Charles Maxcy put in 4,200 under the gun and got calls from a player in the hijack and both blinds. On the flop, Maxcy moved in and was snap-called by the hijack. The blinds quickly mucked.
Maxcy:
Hijack:
Maxcy was in trouble, needing an ace, but he got it on the turn.
"Oh my f****** God," the hijack exclaimed as he shot out of his seat. He could only watch helplessly as the completed the board.
Maxcy had over 37,000, covering his opponent's 25,400.
Mike Ross is up to 160,000 after dragging a huge pot when he said he flopped a set of fives on a queen-high flop and too the stack of a player holding .
After losing a big chunk of his stack to John Franciosi and then doubling through another player, Josh Will lost the rest as Franciosi came back for it. Will checked an flop in a pot he raised, and Franciosi bet 3,500. Will jammed for about 20,000, and Franciosi snap-called.
Franciosi:
Will:
Will was in bad shape against the top two, but even his slim hopes were reduced to one out for a chop as the turn came a . The river ended his roller coaster Day 1a.
We didn't see the action, but just before the level change John Franciosi flopped a straight with against the of Josh Will. The final board was , and Will sent 25,925 over to his opponent, which has him down to just 11 big blinds.
We arrived at Table 7 as the dealer swept the chips and Kenny Zuspan stood up, all in and having been called in two spots on the flop. The two players active players checked down the run out, and the first player showed for a bricked straight draw. Zuspan turned over for a flopped overpair, and the third player couldn't beat it either. The dealer indicated he had to show his hand since it was an all-in situation, and the player flipped .