It was folded to the player on the button who opened the action for an unknown amount and Danny Lobato decided to apply maximum pressure with his big stack by moving all in. Christian Rodriguez was in the big blind and after looking at his cards agonized for several minutes before deciding to make the call and risk his tournament life. The player on the button quickly got out of the way and Rodriguez was in great shape to score a massive double up with his as Lobato only had .
The flop came keeping Rodriguez in the lead. The turn changed nothing as it was the and only a six would give the pot to Lobato. That was precisely what the dealer put out on the river with the . Rodriguez shot out of his chair and rushed to the back of the room.
"Are you serious? Are you serious?" he said to no one in particular. Tears looked as if they were starting to form in the corners of his eyes. His tournament was over and he started to walk out of the room but not before looking back at the table one last time as if there was some small sliver of hope that it hadn't been a six put out on the river. The card hadn't changed though. Rodriguez shook his head, dreams dashed, and his fate sealed he walked towards the exit.
Lobato in the meantime added to his chip lead as he finished the night with a staggering 522,300.
Fred Miller entered the final flight with a great stack of 268,400 and he might have thought that by the time Day 1d came to a close that he'd still hold the chip lead. Danny Lobato had other plans as he would crush all comers and end the night with an overwhelming chip lead at 522,300 in chips. Only 16 players would be moving on to Day 2 and on the final hand of the night Lobato would lay a sick beat on Christian Rodriguez in a 300,000+ chip pot when Lobato's hit a six on the river to send a devastated Rodriguez and his to the rail.
The $200,000 Guarantee was easily met as a total of 420 entrants came out over the four different starting flights. Of those 420, only 64 will be returning later today at 3 p.m. local time and with just 45 players making the money, 19 unlucky players will go home empty handed. Lobato had company at the top of the chip counts for a while as Chris Swanson ran his stack up with a big hand against Vegas pro Rex Clinkscales and ended the day with 330,100 in chips which is good for second overall. Rounding out the top three for day 1d was Ken Fishman with 190,400.
Others that will return for the final day later today include Alec Bradlow (81,700), Cindy Beltran (113,500), Chris Bolek (29,800), Mike Shammos (154,200), Nicolas Mann (160,600), and Michael Beattie (136,700). Plenty of players would come up short of moving on including Alex Outhred, Jeff Trudeau, Michael Laake, and Jordan Wunder.
This concludes our coverage of Day 1d. Make sure to follow along with PokerNews as we continue our coverage with Day 2 later today. We'll be here until a winner is determined so tune in!
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keeping Rodriguez in the lead. The turn changed nothing as it was the 
and only a six would give the pot to Lobato. That was precisely what the dealer put out on the river with the 
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