Nils Bardsley was seen standing up behind his seat with no chips in play on the felt. After he left, Zach Gutierrez was kind enough to share some of the details. According to Gutierrez, the two got stacks in on the flop.
Nils Bardsley:
Fred Ertl: suited
When stacks went in, Bardsley had second pair and was up against the nut flush draw and overcards of Ertl. Ertl filled up to the nut flush on the turn and Bardsley was left dry on chips for Day 1a.
Chris Moon raised to 2,800 from under the gun and was called by a player in middle position. Action then folded around to Fred Ertl, who called out of the small blind. Zach Gutierrez defended his big blind and the four saw a flop of .
Ertl was first to act and led out, betting 3,500. Gutierrez folded and Moon raised to 12,300. Action folded back to Ertl, who appeared to ask if Moon was all in. The dealer appeared to confirm that Moon was not; nonetheless, Ertl called and seemed surprised when Moon moved his hands to display that he still had chips remaining.
The turn came and Ertl led out again for another 6,500. Moon postured for a bit and called. The river came and Ertl fired again, betting 15,000. Moon thought for around a minute and went all in for a total of 16,500. Ertl called the remaining 1,500.
Chris Moon:
Fred Ertl:
Moon's flopped top two pair was counterfeited by the pair of queens that came on board, giving both players aces up with a ten kicker to chop.
Ertl told Moon afterward that he probably would have folded to the raise initially had he realized Moon was not all in. Nonetheless, the two found a chop and got ready to do battle.
While the hand was occurring, Krzysztof Stybaniewicz was seen leaving the tournament area. His hand was in the process of being mucked, though Tan Hoang's winning hand of was visible on a board of before the dealer gathered all the cards to begin to shuffle for the next hand.
Spencer Champlin was seen leaving his seat as a pot was being sent to Clayton Hamm. According to a player at the table, Champlin shoved his last 10 or so big in from the button and was called by Hamm out of the big blind.
Spencer Champlin: suited
Clayton Hamm: offsuit
Hamm hit a nine on the flop to leave Champlin drawing to running cards to stay alive. He was unable to do so and found himself eliminated before Level 10 came to a close.
Registration for the tournament closed just over 20 minutes ago as cards were back in the air for Level 10 after the 60-minute dinner break. In total, the flight saw 102 entries. Play will occur until the end of Level 15 unless the field reaches 13 players beforehand, at which point players will bag and tag for the evening with all subsequent flights ending at the same point as Day 1a.
Nils Bardsley opened to 3,200 from the cutoff and was three-bet all in by Steve Wilkie from the big blind. Bardsley asked for a count, which was totaled to be 15,400, and threw in chips to call.
Steve Wilkie:
Nils Bardsley:
Wilkie was in prime shape for the double and secured it as the board ran out , bringing him back to a starting stack and giving him fresh life.
Most of the following chip counts courtesy of Dan Ross from Hold'em Media. More chip counts, updates on the action, and final Day 1a numbers will be provided throughout the level.