On a flop, we picked up the action heads up. There was about 7,000 in the pot when we walked up, and Jeff "yellowsub86" Williams had either bet-raised or check-raised his lone opponent. There was 7,500 out in front of Williams, and his opponent eventually reraised all in to put Williams to the test. He quickly called, the two men with just about the same amount of chips.
Williams turned up , and his opponent said, "Well, I'm drawing dead." He wasn't completely dead, but his needed to catch up in a hurry. The turn and river kept Williams safe, however, and he gets the pot. When the chips were counted down, it was his opponent who was all in, so he's now out and Williams is up to about 39,000.
Joe Hachem arrived late and built a nice stack, but he just lost a decent chunk to get knocked back to 70,000. With the board reading , Hachem bet 6,000 and was called.
The river completed the board with the and Hachem bet 10,000. His opponent quickly called.
Hachem tabled the for two pair, but his opponent rivered a straight with the .
Joseph Cheong raised to 2,325 from early position and received a call from the player in the hijack. Both players proceeded to check the flop and turn. When the peeled off on the river, Cheong checked, the hijack bet 1,950, and Cheong insta-mucked. He is down to 30,000.
We picked up a three-handed pot on the flop as the dealer spread out . The first two players checked, and the player on the button bet 2,600 into the pot. The small blind called, and action came to Ty Reiman (who was likely the preflop raiser). He check-raised all in, and someone asked for the count.
"Twenty-two one twenty-five," the dealer Ruijan snap-announced as Reiman's technicolor chips sat there in one tall stack. Amnon Filippi was very impressed. "This guy's going to take all your jobs!" he said to us. "Someone at PokerNews hire this guy!" The all in was finally broken down and it was, sure enough, 22,125 total. Both Reiman's opponents eventually folded.
Filippi was still gawking over the dealer. "Wow. You must deal online," he said. "They do that really fast online too."
With around 6,000 in the pot and a flop of , Scott Seiver bet 6,500 from middle position and was called by the player in Seat 5, which was to his immediate left. When the hit the turn, Seiver bet another 6,500, Seat 5 raised to 15,000, and Seiver thought for a minute before moving all in for around 40,000.
Seat 5, who only had around 14,500 behind seemed conflicted about his decision. "You have the flush already?" he asked Seiver, who didn't say a word. Eventually Seat 5 tossed his cards in the muck. Seiver is up to around 70,000.
Shane Schleger just doubled up. He held the and was all in preflop for 6,650 against the for his opponent. The board ran through to give Schleger the win.
Chris DeMaci scored second place in the 2010 NAPT Los Angeles Main Event for $440,000. DeMaci amassed a ton of chips in that event and we find him back here at The Bike once again for The Big Event Main Event sitting at the top of the board with 146,000 in chips here on Day 1a. Here's how he got that stack.
DeMaci opened from middle position with a raised to 1,050. Thayer Rasmussen reraised to 2,800 from the cutoff. Action folded back to DeMaci and he four-bet to 5,350. Rasmussen didn't back down there. Instead, he five-bet to 9,300. DeMaci moved all in having Rasmussen covered for his last 25,000 or so. Rasmussen made the call.
DeMaci:
Rasmussen:
The flop, turn and river ran out to keep DeMaci's kings in front and give him the pot. Rasmussen was eliminated on the hand.
flop, we picked up the action heads up. There was about 7,000 in the pot when we walked up, and Jeff "yellowsub86" Williams had either bet-raised or check-raised his lone opponent. There was 7,500 out in front of Williams, and his opponent eventually reraised all in to put Williams to the test. He quickly called, the two men with just about the same amount of chips.
, and his opponent said, "Well, I'm drawing dead." He wasn't completely dead, but his 
needed to catch up in a hurry. The turn 
and river 
kept Williams safe, however, and he gets the pot. When the chips were counted down, it was his opponent who was all in, so he's now out and Williams is up to about 39,000.
, Hachem bet 6,000 and was called.
and Hachem bet 10,000. His opponent quickly called.
for two pair, but his opponent rivered a straight with the 
.
peeled off on the river, Cheong checked, the hijack bet 1,950, and Cheong insta-mucked. He is down to 30,000.
. The first two players checked, and the player on the button bet 2,600 into the pot. The small blind called, and action came to Ty Reiman (who was likely the preflop raiser). He check-raised all in, and someone asked for the count.
hit the turn, Seiver bet another 6,500, Seat 5 raised to 15,000, and Seiver thought for a minute before moving all in for around 40,000.
to give Schleger the win.
