Jim Petzing jammed for 56,000 from under the gun, and Jason Somerville three-bet shoved for 122,000 in the hijack. Lucas Hill four-bet jammed for 160,000 on the button, chasing out the blinds.
"What kind of cold deck is this?" Somerville, who just took his seat at the table, said with a grin after the cards were tabled.
Jim Petzing:
Jason Somerville:
Lucas Hill:
"At least give Jim a nine!" Somerville said. No nine or queen would fall on the board, and Hill knocked out two dangerous opponents in a single hand.
Thomas Weber opened to 7,000 from the hijack, Nick Kiley three-bet to 21,000 from the button, and Weber called.
The flop came , and Weber check-folded to a 13,000 bet from Kiley. Kiley and Alon Eldar are two of the biggest stacks in the room, both seated at the same table as Day 1a breaks down to the final four tables.
A player raised to 8,500 from the cutoff, and Leyla Rogers three-bet shoved for 13,500 from the small blind. The cutoff called.
Leyla Rogers:
Opponent:
The flop gave Rogers a set and her opponent an open-ended straight draw. The turn and river were safe for Rogers, and she doubled up.
The very next hand, the cutoff from the previous hand raised to 8,000 in middle position, and Rogers three-bet shoved for 33,000 on the button. Rogers' opponent folded this time.
After limping under the gun, Jared Shipley jammed for 62,000 over the top of a raise from the player in the big blind. The big blind called.
Jared Shipley:
Opponent:
Shipley's aces left his opponent looking for running cards after the flop, and although the brought chop outs for Big Slick, the river gave Shipley the double.
Jason Somerville and Jesse Lonis were in the middle of a conversation about football, when Somerville opened to 5,500 from the cutoff without breaking stride.
Lonis continued the discussion and seamlessly three-bet to 16,500 from the button, only stopping the sports-centric back and forth to inform Somerville that he was indeed three-betting.
Somerville told Lonis it's all the same to him, and made the fold.