We found Troy Lang contemplating an all-in wager from Tyler Loney on the end with the board reading . Lang had fired 6,000 into a pot of about 9,000, and Loney had jammed for 14,325. Lang made the call after some thought, and Loney showed him for a flopped wheel.
"How do you not hit a straight flush?" Shane Nelson asked. "Put, T-Loney bricks straight flush draw."
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Adam Dahlin just got all in with after a flop of . Unfortunately for him, his opponent Eric Oldenkamp held for top set, and Dahlin was busted after the and completed the board.
Dahlin, who banked about $70,000 in cashes in a tournament series here in Minnesota last fall, headed for the rebuy desk.
We didn't see how it happened, but Nebraska native Jeff Bryan, who finished 27th in the Main Event for $333,490 back in 2007, became the first player busted from the tournament.
According to Shane Nelson, he just scooped a pot in which an opponent bet 200 into at least five opponents after a flop. Nelson was the only caller, and by the river a and had completed the board. Nelson led out for 50, and his opponent raised to 500. Nelson said he snap-called, and his opponent was unable to beat his for jack-high.
It's not a line you're likely to see on a training video any time soon, but Nelson said his tablemates "got a chuckle out of it."
In one of the bigger pots we've seen here on Level 1, Dustin Winter check-called a bet of 1,200 from the big blind against an early-position opponent with the board reading . When the fell on the river, Winter fired out 3,800, and his opponent folded fairly quickly.
We've added a few more notable registrants below as well.
...and the tournament director just ordered the first hands to be dealt. We have 139 players already registered and many more are walking in to register and filling out paperwork as we speak.
. Lang had fired 6,000 into a pot of about 9,000, and Loney had jammed for 14,325. Lang made the call after some thought, and Loney showed him 
for a flopped wheel.
. Unfortunately for him, his opponent Eric Oldenkamp held 
and 
completed the board.
and 
for jack-high.
fell on the river, Winter fired out 3,800, and his opponent folded fairly quickly.
