In a blind-versus-blind matchup, Ryan Austin led out for 2,100 after a flop of and his opponent made the call. The turn was the , Austin bet 3,200 and his opponent again made the call.
Austin slowed down after the river and his opponent checked behind. Austin rolled over for the rivered pair and bested the of his opponent.
We picked up the action after the turn and a board of . Tony West check-called a bet of 10,000 from his opponent. The river was the and West led this time, sliding out a bet of 6,000. His opponent made the call, but mucked after West turned over for the flopped full house.
The player under the gun raised to 2,500 and Steve Anderson called from right behind. A player from middle position also called, as did both of the players in the blinds. The flop was and it was checked to Anderson who bet 2,000. Anderson was called and the small blind raised to 7,200 when action came back to him.
Anderson made the call and everyone else got out of the way. The came on the turn and Anderson snap-called his opponent's all-in shove. Anderson turned over for the nuts but needed to fade some outs to his opponent's . The river secured it for Anderson and he is now nicely stacked .
We caught the heads-up action between the blinds after a flop of and the player from the small blind led out for 11,000. Steve Anderson raised to 22,000 and his opponent thought for a moment before folding. Anderson turned over the and exchanged his cards for the pot.
We didn't catch the hand, but Nick Guagenti was seen exiting the tournament area. After the day's registration closed, Guagenti was overheard mentioning that he won't have to use the maximum six bullets to try to find his way to day two.
One wasn't quite enough today, but we expect to see Guagenti back here on Day 1c to give it at least one more shot.
Mike Dolehanty raised an opponent all in and was called by Bruce Kipfer. Their opponent already had 10,100 in the middle but it would cost him all of his chips to call as Dolehanty had him covered. Eventually, he made the call and turned over , only to see that he was dominated by the of Kipfer.
More bad news came on the flop, as Dolehanty also flopped a set with his pocket jacks. The completed the board and Kipfer tripled up with Dolehanty taking the side pot and eliminating their opponent.
Adam Lamphere raised to 4,000 from early position and Steve Anderson made the call from middle position. The flop was and Lamphere bet 5,000. Anderson called and the turn was the . Lamphere kept on the pressure with a bet of 11,500 and Anderson eventually gave up his hand after some thought.
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and his opponent made the call. The turn was the 
, Austin bet 3,200 and his opponent again made the call.
river and his opponent checked behind. Austin rolled over 
for the rivered pair and bested the 
of his opponent.
for the flopped full house.
and it was checked to Anderson who bet 2,000. Anderson was called and the small blind raised to 7,200 when action came back to him.
came on the turn and Anderson snap-called his opponent's all-in shove. Anderson turned over 
for the nuts but needed to fade some outs to his opponent's 
. The 
river secured it for Anderson and he is now nicely stacked .
and the player from the small blind led out for 11,000. Steve Anderson raised to 22,000 and his opponent thought for a moment before folding. Anderson turned over the 
and exchanged his cards for the pot.
, only to see that he was dominated by the 
of Kipfer.
flop, as Dolehanty also flopped a set with his pocket jacks. The 
completed the board and Kipfer tripled up with Dolehanty taking the side pot and eliminating their opponent.
and Lamphere bet 5,000. Anderson called and the turn was the 
. Lamphere kept on the pressure with a bet of 11,500 and Anderson eventually gave up his hand after some thought.