Glenn Pawlowski had Rick Block's number all day and just finished him off for good. Block told us that Pawloski "got 100,000 in chips from him" over the course of the day, and 36,000 of them came moments ago.
Alex Rivera limped from early position and Joe Ciffa called. Pawlowski raised to 5,800 and Block shoved for 36,000 from directly behind. Rivera and Pawlowski both called, bringing a flop of . Rivera checked, Pawlowski moved all in and Rivera folded.
Pawlowski:
Block:
The turn and river bricked for Block and brought an end to his tournament. Block has a party to attend tomorrow and won't be playing Day 1b.
Rick Block raised to 3,500 from middle position and Alex Rivera called from the cutoff to see the flop. Block bet 3,000 and Rivera called, bringing the on the turn. Both checked and the completed the board on the river. Block led out for 10,500 and Rivera called instantly. Block tabled the for a flopped straight and Rivera mucked.
The opportunity to buy into Day 1a has closed. The total entries for today is 130, meaning only 57 will need to play on Saturday in order to meet the $100,000 guarantee.
The chip leader coming back from dinner is Jamil Wakil who boasts a huge stack of 216,000.
Budwey Salhab opened to 2,600 and Joseph Elia called from the hijack. The button then raised to 8,500, and without noticing the three-bet the player in the small blind put in 2,600 to call the original raise. Upon realizing his mistake the player tried to fold and forfeit the 2,600 in the pot, but according to a floor rule all players must make a full call if an undercall is made — even if by mistake. After the same ruling was confirmed by two floormen, the small blind called the 8,500 and Salhab folded.
Elia then moved all in for 17,500, the button called, and the small blind moved all in for a few thousand more. The button called again, and three players were playing for a pot worth nearly 60,000.
Elia:
Button:
Small Blind:
The board rolled out , giving Elia the main pot and the player on the button the small side pot. The one mistake ended up costing the other player his tournament.
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. Rivera checked, Pawlowski moved all in and Rivera folded.
turn and 
flop. Block bet 3,000 and Rivera called, bringing the 
on the turn. Both checked and the 
completed the board on the river. Block led out for 10,500 and Rivera called instantly. Block tabled the 
for a flopped straight and Rivera mucked.
, giving Elia the main pot and the player on the button the small side pot. The one mistake ended up costing the other player his tournament.
