Mike Curtis has just emerged as one of the leaders after a huge turn card gave him and his heads-up opponent straights.
The money piled into the middle when a ten fell on the turn of a board. Both players thought they binked it hard. Curtiss just happened to hit it a little harder.
When their hands were revealed, Curtiss tabled the while his opponent turned over the . The fell on the river and the massive almost 200,000 chip pot was sent towards Curtiss.
Things escalated quickly between Ben Bracken and his heads-up opponent on the flop of a board. After the action was checked to him, Bracken bet 5,500 only to see his opponent raise to 15,000. Bracken took no time three-betting to 26,500 and after a moment, his opponent reluctantly folded.
Bracken flashed his opponent the as his cards were passed to the dealer.
With about 10,000 in the middle and a flop reading , Dietrich K check-shoved over a bet of 4,000 from his heads-up opponent and his opponent put Dietrich at risk, calling the 15,600 total bet.
Dietrich K:
Opponent:
Dietrich had his opponent drawing dead with his set of sevens and after a run out, Dietrich was pushed the pot.
The very next hand, a player in the cutoff opened to 4,500 getting a call from a player on the button. Both folded when Dietrich three-bet jammed from the big blind.
After an open from a player in early position, Chris Damick bumped up the action making it 6,100 to go and the original raiser made the call.
A flop fanned out and the early position player quickly moved all in for about 15,000. Damick sized up the stack and made the call.
Chris Damick:
Opponent:
Damick was behind but had a pile had a bunch of outs to bust his opponent. The on the turn left Damick drawing to the river when the peeled off. Damick made a straight and collected the pot.
Play has rolled into Level 9, ending the late registration period. Official numbers will be posted soon but Day 1c looks to have attracted a total of 219 entries, adding $35,369 to the prize pool.
The current prize pool sits at an impressive $91,894.