Nick Guagenti got all in against Wayne Smith preflop. Guagenti was up against it with versus the pocket kings of Smith. The board ran out , giving Guagenti a sliver of hope with some additional outs following the flop before shutting the door on his tournament life.
As he left the table, Guagenti tossed Chris Moneymaker the winnings from a last-longer the two players made before the tournament. Moneymaker said it was the sweetest money he's made yet.
Here's a couple examples of some continuation bets working.
Justin Pimpedly raised preflop from middle position, and Matt Harting called from the button. The flop came , and Pimpedly bet 3,200. Harting folded.
In another hand, Mark Wahba raised from early position, making it 2,700 to go. The player in the big blind defended with a call, and the flop came . The player in the big blind checked, and Wahba took down the pot with a bet to 4,900.
Three players saw the flop and action checked to Poll, who bet 3,100. Denny Tucker raised to 7,000, and then the first player check-raised all in, putting Poll at risk if he called. Poll called, going all in, and Tucker folded.
Poll showed the nut flush with the against the queen-high flush of his opponent. The board brought another club, but it didn't change a thing, and Poll won the pot to double up.
Denny Robinson had a big stack for a good part of the day, but not anymore. He has been sitting to the left of Hollywood Poker Open ambassador Chris Moneymaker, and it appears that's where nearly all of his chips went.
Moneymaker has increased to 150,000 and into the chip lead, and, according to the table, Robinson told the dealer to blind him out while he went for a walk.
Moneymaker informed us that he was in the small blind with and he raised. Robinson called from the big blind, and the flop came . Moneymaker led for 2,000, Robinson raised to 4,000, and Moneymaker called.
The turn was a to give Moneymaker a full house, and he checked to Robinson. Robinson bet 5,000, and Moneymaker raised to 12,000. Robinson three-bet shoved for 54,000, and Moneymaker quickly called and won the pot with a full house. Robinson's hand was unknown.
Day 1a has officially moved over the century mark with 105 entries. There are 38 players remaining in this flight with four levels left to play before the survivors bag up. Day 1b will start tomorrow at 11:15 a.m. local time, and the field is expected to be over 150.
A player in middle position raised all in for his last 11,475. Jeff Weiss called after some deliberation, and then Joe Ebanks, who was in the small blind, called to put himself at risk, too.
The three players turned over their hands to reveal the original shover had the , Weiss had the , and Ebanks had the .
The board ran out , and Weiss won the pot with two pair, aces and tens, eliminating both players.
Justin Pimpedly was sitting at just above 100,000 before this hand went down.
The player to his right raised to 2,000, and Pimpedly reraised to 4,000. The remaining players folded to move the action back to the original raiser. He shoved all in for 17,625. Pimpedly took a moment, then called.
Pimpedly had the , but he was behind the of his opponent. It was a flip and Pimpedly won it after the board ran out .
versus the pocket kings of Smith. The board ran out 
, giving Guagenti a sliver of hope with some additional outs following the flop before shutting the door on his tournament life.
, and Pimpedly bet 3,200. Harting folded.
. The player in the big blind checked, and Wahba took down the pot with a bet to 4,900.
flop and action checked to Poll, who bet 3,100. Denny Tucker raised to 7,000, and then the first player check-raised all in, putting Poll at risk if he called. Poll called, going all in, and Tucker folded.
against the queen-high flush of his opponent. The board brought another club, but it didn't change a thing, and Poll won the pot to double up.
and he raised. Robinson called from the big blind, and the flop came 
. Moneymaker led for 2,000, Robinson raised to 4,000, and Moneymaker called.
, Weiss had the 
, and Ebanks had the 
.
, and Weiss won the pot with two pair, aces and tens, eliminating both players.
, but he was behind the 
