With late registration closed, tournament officials have confirmed that there were 114 entries into this flight. The day will conclude once 14 players remain.
The tournament clock currently shows 48 players remaining.
Four players saw a flop of K♠6♠2♣ when Dale Whiteside bet 20,000 from the big blind. Kim Barnett called in the hijack, while Arlan Morse then moved all in for 85,500 on the button.
Whiteside tanked for a few minutes before folding. Barnett also took a few minutes, but he ended up calling to put Morse at risk.
Arlan Morse: A♠K♥ 
Kim Barnett: K♦10♦
"Ace-king? That's what I had," Whiteside said incredulously after the cards were revealed. The board ran out 6♥9♣, and Morse took down the massive pot to double up.
"I gave you a lot of credit, but now I know how you play," Whiteside told him.
Jack Willman raised to 3,000 on the button and Claude McDowell called in the small blind.
Willman continued for 3,000 on the 10♠Q♥3♦ flop, and McDowell called. Both players then checked the 8♥ turn. The river was the 5♣ and McDowell led out for 6,000. Willman called, and McDowell showed 3♥3♠ for a set. Willman flashed the Q♣ as he mucked.
Win or lose, big stack or short stack, Toran Tate will usually be found with a big smile on his face and laughing at the poker table.
The affable Illinois native has only been playing poker for a few years, but it’s quickly become a love of his. “I love it. I love the people. I mean, I have to think about it as just a regular home game sometimes. Just to kind of get over some things. But, yeah, for the most part, it’s awesome,” he said.
“I just pretty much started doing some series tournaments like, probably, two years ago. It’s slowly progressing, but I enjoy how it is.”
Tate heads into the second break with around 140,000, thanks in large part to a big hand against Christina Davenport. He turned quad queens and doubled up against Davenport’s kings full. “I just checked, of course, just to see if anybody was gonna stab at it. The lady did, and I called, so I was thinking, like, okay, maybe we both have a queen,” he said.
“It was really crazy when the third queen came out. I just let her do all the betting pretty much. It was a dream come true.”
Tate has worked for the Marriott hotel chain for the past 25 years and is just a few hours of flight time away from earning his pilot’s license. He couldn’t make it through yesterday’s Day 1b, falling a few spots short of the money, but he’s well on his way to a big stack today.
“It’s been going pretty good. Better than yesterday,” Tate said, accompanied, as usual, by a big laugh.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Players are going on a 15-minute break. Late registration for this flight will end once action resumes.
The tournament clock currently shows 113 entries, with 51 players remaining.
Bradley Stevens and Javier Terrazas went to the turn on a board of Q♠7♥K♦5♠ when Terrazas bet 4,500 from early position. Stevens then raised to 20,000 in the small blind.
Terrazas took several minutes before he called, and they saw the 8♥ fall on the river. Stevens then moved all in for 50,000, and Terrazas quickly folded this time.
Samuel Hawley moved all in for 12,300 from under the gun and Matthew Broome called in the hijack, as did Toran Tate in the small blind.
Broome and Tate checked down the 9♣9♠7♣9♦6♥ board, and Tate turned over 10♣8♣ for a rivered straight. Hawley mucked A♥Q♦, while Broome also mucked as Tate raked in the pot to send Hawley to the rail.
Brian Craig raised to 2,500 in middle position and picked up one caller before the small blind three-bet to 7,500. Tom Fehr then moved all in for 55,000 in the big blind and Craig called for 30,000, while the rest of the table got out of the way.
Brian Craig: J♦J♥
Tom Fehr: A♥A♠
Craig found himself dominated against Fehr's aces, and no miracles arrived on the 8♣4♦3♥7♣Q♠ board as last year's RGPS Tulsa Main Event champion was sent to the rail.
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