Bloomfield, Iowa's Ira Hartwick has risen to the top of the chip counts now thanks to what he says is a bunch of little hands throughout the day adding up to big things.
The biggest of the bunch came in the form of a big blind special when no one raised in front of him and he checked his option with the . Hartwick flopped a full house, got paid off and now sits above the 80,000-chip mark.
"I just had ace-king cracked," exclaimed Brain Gonder, who spent the early part of the day building a big stack picking up that very same hand more than his fair share of times
While his luck may be changing, It appears Gonder lost the minimum, as he is still pushing close to 80,000 and remains the chip leader heading into the second break of the day.
Anthony Yeh joined a chorus of limpers going five ways to a flop.
When it checked to him, he bet 1,200, shaking all but the big blind and one early position limper. The turn brought the and checks all around.
But on the river, when the big blind and limper checked, Yeh fired out a healthy 7,200-chip bet. The big blind folded, but the limper went deep into the tank, emerging a minute and a half later with a call that sounded more like a question than a statement.
When Yeh hesitated, the limper turned over and it was good. Yeh mucked.
Lenard Adams had been moved to a new home a few tables away and was treading water until he just struck gold again.
Facing a 1,600-chip bet and a call on a board, Adams bumped it up to 4,000. The original raiser pushed in and after a fold from the caller, Adams put his tournament life on the line.
It was his straight versus his opponent's straight with a flush draw. The was not a club and Adams survived, doubling back up close to two times a starting stack .
Just as they were on Day 1a, 2013 MSPT Iowa champ Terry Ring and 2013 MSPT Iowa runner-up and 2014 MSPT Iowa champ Nick Jivkov are seated at the same table.
Needless to say, it was not a successful day Friday and it has been a relatively slow start for both today as they now sit around the same 25,000 in chips.
However, Ring just moved up there and may have some momentum, having cracked with the when he flopped top pair and found a flush on the river.
Peoria, Illinois' Anthony Yeh admits he's been doing it a little dirty all day.
First he took one opponent's chips completing a gutshot on the turn that made the other player two pair. Then he cracked aces with the old , flopping a queen and finding a seven on the river.
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. Hartwick flopped a full house, got paid off and now sits above the 80,000-chip mark.
flop.
and checks all around. 
river, when the big blind and limper checked, Yeh fired out a healthy 7,200-chip bet. The big blind folded, but the limper went deep into the tank, emerging a minute and a half later with a call that sounded more like a question than a statement.
and it was good. Yeh mucked.
board, Adams bumped it up to 4,000. The original raiser pushed in and after a fold from the caller, Adams put his tournament life on the line.
straight versus his opponent's 
straight with a flush draw. The 
was not a club and Adams survived, doubling back up close to two times a starting stack .
with the 
, flopping a queen and finding a seven on the river.