| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,500 | |
|
78,000 | |
|
70,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
68,000 | |
|
|
60,000 | |
|
55,000 |
Igor Grinevsky limped in from under the gun, and action folded all the way around to the blinds. The small blind tossed in the completion while the big blind checked their option.
Action on the board of 
was checked through to the river when Grinevsky finally put in a bet of 800. The small blind folded, but the big blind stuck around with a call.
Grinevsky rolled over 
for the rivered pair, and the big blind mucked the hand. As "Iggy" Grinevsky was collecting the pot, he smiled and said to the table "I need a crucifixion tonight!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Igor Grinevsky opened the betting with a limp from early position, and he was called in four other spots. The flop came down 
and small blind Ferosh Tailor elected to lead out for 1,000. It folded to Grinevsky and he bumped it up to 3.100.
Everyone else, including Tailor, mucked to the raise. He showed an ace-nine to the table and as he was collecting the pot he called himself "The guy who loses with kings" and recounted a previous hand where his pocket kings were crushed but an opponent's ace-king. "I would have had 45,000," he lamented while instead stacking around 10k in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
The player under the gun started the action with a raise to 900. Jeremy Plett three-bet to 2,800 from middle position. The original raiser called and they went heads up to a flop.
Plett fired out a pot sized bet of 6,500 on a board of 
. His opponent moved all in for 15,000 and Plett quickly made the call.
Plett: 
Opponent: 
Plett locked it up on the turn when the 
came. The 
completed the board and Plett added to his already massive stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000 |
The first break is now over, and players are back at the felt for Level 6.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
After five levels of play, its time for the first break of the day. Players are headed out of the poker room, and will return to the felt in 15 minutes with blinds at 200/400/400.
A player in early position opened with a raise to 900, Nadav Bitton was in middle position and moved all in for 12,300. The action got back around to the original raiser who gave it some thought but ended up making the call.
Bitton: 
Opponent: 
The flop gave Bitton a flush draw and his opponent a gut shot straight draw 
. The turn killed his opponents straight draw as a three would now chop it 
. The 
river secured the double up for Bitton.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,250
25,250
|
25,250 |
Ferosh Tailor opened the better to 650 from the hijack, and Ron Lauzon defended his big blind with a call. The flop came 
, and Lauzon check-called the 800 bet of Tailor.
Action checked through the turn and river, and Lauzon showed 
causing Tailor to muck his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
14,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
