Rajasekhar Kola was sitting behind a big stack of about 325,000. He said he picked up 
and got a three-bet in preflop, calling a subsequent four-bet shove of 120,000 by his opponent. That unlucky player had been dealt 
and failed to overtake the bullets.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000 | 115,000 |
With about 55,000 in the middle, Steve Buell bet 22,000 from the button on a 
flop. Kirby Rogers check-raised all in on his right and Buell took a few beats to call it off for about 120,000.
Buell:
Rogers: 
Buell moved to exit but did turn some equity with the 
. However, the river was the 
.
"That was a set-up," Rogers said after Buell left. "He played so solid."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000 | |
|
Busted |
"Just keep gettin' lucky," said Phil Mader of his monstrous stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000 | 302,000 |
|
270,000 | 140,000 |
|
225,000 | -1,000 |
|
220,000 | 144,000 |
|
|
210,000 | 75,000 |
|
180,000 | -120,000 |
|
|
170,000 | 45,000 |
|
150,000 | 45,000 |
|
145,000 | 20,000 |
|
115,000 | 35,000 |
|
105,000 | |
|
103,000 | 8,700 |
|
|
100,000 | -175,000 |
|
|
93,000 | 24,000 |
|
81,000 | -139,000 |
|
71,000 | 36,000 |
|
60,000 | -34,000 |
|
60,000 | 11,000 |
|
33,000 | -67,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Mike Lang bet 8,000 from the hijack on 
and got check-raised to 20,000 by the small blind. He peeled and both players checked the 
. On the 
river, Lang faced a bet of 21,000. He tanked briefly then splashed in some chips.
"Good call," his opponent said, shaking her head.
She tossed in a counterfeited 
and Lang showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | 139,000 |
Jovan Sudar checked in the big blind and called 10,000 from a middle-position player on 
. Both players checked the and Sudar led out for 20,000 on the river.
His opponent called pretty quickly but Sudar tabled 
and it was a winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 80,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
After an early open to 5,500 and a call from John Bretzel in middle position, Missy Bartelme made it 16,000 on the button. Both players called her and they saw a 
flop. Action checked to Bartelme and she bet 21,000. It stayed three way for that price to the turn, which checked through.
On the 
river, the preflop opener counted his stack then checked. Bretzel bet 41,000 and Bartelme folded pretty quickly. The other player took some thinking time but folded as well.
Someone told Bretzel to show the bluff.
"You don't wanna see it," he teased. "Do you wanna see it?"
The other players said they did and Bretzel tabled his 
. Bartelme said she folded an overpair.
"How could I put him on anything but a flush?" she said.
Players are on the final break of Day 1b, after which registration will close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000 | 275,000 |
|
|
220,000 | -30,000 |
A player was all in for 23,500 holding against the 
of Rajasekhar Kola, who had him covered. The 
board left ace-high as the winning hand for Kola.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 |