Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 300
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 300
A player opened to 3,500 from the hijack and Bryan Campanello three-bet to 8,000 from the button. Action folded back to the original raiser and he made the call. The flop was and both players checked. The came on the turn and Campanello fired 9,000 after a check from his opponent.
After a fold from his opponent, Campanello gathered the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bryan Campanello |
115,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
On back-to-back hands, we saw Clyde Lorance nicely increase his stack with a set on each. On the first hand he had to wait until the river as his pocket jacks caught back up against the of his all-in opponent on a runout.
The next hand, he eliminated another another opponent as he flopped his opponent's dead to a chop when his pocket nines found a match on the flop. The runout gave Lorance a healthy stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Clyde Lorance |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
We caught the action after a flop of and Miguel Hernandez checked to Bryan Campanello who bet 9,500. Hernandez raised to 25,000 and Campanello moved all in. Hernandez quickly called for approximately 68,000 total.
Campanello:
Hernandez:
The turn kept Campanello safe, but the river flushed Hernandez and dented the stack of Campanello.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Miguel Hernandez |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Bryan Campanello |
100,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
A player in middle position raised to 5,000 which was met with a raise to 21,000. Action folded to Curtis Edens in the big blind and he moved all in for 66,700. The original raiser folded and the three-bettor asked "do you have aces", as he threw out chips for the call. Indeed, Edens did have versus the of his opponent.
The board ran out and Edens doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Curtis Edens |
144,600
75,500
|
75,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Miguel Hernandez |
187,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
Jonathan Gaviao |
180,500
133,500
|
133,500 |
Stephen McKinney
|
166,500
166,500
|
166,500 |
Curtis Edens |
145,000
-400
|
-400 |
Clyde Lorance |
137,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Bill Donnelly
|
127,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
Steve Myers
|
122,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Papa Karn |
117,500
49,500
|
49,500 |
Stephan Guy |
112,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
Corey Hastings |
111,500
111,500
|
111,500 |
Johnny McDonald |
104,500
104,500
|
104,500 |
Justin Bond |
95,500
95,500
|
95,500 |
John Martin |
83,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Kevin Unkel |
69,500
69,500
|
69,500 |
Lyle Glover
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Robert Shuptrine |
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Gary Mitchell
|
49,500
49,500
|
49,500 |
Jonathan Bennett |
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Matt Newcombe |
43,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Lauren Blase |
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Tony Caudill
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Steve Boyle
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Eric Thompson |
28,500
-36,500
|
-36,500 |
Bryan Campanello |
16,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
|
Day 1b saw 112 entrants and ballooned the prize pool to over $140,000, easily covering the $100,000 guarantee. After 12 levels of play at 30 minutes each, just 24 survived.
The Day 1b chip leader was Miguel Hernandez, who ran his stack to an impressive 187,500, but still behind Day 1a chip leader Jesse McVicker (254,000). Other notables to advance to Sunday's Day 2 are Jonathan Gaviao (180,500), Clyde Lorance (137,000), Stephen McKinney (166,500), and Papa Karn (117,500).
Many notables tried and failed to get through Day 1b, including Justin Gardenhire, Mike Rieck, and John “Cracker” Reynolds. They will have one more flight to try, if they choose, as the third and final Day 1 flight will start in just a few moments.
The 24 players who did advance will combine with survivors from Friday’s flight and Saturday evening’s Day 1c flight to play Day 2, which starts at noon local time on Sunday. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as we will bring you continued coverage all the way to crowning a champion.
Main Event
Day 1b Completed