There was a cutoff open to 40,000 before it folded to Saverio Camarda in the small blind who took a moment before moving all in off a short stack. It folded back to the original raiser who snap called and the cards were tabled.
Saverio Camarda: K♠J♥
Cutoff: A♠A♥
The full board ran out 8♥5♣A♦9♣9♥ and Camarda hit the rail in 23rd place.
There was a middle position open before Abraham Gordon moved all in off a short stack. It folded back to the original raiser who called and the cards hit their backs.
Abraham Gordon: 7♦7♥
Middle Position: 10♣10♥
The full board ran out J♣A♠2♠3♦4♠ and Gordon hit the rail in 24th place.
The 26 remaining players are about to return from break. The average stack is currently at 43 big blinds so the players are sitting deep and ready to battle.
Two extremely successful weekends of poker have already happened during the PokerStars Summer Series at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia but Event #3: $2,200 No Limit Hold’Em has been the most anticipated of them all.
The guarantee was set at a massive $500,000 but as the final late registration ended on Saturday night, a total of 448 players had entered the event across three flights producing a total prize pool of $873,600. Whoever naviagates their way to the top spot will take home a huge first place prize of $172,390 and the coveted PokerStars trophy. Each of the 57 remaining players are in the money and have earned a minimum of $3,190, with progressive pay jumps happening fast.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Alexander Rolfe
United States
1,033,000
129
2
Andrew Porter
United States
1,027,000
128
3
Azamat Isakov
United States
880,000
110
4
Chan Kim
United States
810,000
101
5
Gregory Himmelbrand
United States
774,000
97
6
George Abi-Zeid
United States
754,000
94
7
Joseph Liberta
United States
728,000
91
8
Sameer Batra
United States
723,000
90
9
William Corvino
United States
668,000
84
10
Keith Crowder
United States
658,000
82
Two WSOP Main event champions who have found a bag and will be in the mix on Day 2. Philadelphia native Joe McKeehen (2015) and Jamie Gold (2006) will both be returning to the feld. A deep run from just one of these champions would be interesting to see but the prospect of both making a run is quite exciting.
Joe McKeehen
The winner of last week's Event #2 Soukha Kachittavong found a bag on Day 1b and has now secured a cash in all three of the events of this series. He has also made the final table of both of the first two events and will look to make it three.
PokerStars.com Online Qualifier Alexander Rolfe still holds the overall chip lead with a huge 1,033,000 stack. He is a relative unknown in this field but if his performance on Day 1a is any indication he will not be shy about putting his chips to use early and often.
Alexander Rolfe
Play resumes on Sunday at 11:15 a.m. with action picking up on Level 17 at 4000/8000/8000 blinds. The structure will move to 60-minute levels on Day 2 with a 15-minute break every two levels and a dinner break at the tournament director’s discretion.
The PokerNews reporting team will begin live coverage after the first four levels of play as we crown another champion in Phildelphia, so make sure to tune in!
