John Bautista and Michael Falcon were both all in before the flop with Bautista as the player at risk for his last 10,950. Falcon had the bigger stack with 18,475 out of the blinds, but he also showed the worse hand.
John Bautista:
Michael Falcon:
"Don't worry, I never hit," Falcon joked and Bautista replied with "I never win." One of the statements turned out to be true in this specific case, as Falcon found no help on the board to see his stack shrink dramatically once again on the second entry of the day.
Shravan Chhabria and Siddhart Singhvi have had a strong start into Day 1b and the two players from India are among the chip leaders. Singhvi was just involved in a middle-sized pot that saw his opponent bet the river for 2,750. Singhvi took some time before sliding in the chips for a call and as soon as he did, the opponent mucked his cards to forfeit the pot.
Picking up the action on the , the small blind checked and James Mendoza bet 2,850, picking up a call by Shinji Katsushima only. The appeared on the turn and Mendoza checked, then called a bet of 3,500 by Katsushima.
After the river, Mendoza led again, for 5,500, and Katsushima moved all in. Mendoza was the player at risk with less chips and shook his head, then folded after some consideration.
We caught a large pot brewing between Johnson Tan, Kunal Patni and Romit Advani with over 5,500 in blinds and antes in the pot by the time we arrived with the flop spread .
Tan, sitting in the big blind, led out for 3,000 and Patni quickly folded from the cutoff and the action was on Advani. The Indian player did not take long to move all-in for a little under 19,000 and Tan made a quick call.
Johnson Tan:
Romit Advani:
Tan had the best hand, had Advani covered and a blocker for Advani’s flush draw and the rest of the board ran out and to bring Advani’s first attempt at the Main Event to an early conclusion while Tan stacked up to 42,250 and Patni is looking a little short on 12,025.
Mark Pagsuyuin has more than doubled up his stack after joining late and appears to be the current chip leader. Below are further assorted counts with Corbin White also as recent addition to the field.
Seven players have been eliminated during the first three levels and the total field is up to 122 entries, which has almost reached the attendance of yesterday's first flight. Day 1a saw 132 entries and that number is guaranteed to be eclipsed in the hours to come.
Michael Falcon walked back into the tournament area with a new ticket in the hand and the Dane is on his second bullet for the day. The same also applies for Mark Gruendemann, who doubled his stack in attempt number two thanks to a big pot versus Andre Peters.
After a raise to 500, Gruendemann called on the button, as did the small blind. Peters three-bet to 2,800 in the big blind and picked up two callers including Gruendemann and the small blind. On the flop, Peters continued for 4,400 and Gruendemann raised it up to 10,000, forcing out the small blind.
Peters, however, called and checked the turn. Gruendemann bet 15,000 and Peters folded face up, pointing to Gruendemann with the words "queen or sevens."
A massive pot emerged until the river of a board and there were some 18,000 in the middle. Li Yu moved all in for 15,650 from the hijack and the player on the button called, then tried to muck his cards when Yu flashed for rivered quads.
The opponent paid off Yu and the tournament floor was called, who then explained that as per all in showdown rule, all cards of the players involved had to be shown. The button obliged and turned over for the nine-high straight.
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to see his stack shrink dramatically once again on the second entry of the day.
river for 2,750. Singhvi took some time before sliding in the chips for a call and as soon as he did, the opponent mucked his cards to forfeit the pot.
to bring Advani’s first attempt at the Main Event to an early conclusion while Tan stacked up to 42,250 and Patni is looking a little short on 12,025.
flop, Peters continued for 4,400 and Gruendemann raised it up to 10,000, forcing out the small blind.
turn. Gruendemann bet 15,000 and Peters folded 
face up, pointing to Gruendemann with the words "queen or sevens."
for rivered quads.
