It was revealed during the dinner break that Isildur1 is in fact Viktor Blom (gasp). While that is exciting news, it doesn't stop Day 1a of the PCA Main Event from continuing. Players are back in their seats and the cards are in the air.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
The remaining players of Day 1a are now on a 75-minute dinner break and so are we.
Ronnie Bardah fired 1,250 on the flop of 
and got one call before the dealer placed the 
out on the turn. Bardah checked and his opponent checked behind.
The river completed the board with the 
and Bardah checked again, his opponent didn't fall for it and checked as well. Bardah tabled the 
for a straight with a smile.
"You gonna write that down how I checked twice to induce?" joked Bardah to our reporter as he raked in the pot.
Bardah's up to 61,000 going into the dinner break.
With the dinner break approaching, three players created a pot of about 5,600 and saw a flop of 
. Phil Ivey checked from the small blind and a player in middle position did the same. The cutoff then bet 2,100 and Ivey check-raised to 6,200. The middle position player got out of the way and the cutoff made the call.
When the 
hit the turn, Ivey fired out 10,000. His opponent didn't seem too happy and deliberated a long time. Ivey only had 9,575 behind, so a call here would practically commit him on the river; nonetheless, the cutoff made the call. Sure enough, Ivey moved all in when the fell on the river and the cutoff called. Ivey showed 
for a full house and the cutoff tossed his cards in the muck.
Ivey doubled and now sits with right around 57,000.
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"What???" Ronnie Bardah shouted from across the room.
When we arrived at his table the board read 
and he had been check-raised from 3,200 to 7,200.
"What could you have?" Bardah stammered at his opponent. "Did you hit running sevens like me?"
Genuinely perplexed, Bardah threw in a call and flipped over 
. His opponent quickly mucked and gave Bardah a very strange strange look.
"I didn't mean for that to be slowroll or anything," Bardah pleaded while he raked in his new chips. "If you moved all in I seriously might've folded."
Bardah didn't fold however and is now sitting on 60,000 chips.
Joe Cada, a Team PokerStars Pro (USA) member and the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, has had quite the busy day.
In a recent hand, a player in middle position raised to 900 and action folded to Cada in the big blind. He grabbed two blue chips, worth 5,000 each, and tossed them in the pot. The middle position player only had 6,100 behind and decided this wasn't the spot to commit. Cada took down the small pot and is now up to around 90,000.
The board read 
when we arrived at Jon "PearlJammer" Turner's table and Turner had a 5,200-chip bet sitting in front him. An opponent to his direct left announced, "all in," and Turner begrudgingly called.
Turner: 
Opponent: 
Turner needed one of the seven remaining spades to make a better flush, but couldn't find one on either the turn () or the river (). He's now left with only 10,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,000 | |
|
94,000 | 4,000 |
|
80,000 | |
|
77,000 | 16,000 |
|
|
69,000 | 18,000 |
|
55,000 | 20,000 |
|
50,000 | 12,000 |
|
50,000 | 4,000 |
|
50,000 | 14,000 |
|
48,000 | 15,000 |
|
45,000 | 12,000 |
|
40,000 | 13,000 |
|
32,000 | -2,000 |
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
|
25,000 | 2,000 |
|
19,000 | 2,000 |
|
13,000 | -17,000 |
|
12,000 | -15,000 |
|
8,000 | -15,500 |
With the board reading 
and 4,350 chips in middle, PokerStars Team Pro Dario Minieri was faced with a 2,400-chip bet from an opponent. He called.
The turn was the 
and Minieri's opponent slowed down, checking to him and prompting a bet of 4,150. His opponent made the call.
The rivered and both players checked. Minieri's opponent showed a wired pair of sevens but they were no good against the Italian's 
for a rivered pair of tens.
The PokerStars Pro is now back above starting stack with 31,500 chips.
