Travis had lost his first bullet when top pair was no good against two pair and redeemed the second bullet. He took on Denzel with a reduced stack when they got it in on the A♦A♥Q♥9♥ turn. Travis' 8♥7♥ for a flush would beat a full house but not the A♠A♣ for quads by Denzel.
A meaningless 10♥ river reduced the stack of Travis significantly and he busted soon after to become the likely first casualty in level two.
Yang Xiao Tai was left short after losing most of her stack with AxQx against A♥K♥ and was then all-in for the last 27,500. She earned two callers, one of which bet 52,500 on the button on the Q♥J♥8♣ flop to isolate.
Tai was behind with K♣Q♠ versus J♠8♠ but spiked the K♠ turn, then. held on the 7♦ river to triple up.
Three ways to the A♠K♦7♠6♦ turn, Denzel put his new chips to use and jammed for 200,000. Kobe called it off for the 124,000 he had behind and was ahead with A♣J♣ versus K♣J♦. The river was a blank 6♠ and Kobe doubled.
In the 828th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by 888poker, Chad Holloway is back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas alongside regular co-host Mike Holtz, and for the second week in a row, Lindsey Kludt filled in for Kyna England, who does make a camera appearance from the RGPS Reno alongside ring winner Liam Gannon.
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According to the tournament clock, the end of level one now shows a total of 41 entries of which 40 players remain. Below are some of the new entries in the field.
Zong Bao was on fire on table three early on and won three hands in a row. "Denzel" lost a portion of his stack but then doubled through Travis when his K♣9♣ rivered a flush on the 10♣8♣6♦A♥A♣ runout to leave yesterday's finalist on a fraction of his first bullet.
With the turn showing K♥10♣8♠Q♠, the cutoff bet 10,000 into a pot of 19,500. Martin Nielsen on the button raised to 38,000 and his opponent called. The 6♥ turn was checked to Nielsen and he pushed all-in with the first bullet to get the shove through.
In the meanwhile, the field has reached 25 entries and is off to a flying start. More players are waiting to enter, so it is just a matter of time until the field size grows further.
Yesterday's finalist Travis was involved in a four-way limped pot to the J♥7♠6♠ flop on which he bet 3,000. His table neighbour raised to 10,000 and Travis called. They headed to the 9♠ turn on which Travis check-folded to a bet of 15,000.
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