2010 PCA Main Event Day 1a | 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-05-2010 20:33 UTC-4

Tomberlin Gets the Rest

[user66118]

Just moments after their last encounter, we find Daniel Alaei and Eric Tomberlin tangled up once again in a big preflop pot. Tomberlin moved all in once again, and this time Alaei made the call to put himself at risk of elimination.

Showdown
Tomberlin: {A-Spades}

Alaei:

Alaei didn't say a word as the dealer sealed his fate with a board of {9-Hearts}

. That's the end of his day.

Tags: Daniel Alaei Eric Tomberlin

01-05-2010 20:31 UTC-4

Middle Set Fails for Cammarota

donpeters

Coming out of the last break, Wayne Bentley was sitting on 130,000 chips. He's seated at the same tabled with Alfonso Cammarota, Bill Edler, Amit Makhija, Ben Lamb, Vivek Rajkumar, and Anthony Nardi.

Bentley opened with a raise to 1,500 and Alfonso Cammarota reraised to 3,500. This was the next hand following the one that Cammarota took chips from Makhija. Bentley made the call and the two players went to a flop.

The flop came down {A-Hearts}

and Bentley checked. Cammarota fired 5,000 before Bentley revved things up to 20,000. Cammarota snap-shoved his stack into the middle for about 35,000 and Bentley quickly called.

Cammarota tabled {9-Diamonds}

for middle set, against the combo draw of Bentley, who held {7-Hearts}

.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds}

and the river the {10-Clubs}

, completing the straight for Bentley.

Cammarota made a quick exit and Bentley shot up to 180,000.

Tags: Alfonso Cammarota Wayne Bentley

01-05-2010 20:25 UTC-4

Alaei Feeling Non-Committal

[user66118]

Daniel Alaei opened with a middle-position raise, though the amount was unclear. A few seats over, Eric Tomberlin three-bet to 5,500, and Alaei came right back with a four-bet to 14,000 straight. His opponent asked for a count on the remainder, and Alaei told him he had, "about 24 behind."

With a double-clutch, Tomberlin grabbed his remaining chips and moved all in with the covering stack. Alaei shook his head and quickly folded, leaving himself those 24,000 chips to fight with in a better spot.

01-05-2010 20:24 UTC-4

Internet Woes

[user66118]

Bear with us folks; the internet situation is less than stellar right now.

01-05-2010 20:23 UTC-4

Cammarota Takes One From Makhija

donpeters

On a flop of {9-Hearts}

, Alfonso Cammarota checked the action over to Amit Makhija. Makhija bet out 2,000 and Cammarota called.

The turn brought the {7-Clubs}

and both players checked. After the river fell the {J-Spades}

, Cammarota bet out 6,000. Makhija made the call and watched as Cammarota rolled over {8-Spades}

for three sevens. He's now up to 40,000 while Makhija dropped to 12,000.

Tags: Alfonso Cammarota Amit Makhija

01-05-2010 19:55 UTC-4

Play Resumes

[user38449]

Players have returned to their seats, the clock restarted and play resumed.

Unfortunately, we have not. We've been experiencing some major Internet difficulties throughout the day and are currently battling a major crash.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but we've been assured by Atlantis staff that the problem should be resolved momentarily.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

01-05-2010 19:39 UTC-4

Lee Wins the Last Pot of Level 6

[user66118]

William "weeminer" Miner opened the pot to 1,025 from early position, and he found five callers (Eric Froelich, Bernard Lee, the button, and both blinds). The six of them watched the flop came out {2-Diamonds}

, and the action checked to Lee. He fired out 3,350 chips, and he was called by only the button.

Heads up now, the {9-Spades}

turned on fourth street. Lee stacked together 7,200 chips as the break clock ticked away, and he slid it into the pot. His opponent re-checked his hole cards several times and shook his head as he reluctantly released his cards into the muck.

That pot moves Lee back up over his starting stack to about 34,000.

01-05-2010 19:39 UTC-4

Break It Up

[user38449]

The tournament clock has been paused while the remaining 545 players go on their last 15-minute break of the day. When play resumes, we'll play two more levels to wrap up the day.

01-05-2010 19:38 UTC-4