Three-way preflop action brought 27,500 into the middle before a flop of . The small blind checked to Rob Maier, who bet 10,000 in middle position. The third and final player in the hand was in the cutoff and called.
The small blind folded, and then Maier and the cutoff checked through the turn and river to take the hand to showdown.
Maier tabled and his opponent paused for about five seconds in a statuesque manner before regaining form and sending his cards to the muck.
Aaron Massey just doubled on a board of . There was around 75,000 in the pot going to the river when his opponent put him in and he quickly called.
Massey's opponent's hand had already been mucked as his nearly pot-sized stack was being counted out, leaving only his flopped quads with still displayed on the table. The pot was made right and shipped his way, and Massey now finds himself with a stack of
A player went all in for 37,000 in middle position and Frank Funaro announced a call on the button. Both players in the blinds folded and hands were tabled in preparation for the runout.
All-In Player:
Frank Funaro:
Funaro found himself with a sweat as the flop came , but the turn and river came clean to earn him the pot and the knockout.
A player raised to 6,500 under the gun and Paul Kroh three-bet to 21,500 in middle position. The cutoff cold four-bet shoved for around 110,000 and action folded back to Kroh, who quickly committed his remaining chips.
Paul Kroh:
Cutoff:
Kroh was five cards away from delivering a cooler to his opponent for stacks, and the runout complied as it came to win him the pot. His stack was totaled to be 92,500, which his opponent paid, and the pot was shipped Kroh's way. Kroh now finds himself just shy of 200,000 while his opponent is left with only a couple of big blinds.
Level 15 has begun with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and a big-blind ante of 4,000. This 40-minute level is the final level of the evening, with the tournament clock still displaying 80 players left. All who remain when Level 15 ends will bag and tag their chips and advance to Sunday's Day 2.
Table 31 was just the center of a very vocal floor ruling that wound up with David Somers eliminating a player from the tournament for a sizeable pot. He caught up to share the details when the dust settled.
On the final hand of the previous level, David Somers raised to 7,000 in the hijack and was three-bet to 17,500 by his opponent in the small blind. Somers called.
The flop dropped and his opponent made a continuation-bet of 10,500. Somers called, bringing the turn where both players checked. The river fell and Somers' opponent bet 45,000. Somers shoved all in for 105,000 effective.
Facing a shove for his tournament life, the big blind tabled his hand for top set. Somers immediately asked the dealer if the player had called, and the dealer echoed the question to the player who had just shown his set of aces. The player nodded affirmatively, and thus Somers showed .
Upon seeing Somers' wheel, the all-in player claimed that he had never called. The floor was called over to take stock of the situation, and it was ruled that a call was confirmed by the player, and thus binding. All the chips were sent to Somers for his wheel, and he now finds himself with a stack of 355,000.
There was around 25,000 in the middle from preflop action between Kyna England in the cutoff and Siddharth Siddharth, who was on the button. The two saw a flop of and England bet 12,000. Siddharth called.
The turn came and both players checked, bringing the river . England checked again and Siddharth bet 20,000. England thought for a few moments and matched the call to take the hand to showdown.
Upon calling, England tabled . Siddharth acknowledged it was the best hand and sent his hand to the muck, earning England the pot. When all was said and done, both players found themselves with 350,000.
The tournament clock has stopped with 10 minutes remaining and the floor has just announced that five more hands will be played to their completion on all remaining tables. With 66 players remaining, tables will not be broken or re-balanced during that time, even if two eliminations occur to bring about eight full tables.
Day 1 has finished with an unofficial 65 players advancing to Day 2 at the end of Level 15. An assortment of chip counts have been provided below. An end-of-day recap will be provided shortly, and a complete and official list of chip counts for all who advanced will also be posted in the near future.