Action was heads-up to the 8♠2♣4♠ flop, where Jonathan Iacovelli checked from the big blind. Elliot Moore fired a bet of 15,000 on the button and made the call once Iacovelli moved all in.
Jonathan Iacovelli: 9♣8♣
Elliot Moore: Q♠Q♥
Iacovelli could not connect on the J♦ turn or 2♦ river, as Moore's superior two pair was good to secure the knockout.
On the fifth hand on the stone bubble, a pair of all-ins occurred on side-by-side tables.
Table 28 saw Andrew Voor at risk against Jack Kwon with the cards on their backs.
Andrew Voor: 10♣10♦
Jack Kwon: 7♣7♦
Voor was never in danger through the 9♦2♥8♠6♥2♦ runout, seeing his pocket tens earn the double-up. While that hand was being dealt, Marshall Tarzy was also at risk and flipping against Michael Tweedlie.
Marshall Tarzy: A♠Q♠
Michael Tweedlie : 9♠9♣
Tarzy was unable to find a pair on the K♦K♥8♦7♦10♥ board, seeing Tweedlie hold to burst the bubble and bring an end to Day 1d.
The action was non-stop on Saturday at the PokerStars Open Philadelphia series, where the last of four flights filled the Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia poker room all day long.
The largest of the opening $1,100 Main Event flights kept the registration desk busy right from the start of Day 1d, and it only took eight levels to hit 400 entries. That brought the prize pool over the $1,000,000 mark, more than doubling the guarantee.
In the end, 509 entries took part on the day, bringing the overall number to 1,154. The final prize pool was set at $1,107,840, with all of it to play for on Day 2 when the 146 remaining survivors return to the felt.
The end-of-day chip leader was Elliot Moore (822,000), who held off a late-night surge from Michael Tweedlie to carry the third-best overall stack into the final day of action.
Tweedlie climbed to 803,000 chips while knocking outMarshall Tarzy on the stone bubble, bringing an end to the long day of play.
Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Elliot Moore
United States
822,000
2
Michael Tweedlie
United States
803,000
3
Justin Laudadio
United States
789,000
4
Edric Nicoli
United States
741,000
5
Joseph Barrett
United States
645,000
6
Thomas Romeo
United States
559,000
7
Keith Crowder
United States
518,000
8
Zachary Spergel
United States
505,000
9
Ari Katz
United States
489,000
10
Philip Saracino
United States
484,000
The rest of the top five include Justin Laudadio (789,000), Edric Nicoli (741,000) and Joseph Barrett (645,000).
Among the hundreds of players to take a seat on Saturday were two more PokerStars Ambassadors, looking to join Maria Konnikova on Day 2.
Caitlin Comeskey
Caitlin Comeskey arrived early in the day and played through several levels before hitting the rail. Jen Shahade also took her shot but came up short of the dinner break, losing much of her stack with a river bluff gone bad.
The blinds will be rolled back when Day 2 begins at 11:15 a.m. local time on Saturday, as the first two flights bagged up on Level 17. Players will see blinds of 4,000/8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000.
PokerStars Open Trophy
Level will be lengthened to 60 minutes for the final day, with breaks scheduled after every two hours of play. With everyone already in the money, action should be fast and furious as players look to build a big stack and run deep in search of the PokerStars trophy. All 146 remaining players are in the money and have locked up $1,420.
$1,100 Main Event Top 10 Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$184,800
2
$130,525
3
$84,695
4
$62,760
5
$47,415
6
$38,330
7
$31,660
8
$25,095
9
$18,625
10
$14,280
As always, the PokerNews live reporting team will have everything covered as the title awaits here in Philadelphia.
