From the hijack seat, Brent Harrington raised to 1,200. The player in the cutoff seat reraised all in for 8,100, and action folded back to Harrington. He called with the 
, but he was a bit behind the 
for his opponent.
Harrington took the lead on the 
flop with two pair, and he stayed there after the 
and 
hit the turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
On the button, Jason Kim raised to 1,250. The player in the big blind made the call, and the flop came down 
. After the player in the big blind checked, Kim bet 1,500. His opponent called.
The turn was the 
, and the first player led with a bet of 3,500. Kim checked back at his hand, then folded, and slipped back under 90,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
89,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 100
Play will continue in 10 minutes.
Danielle 'dmoongirl' Andersen entered Day 1a a bit late, but she busted a bit early by just getting knocked out. Andersen told us how she ran top two pair into a set to lose a huge portion of her stack, before recovering a bit and getting back up to 8,000.
On the last hand a player raised to 1,200 and Andersen moved all in for about 8,000 and her opponent called with 
. Andersen was in good shape with 
but she couldn't fade her opponent hitting a pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Matt Kurtin raised in early position to 850 and Valerie Hanley three-bet quickly to 2,000. The action folded around to Kurtin and he called, creating heads-up action.
The flop brought out 
and Kurtin quickly check-folded to a bet of 4,000.
Hanley turned over 
, and Kurtin smiled, as he just avoided losing a huge pot to the strong hand of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 75
John Boriolo raised before the flop to 725 and Michael Trivett called from the cutoff after which Ivan Zarate pulled off a three-bet to 2,100. The action folded back to Boriolo who four-bet shoved for 6,125 and Trivett went into the tank.
Trivett needed a lot of time, and apologized to the other players at the table, before eventually folding his hand.
Zarate laughed and admitted to getting caught with a poor holding, but he deemed the price good enough make the call.
Zarate: 
Boriolo: 
"I'm sorry buddy," Zarate apologized, as he had a lot of faith in his hand.
The board however ran out 
and Boriolo raked in a much needed double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
|
14,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
12,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
98,000 | |
|
51,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
46,000
27,500
|
27,500 |
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
15,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
11,000
13,500
|
13,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
45,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
45,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
40,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
38,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
|
34,000 | |
|
28,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
24,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
22,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
21,000 | |
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
Busted | |
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