Main Event
Day 1b Started
2016 PokerStars Festival - New Jersey
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerStars Festival - New Jersey
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
208
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Day 1b of PokerStars Festival New Jersey Main Event Begins at 11 a.m.
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 1b coverage of the PokerStars Festival New Jersey Main Event.
Yesterday's Day 1a drew 81 players and after 10 levels of play, just 25 players bagged and tagged. Today, a new batch of players will take to the felt and look to navigate their way to Day 2. The Main Event is an $1,100 entry freezeout with one-hour levels and a 25,000 starting stack. Blinds begin at 50/100 and will end after the 600/1,200/200 level. There will be 20-minute breaks after Levels 2, 4, and 8, and an 80-minute dinner break after Level 6.
Among those expected to be in the field today include PokerStars MindSports Ambassador Jennifer Shahade, PokerStars Team Online's Randy Lew, Jaime Staples and Kevin Martin, as well as Ari Engel and Michael Gagliano.
The cards will be in the air at 11 a.m., so keep it here throughout the day for live updates on all of the action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Who's Here?
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Thus far, there are 36 Day 1b entries.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
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|
25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
Engel Finds a Fold
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A player opened to 250 in middle position, and Ari Engel made it 800 to go in the cutoff. Daniel Sewnig called on the button, and the opener came along. Everyone checked the 
flop, and action checked to the button on the 
turn. Sewnig bet 1,350 and only Engel called. Engel checked the 
river, and Sewnig bet 3,800. Engel thought a long time before sliding his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | |
|
|
25,400
400
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400 |
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Eli Ross Slips
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Following a flop of 
, the player in the big blind checked to Kevin Struble who bet 500 from under the gun. Two players folded before before Eli Ross, who finished runner up in Event 2, raised to 1,200. The big blind folded and Struble called.
The turn was the 
and action was checked to Ross who bet 1,500. Struble called.
The river was the 
and both players checked.
Struble tabled 
for a set of kings and Ross mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000 | |
|
|
20,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Glynn Finds a Double
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
We found Travis Glynn getting it all in with a set of sixes against an opponent with an ace-high flush draw on a 
flop. The turn and river kept the set best and he doubled up, though he's still under the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,300 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Flush Over Flush
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
James D'Agostino fired out 1,000 on a 
flop from the small blind, and Matthew Aymerich made it 3,200 to go from early position. A third player cold-called, and D'Agostino made it 8,000. Aymerich immediately jammed, and the squeezed player mucked.
"I'm behind, but I have a redraw," D'Agostino said with a sigh.
After about 30 seconds, he called with 
and saw he needed a 
against the 
of Aymerich. The turn and river were both eights though, and Aymerich doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000 | |
|
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10,350 |
Bartley Downling Doubles Through Agenor Souza
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Following a flop of 
, Bartley Downling was all in for 4,500 from under the gun with 
against Agenor Souza's in middle position.
The 
turn locked up the pot for Downling with an ace-high flush, rendering the 
river moot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
|
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14,000 |