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Day 1a Completed
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$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day: 1a
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Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The first flight of Day 1 of the Inaugural Texas State Main Event 1 Million GTD is in the books after 13 hours of play. It was an eventful day of action that attracted a total of 129 entries and ended with 16 still remaining to advance to Day 2 on Sunday May 2.
Of the 16 surviving players, the biggest stack was Jimmy Tong. Tong gathered a large amount of chips in the middle part of the day when he rivered a wheel to overcome flopped trips. From there he went to the featured table and played a high percentage of hands, tossing chips around, gathering and losing. At one point his chip lead dipped down to near the average but he was able to chip back up again and then take over the lead on the last hand of the night when his full boat sunk Upeshka De Silva to end the night.
Also bagging was James Duke, Bryan Piccioli and none other than Chris Moneymaker who was close to the chip lead late in the night but took a bad beat from Duke when his aces were cracked by queens when a queen hit the flop on the bubble. Moneymaker was able to shake off that beat and survive to the finish line of the day.
The action will repeat itself tomorrow on Day 1b, the second flight of five opening flights, as players return to the felt for another shot at 11 a.m.
PokerNews will pick up the bombastic action from there as the field continues to grow in this first time mega event in the Lone Star State.
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action was on the flop with the board reading 
. Upeshka De Silva bet 22,000 in position. Jimmy Tong raised to 85,000. De Silva called.
The turn was the 
. Tong checked. De Silva bet 94,000 and Tong moved all in.
"You have a full house?" said De Silva in exasperation. "Well I can't fold this and tossed in the call."
Tong indeed turned over the full house with the 
while de Silva tossed over the 
.
The river sealed the deal for De Silva as the 
finished him off as the bubble finisher.
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
James Duke moved all in preflop over a raise from Jimmy Tong and a three-bet from Chris Moneymaker. Tong folded after a moment and Moneymaker snap called.
Duke's tournament life was on the line on the stone bubble and in big trouble as he held the 
against the 
of Moneymaker.
The flop however was bad news for Moneymaker as it came down 
. The turn was the 
and the river came the 
to keep Duke alive and the bubble going while Moneymaker was knocked short.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Players are now on a 15-minute break. When they return to action , play will be hand for hand as only one more elimination is needed before play ends for the night.
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
