Five players saw a flop for 26,000, and the dealer fanned a board of . Action was checked to Matthew Wilkins and he led out for 50,000. His opponent directly to his left raised to 125,000. It was folded back around to Wilkins who made the call.
The turn came a and both players checked.
The river double-paired the board with the and Wilkins checked again. His opponent bet 200,000 and Wilkins made the call. His opponent said "Nice call", as he turned over for a missed straight flush draw. Wilkins tabled and scooped up the pot.
After building a stack early on yesterday but fading off, Wilkins is back today to try and grind up some chips heading into Day 2 tomorrow.
As players head off on their first break, we have reached 476 total entries today. Registration will be open until the end of the dinner break following level 6.
Hamidreza Kamali raised to 30,000 from late position. Ryan Yu was in the cutoff and three-bet to 101,000. Action came back on Kamali and he moved all in for 282,000. Yu called.
Kamali table and Yu tabled . It looked like it was going to be a chop until the flop came , giving Kamali the nut flush draw.
The turn was the and the river was the and Kamali made his flush, avoiding the chop with Yu.
Harpreet Gill found himself facing a bet from his opponent of 130,000 on the turn. The board read with nearly 150,000 in the pot already. Gill decided to make the call and the two players saw a turn.
When the landed his opponent checked, and Gill moved all in for 760,000. His opponent quickly made the call and Gill was slightly worried. Much to his delight he was way ahead of his opponent.
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Opponent -
The river was a meaningless and Gill got a full double up and now sits among the chip leaders in the room. Look for Gill to use his big stack to apply pressure to his opponents and continue to increase his lead.
Here is a look at some other big stacks from around the room:
Isabelle Tremblay, a former NASCAR driver, is here at the Playground Poker Club vying for the first place prize of CA$1,000,000. Since retiring from the NASCAR scene, Tremblay has taken up a new profession on the felts of poker tables.
Tremblay raised from under-the-gun to 24,000 and received three callers. When the dealer spread the flop of , Tremblay fired 75,000 and both players in the small blind and big blind positions called.
The turn landed the and the small blind checked. The big blind moved all in for his remaining 160,000. Tremblay announced call and the small blind would fold. Tremblay tabled for top set, but was in bad shape when her opponent showed for a flush.
The river was the , providing no help to Tremblay as her chip stack dwindles.
Martin Finger is taking his shot at this massive prizepool in Canada, all the way from Germany. Finger, now residing in Vienna, Austria, has made the trip to Montreal, Canada. He is a former EPT and WSOP bracelet winner with over $6.5 million in live tournament earnings. Look for Finger to build up a big stack as the tournament progresses through Day 1b.
. Action was checked to Matthew Wilkins and he led out for 50,000. His opponent directly to his left raised to 125,000. It was folded back around to Wilkins who made the call.
and both players checked.
and Wilkins checked again. His opponent bet 200,000 and Wilkins made the call. His opponent said "Nice call", as he turned over 
for a missed straight flush draw. Wilkins tabled 
and scooped up the pot. 
and Yu tabled 
. It looked like it was going to be a chop until the flop came 
, giving Kamali the nut flush draw. 
and the river was the 
landed his opponent checked, and Gill moved all in for 760,000. His opponent quickly made the call and Gill was slightly worried. Much to his delight he was way ahead of his opponent.
and Gill got a full double up and now sits among the chip leaders in the room. Look for Gill to use his big stack to apply pressure to his opponents and continue to increase his lead.
, Tremblay fired 75,000 and both players in the small blind and big blind positions called. 
and the small blind checked. The big blind moved all in for his remaining 160,000. Tremblay announced call and the small blind would fold. Tremblay tabled 
for top set, but was in bad shape when her opponent showed 
