Davies and Lew's counts.
The tournament staff just announced that the remaining players will play five more hands at each table before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to capture any last minute action and to compile a list of chip counts. Stay tuned for those as well as a full recap of the Day 1c action.
, and Drinan checked. Colman bet 2,200, and Howard folded. Drinan check-raised to 6,000, but Colman wasn't phased and he reraised all in for about 40,000. Drinan quickly gave it up, and Colman won the pot.
, and Damelian bet 2,600. After Howard folded, Drinan took a moment or two before he raised all in for 21,800. Damelian received the count from the dealer, then called with the 
. Drinan had the 
for a combo draw.
, and the river was the 
. Both of those missed Drinan, and he was eliminated.
, the big blind check-called a bet of 8,200 from Dunst and then both players checked the 
river.
for a pair of aces, and it was good as his opponent sent his hand to the muck.
. Tony Hachem, the brother of 2005 WSOP champ Joe Hachem (who is busy playing cash games a few tables away), bet 8,500 from the small blind and Dietrich Fast moved all in from the button.
and the talkative player on the button realized his flopped nuts with 
was drawing dead. 
didn't matter anymore and, still smiling, the player made his exit. Quoss up to 85,000 in chips with just over half an hour to go for the day.
and both Pollak and Wakeman checked quickly. Zhu gave it some thought before betting 3,300, after which she stared down Pollak. While Pollak tanked, Zhu stared at him, but Wakeman stared at Zhu to create an interesting three-way staring contest.
river put a full house on the board. Both players eventually checked, and Zhu showed 
versus Pollak's 
with 
on an 
. That player hit a 
. The initial raiser had 
. All four players checked, and then action repeated itself on both the 
turn and 
. Davies then revealed the 
, the button folded, and the big blind rolled over the winner with the 
