Level: 17
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Day 1d is currently up to 164 total entries, with late registration open for another two levels.
The remaining 34 players are going on a 15-minute break.
Brian Murfield moved all in for 180,000 under the gun and Horace Ingram reshoved for 200,000 in early position. The table folded around to Fouad Fahsi, and he called in the small blind to put both opponents at risk.
Brian Murfield: 3♣3♥
Horace Ingram: Q♣Q♥
Fouad Fahsi: K♥K♦
"Why do you always have to have kings? We've had this situation four times, and he's had kings every time," Ingram said upon seeing that he was crushed by Fahsi, who was poised for the double knockout going to the A♦5♥5♠ flop.
The turn, though, brought the Q♠ to give Ingram a full house. The river was the 2♥, and Ingram scooped the pot to double up off Fahsi and send Murfield to the rail.
"I told you! I finally suck out the first time in my life!" Ingram shouted out.
Michael Estes in the small blind and Joseph Bommarito in early position got all their chips in the middle before the flop.
Michael Estes: A♥Q♠
Joseph Bommarito: A♣A♠
Bommarito had woken up with aces to leave Estes at risk, and the 6♥J♥8♣5♠9♦ board kept him in the lead to secure the pot. The stacks were counted down, and Bommarito had Estes' remaining 85,000 narrowly covered to send him to the rail.
"I only waited three hours for them," Bommarito said.
A player in the big blind led out for 15,000 on the 10♠3♦7♣ flop, and Zeno Halilodia then raised to 50,000 on the button. His opponent called, and they saw the 8♠ fall on the turn.
Halilodia then bet 25,000, and the big blind again called. The river was the K♦ and Halilodia bet 25,000. His opponent folded this time, and Halilodia took the pot.
Heads-up on a flop of J♠Q♠J♦, Jerry Knoche bet 20,000 from under the gun and Gary Bland called in middle position.
Knoche checked the K♥ turn, and Bland bet 50,000. Knoche called and checked again on the 2♠ river, and Bland then moved all in for 55,000. Knoche called with K♣Q♣ for two pair, but Bland had a straight with A♥10♠ to win the pot and double up yet again.
Gary Bland moved all in for 61,000 in the hijack and James Hook called on the button.
Gary Bland: A♠K♥
James Hook: 10♣10♦
Bland was racing for his tournament life, and he took the lead on the A♣4♥8♥ flop with top pair. The rest of the board ran out Q♥3♦, and Bland doubled up to leave Hook with less than a big blind.
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Around 150,000 was already in the middle as Tristan Jappa and Terry Stuhldreher went to the turn on a board of 5♥J♣Q♠8♣. Jappa then moved all in for 65,000 on the button, and Stuhldreher tanked for a minute before calling in early position.
Stuhldreher showed K♠10♠ for a straight draw, while Jappa had K♠K♣. The Q♠ river was safe for Jappa, and he earned the double up.