The remaining 72 players of Day 1a took a 15-minute break.
The remaining 72 players of Day 1a took a 15-minute break.
Dan McGee got into an all-in confrontation pre-flop with his opponent covered.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and McGee took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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82,000 |
Joe Nguyen has built one of the biggest stacks in the tournament so far.
He told PokerNews that he had around 115,000 chips off of a 20,000 starting stack.
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115,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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Jesse Shadle got it all-in in the cutoff against an opponent in the blinds.
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while his opponent had ace-king. The board ran out ![]()
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and Shadle doubled up with a full house.
Shadle told PokerNews he had about 22,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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22,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Merrill Schneeberger went all-in on the river in a heads-up pot and tabled a set of tens before his opponent made a decision. His opponent then folded on the ace-high board and flipped over an ace as he did so.
"I almost called you," he said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 |
Art Murillo in the cutoff was in a heads-up hand against the hijack on a board of ![]()
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. Murillo ripped it in on the river and his opponent tanked before mucking his hand.
"That's a good move," his opponent said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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55,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Tommy Coker three-bet shoved a stack of about 16,000 in the hijack and the original raiser and a flat-caller both folded. Coker showed he had the goods when he flipped over pocket queens. Coker looked to have around starting stack at the end of the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 |
Mrityunjay Jha got into an all-in confrontation in the big blind against an opponent in the small blind, and Jha was the player at risk.
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The small blind was visibly flustered as he saw he was pipped in the blind-versus-blind cooler. Jha secured a double when the board ran out ![]()
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and grew his stack to around 64,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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64,000 |