Yong “IReadYrSoul” Kwon looked to be in great shape to score a big knockout, as he held against the of "dadadada." The flop of kept Kwon in the lead, and the turn looked to lock the hand up for Kwon. However, it gave "dadadada" a flush draw, and the on the river gave the victory to "dadadada."
"ScarletRaptor" kicked off the action with a raise to 3,000, and in the small blind, Arian "angels" Stolt three bet to 12,000. In the big blind, Katie "KatieStone" Stone put in a four bet to 25,000. "ScarletRaptor" quickly folded, but Stolt wasn't going anywhere, moving all in for 75,000 and change. Stone released her hand, and Stolt took down a nice pot without a showdown.
Catching up with the action on the turn of a board showing , "DaBuzzzz" checked to "chen718", who bet 23,000. "DaBuzzzz" made the call, and the completed the board. Another check saw "chen718" move all in, and "DaBuzzzz" called with . It was no good though, as "chen718" showed for trip queens.
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One hour into play today, and players are taking their first break of the day. So far, 128 players have entered, with 116 players still alive. Below you will see the big stacks at the moment.
Ted “roystalin” Ely and David "TheKing411" Coleman got into a raising war after the flop came down . Eventually, the final 76,000 and change for Coleman went into the middle, as he had for an overpair. It was no good though, as Ely showed for bottom set.
No two outer would come for Coleman, as the board finished out and .
"Jonney" and "TonyBluffingJr" went heads up to a flop of . "Jonney" checked to "TonyBluffingJr", who bet 3,000. "Jonney" check raised to 9,500, "TonyBluffingJr" called, and the hit the turn. This time, "Jonney" fired 19,850, "TonyBluffingJr" called again, and the river brought the .
"Jonney" thought for a bit before firing 26,500, half his stack, but "TonyBluffingJr" wanted to play for more, moving all in for 56,000 and change. "Jonney" called with for the second nuts, but "TonyBluffingJr" flipped over for the nut flush to take down a massive early double up.
To give you an idea of the kind of big money payouts players will be looking at in this series, we figured we would post the results from the last series in December. Just like this series, the events lasted for a full week, with a few notables earning titles, including Jake "FerociousPanda" Toole, Alex "JinYang" Butcher, Stanton "Stonniepokers" Tentnowski, and Ryan "TheSims" Hohner.
against the 
of "dadadada." The flop of 
kept Kwon in the lead, and the 
turn looked to lock the hand up for Kwon. However, it gave "dadadada" a flush draw, and the 
on the river gave the victory to "dadadada."
, "DaBuzzzz" checked to "chen718", who bet 23,000. "DaBuzzzz" made the call, and the 
. It was no good though, as "chen718" showed 
for trip queens.
. Eventually, the final 76,000 and change for Coleman went into the middle, as he had 
for an overpair. It was no good though, as Ely showed 
for bottom set. 
and 
.
hit the turn. This time, "Jonney" fired 19,850, "TonyBluffingJr" called again, and the river brought the 
. 