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Local boy Bill Harding had built his stack to nearly 200,000 - good for a strong claim on the chip leadership - but a recent hand saw him ship a sizable portion of that across the table.
The action began when Ricardo Franco opened to 4,000 and Harding flatted from the big blind. On the flop both players tapped the table, bringing the on the turn.
Another check by Harding prompted Franco to fire away with a 5,200 wager, and Harding smooth called to see the fall on the river.
This time Harding was done checking and he tossed a bet of 7,200 in front of his stack. Franco wasted little time in moving all in over the top, risking his last 8,100, and Harding quickly called to force the showdown.
Harding:
Franco:
Both players had flopped open-ended straight draws which were completed on fifth street, but Franco's king gave him Broadway - and thus the nuts. He doubled through Harding to remain in contention late on Day 1a, while Harding was forced to ship a chunk of his previously dominant stack across the table.
A player raised to 4,000 in early position, Louis Delbrocco called on his direct left, and the action folded to a third player in the big blind, who moved all in for 24,800. The original raiser begrudgingly folded, actually grunting as his hand hit the muck, and Delbrocco went into the tank.
After he confirmed the count with the dealer, he pushed forward enough chips to make the call.
Delbrocco:
Opponent:
It was a classic race situation, and Delbrocco remained ahead after the flop (), and the turn (). The ten gave the player four extra outs to make Broadway, but the on the river was a brick, and the player was eliminated.
After a few preflop raises, there was a three-way all in right near our reporting desk moments ago. Jane Stanton Hitchcock had both of her opponents covered and held the dominant hand with . Maureen Merdinger had the smallest stack and , while a third player was stuck in the middle and also well behind with .
Merdinger was resigned to her fate, gathering her things to leave, but Hitchcock told her she would hit. She was right - the dealer fanned a flop of .
The turn and river bricked off , respectively, and Merdinger tripled to around the starting stack of 25,000. Hitchcock won a small side pot, and now has around 65,000 chips.
A player just caught a fortuitous runner-runner win to claim a pot worth nearly 70,000, but after catching extremely lucky to do so, the young man refused to provide his name.
He held the and flopped top pair on the flop, eventually coming from behind to make a straight when the turn and river brought the and respectively.
If he can catch a few more lucky cards to survive the day with a stack intact, we'll be sure to catch his name during the bag-and-tag portion of the evening.
After a few players limped in to create a smallish pot before the flop, the dealer fanned the across the felt.
A player in the big blind led out for a bet of 5,100, and Gary Chambers decided to put him to the test with a massive overbet, shoving all in for his last 44,900.
The bettor then went as deep into the tank as the rules allow - the clock was called and counted down to one before he tossed his face up into the muck.
"I knew that was your hand, exactly..." said Chambers slyly, while sliding his own hand face down toward the dealer. "I had most of your outs!"
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