Phil Ivey is mixing it up early and often on Day 1a.
He raised to 400 in middle position and found callers from the player in the cutoff and Theo Jorgensen in the big blind. The flop came down and Jorgensen checked. Ivey bet 800, only getting called by the player in the cutoff. The turn and river were checked by both, with Ivey showing to take down the pot.
The next hand, he and an opponent each committed at least 4,000 preflop, checking down a board. Ivey's opponent showed , besting Ivey's holdings.
Bernard Lee raised to 400 in middle position and received calls from the hijack and Michael Brown in the big blind. The flop came down and Brown checked to Lee, who bet 625. The hijack got out of the way and Brown check-called behind.
When the dealer burned and turned the , Brown checked, Lee bet 1,150, and Brown called. When the peeled off on the river, Brown decided to lead out with a single blue chip bet, worth 5,000, and Lee instantly called. Brown showed for a full house and all Lee could say was, "Nice hand." He then showed his and tossed his opponent a blue chip. Lee is down to around 22,000.
When we arrived at Amnon Filippi's table the board read . An opponent check-raised Filippi and after mulling it over he begrudgingly called. The river brought the and Filippi's opponent stared at him before acting.
"You know if you check-raise me three times that's called a homerun, right?" Filippi needled.
"Alright," his opponent blurted. "I check."
Filippi reached for two blue T5,000 chips and announced, "8,500."
His opponent debated then threw in a crying call showing for a flush, but Filippi showed him for a rivered full house.
After pulling in his newfound chips, Filippi's stack now looks like 50,000.
On a board reading , an unknown opponent checked to Jeff Madsen, who bet 1,850. After a call, the spiked on the turn and action once again checked to Madsen. With 5,950 in the pot, Madsen stacked up some chips and slid in a bet of 5,150.
His opponent tanked for a bit and then made the call. Madsen turned over for a rivered straight and his opponent mucked. With that win, Madsen is up to 34,000.
The board read and Dominik Nitsche's river bet of 7,700 was called by his opponent. Nitsche tabled for a flopped flush draw that became a rivered straight, besting his opponent's holdings.
We managed to catch the tail end of a monster pot. From what we could tell, Team PokerStars Pro (Spain) member Juan Manuel Pastor and Scott Freeman got all of the money in on a board reading . Pastor had laid out in front of him while Freeman had flopped a full house with his .
Pastor was clearly upset and quickly left the tournament area as the dealer counted out the chips. Little did Pastor know, he was left with 1,200. If he doesn't return soon, he'll simply be blinded out. Meanwhile Freeman is up to around 58,000.
With about 5,400 in the pot and the board reading , Harrison Gimbel bet 4,500. His opponent popped it to 12,000, sending Gimbel into the tank. After about five minutes Gimbel gave it up, slipping to about 24,000.
Team PokerStars Pro Christian de Leon, Jeff Hakim, Lars Bonding, Dominik Nitsche, Chris Moorman, James Obst, Owen Crowe, Bernard Lee, Ryan Karp, Christian Harder, and Shaun Deeb have all joined the field.
Sergio Garcia, the famous Spanish golfer, was spotted last night playing a Super Satellite for the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure Main Event. The golf pro, who turns 31 tomorrow, managed to win a seat and is in action today.
He is well below par, so to speak, currently sitting on 38,000. Many of those chips came courtesy of a preflop raising war with an opponent. We caught the action when, after a few raises, an unknown player made it 3,150 to go. Garcia refused to back down and reraised to 11,5000. It was enough to get the job done and he took down the pot before the flop.
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and Jorgensen checked. Ivey bet 800, only getting called by the player in the cutoff. The 
turn and 
river were checked by both, with Ivey showing 
to take down the pot.
board. Ivey's opponent showed 
, besting Ivey's holdings.
and Brown checked to Lee, who bet 625. The hijack got out of the way and Brown check-called behind.
, Brown checked, Lee bet 1,150, and Brown called. When the 
peeled off on the river, Brown decided to lead out with a single blue chip bet, worth 5,000, and Lee instantly called. Brown showed 
for a full house and all Lee could say was, "Nice hand." He then showed his 
and tossed his opponent a blue chip. Lee is down to around 22,000.
. An opponent check-raised Filippi and after mulling it over he begrudgingly called. The river brought the 
and Filippi's opponent stared at him before acting.
for a flush, but Filippi showed him 
, an unknown opponent checked to Jeff Madsen, who bet 1,850. After a call, the 
for a rivered straight and his opponent mucked. With that win, Madsen is up to 34,000.
laid out in front of him while Freeman had flopped a full house with his 
