The Main Event
Day 1b Started
The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino
The Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino
Buy-in
$4,750
Prize Pool
$1,921,327
Entries
417
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Day 1b On the Way
Yesterday the Big Event Main Event kicked-off at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California with 263 players forking over the $5,000 buy-in on Day 1a. Today, a whole new field of players will take to the felt on Day 1b for their shot at a major Los Angeles poker title. No doubt all will be hoping to finish as high as the Day 1a chip leader, Chris DeMaci, who bagged an impressive 213,300.
Today's field is expected to be a bit smaller than yesterday's given the major online tournaments being offered; however, that doesn't mean we won't have our fair share of pros. Kathy Liebert, Dwyte Pilgrim, and Amit Makhija are just a few of the pros we've seen walking around. They'll all no doubt be hoping to survive the day as Pat Pezzin, Joe Hachem, Tom McEvoy, Victor Ramdin, Govert Metaal, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Joseph Cheong, James Mackey, Anh Van Nguyen, Greg Debora and Jeff Williams all did on Day 1a.
Day 1b is set to begin at Noon PST, just a little less than an hour from now, and the action should be fierce. In addition, we'll find out the official number of entrants and prize pool once registration closes.
As always, PokerNews will be here to bring you all the latest hands, action, and eliminations, live, from the Big Event at The Bicycle Casino.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Go, Go, Go!
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The cards are in the air at most of the tables, and Day 1b is under way.
There are just about 130 players registered so far, but there are still two hours to get down here and get signed up.
Notable Names
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
So far we've spotted the following players making their way to their respective tables:
Kathy Liebert
Carter Phillips
Matt Affleck
David "ODB" Baker
Dwyte Pilgrim
Allen Kessler
Al Grimes
Mel Judah
Joe Cada
Men "The Master" Nguyen
Daniel Negreanu
More Big Names Filtering In
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Jason Alexander
Scott Clements
John Dolan
David Robinson
Ray Henson
Amit Makhija
Marcello Del Grosso
Jennifer Tilly
Grimes Out
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Action folded to Ken Lawson in the cutoff seat and he raised to 250. Joe Cada reraised to 800 from the button and then Al Grimes flat-called from the small blind. Lawson also made the call.
The flop came down 
and Grimes led out with a bet of 1,500. Lawson raised to 4,000 and Cada ducked out of the way. Grimes then made it 12,000 and Lawson moved all in. Grimes called and tabled top set with 
. Lawson held the 
for a big combo draw.
The turn bricked, but a heart fell on the river and it wasn't one that paired the board. That meant Grimes' hand was second best and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Cada told us afterwards that he had aces and let them go on the flop. Good fold, Joe.
Lawson is up to about 60,000 now.
Tough Draws
Level 1
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There are a couple of draws that we've spotted to be pretty tough here on Day 1b on The Big Event. David "ODB" Baker, Matt Affleck and Dwyte Pilgrim are all seated together while John Dolan, Ali Eslami, Jason Young and Michael Katz are together at another table.
More Complaints
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Daniel Negreanu is here playing today and he's a little bit upset about the way the tournament late registration tables are being set up. The fact that each table has to wait until eight seats are sold until they start dealing is taking a decent amount of time away from play. Negreanu tried to talk to the staff about this, but it's just the way it's done here. "I guess I'm going to have to write another blog!" said Negreanu.
Scott Clements had another issue. He brought his laptop here to try and play the big Sunday events online while grinding this event. The staff won't let him and that's something he'd like to have changed.
Affleck Keeps Firing
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Action folded around to the button, who threw in a small raise. Matt Affleck then made it 900 to go from the big blind, which the button called, and it was off to a flop of 
. Affleck, who is patient and deliberate in his action, bet another 900. Again the button called and the dealer turned the 
.
Affleck took some time before betting 2,100. The button didn't take quite as long to make the call and watched as the 
hit the river. Affleck grabbed a single blue chip, worth T5,000, and tossed it in the pot. The button didn't like it and tossed his cards in the muck. Affleck added around 4,000 to his stack, bringing him up to about 35,000.