The tournament is up to 87 entrants already, just one shy of the total they had for all of last years Main Event With over four levels left to still register in Day 1a and all of Day 1b tomorrow, it's safe to say that they will smash their record for number of entrants and easily meet the $200,000 guarantee.
We got to the table with a board of and John Keenan facing a bet of 3,600 from his lone opponent. Keenan made the call and the two would see the dealer put out the on the river. Keenan's opponent put out a T5,000 chip and announced the same bet of 3,600. Keenan decided to err on the side of caution with his and just called. Keenan's opponent turned over and could do nothing more than ask for change back for his river bet.
Well, fast forward an hour and Bardah's seat was empty and according to PPC director, Bryan Oulton, it was again at the hands of Grenfell. Bardah should be back after a brief walk to fire a second bullet.
A straight flush is a rare thing to get. In fact, the odds of making one is over 72,000:1. The odds of making two straight flushes within the first couple of levels? Astronomical to say the least and that's precisely what Ryan O'Cull has done.
"I got paid off on the first one," O'Cull said, still smiling over his good fortune. He has more than doubled his starting stack with 51,000 in chips. We have no idea if he's going to run to the casino on break and hit the slots... it might not be a bad idea though.
We got to the table with approximately 2,500 in the pot and a flop of . Parry Shaw checked and the player in Seat 7 bet 1,500. The player to his immediate left, in Seat 8, raised it up to 3,500. Dallas Bare made the call and Shaw folded. The player in Seat 7 called as well creating a healthy pot of approximately 13,000.
The turn was the and the player in Seat 7 checked leading to a quick all in of 8,750 from the short-stacked player in Seat 8. Bare, his black hat now turned backwards, thought for a moment and tossed two yellow T5,000 chips into the middle indicating a call. It was on the player in Seat 7 who took some time in deciding what action to take. His hand over his mouth, he looked over at Bare trying to get some type of indication as to how strong he was. Bare fumbled some chips in his right hand and his opponent counted out how many chips he had in his stack before ultimately deciding to fold. Bare waited for his opponent to turn over his hand, and was pleased when he saw that he held as he had him outkicked with his .
The river was the and Bare pumped his fist. "Nice hand, good luck guys," said his opponent as he left the table.
Mark Kroon was in the blinds and facing a raise from the opponent on his immediate left. Kroon made the call and grabbed 550 in chips and said "if I hit any part of the flop this is my bet."
The dealer put out a flop of and Kroon placed those chips into the middle. His opponent made the call. The turn was the and Kroon quickly said "I check" and his opponent put out a bet of 550. Kroon wasted no time in check-raising to 2,000 total causing some consternation from his opponent.
"Lotta flushes out there," said Kroon, a smile on his face as he looked at his foe. His opponent eventually made the call leading Kroon to say "might be some of the best acting I've ever seen."
The river was the and Kroon grabbed the rest of his chips, approximately 7,000, and stated that he was all in. His opponent wasted little time in folding and Kroon mucked his hand while telling his opponent "good laydown." He then looked back, adding "there's something for you to write about."
We didn't catch the action but heard a commotion coming from one table and went to check it out. The board showed and sitting in front of John Auville was for flopped quad kings. Ryan O'Cull said "it was all in preflop" and with good reason as his opponent held . Auville had his unfortunate opponent covered for the knockout and moved to 60,000 in chips with that pot.
Auville is a popular sports radio co-host for the Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan in Washington D.C. and won his package here at a Maryland Live event.