Fatima Moreira de Melo opened to 5,000 and Chris Moneymaker was quick to call from the hijack two positions down. Moneymaker and Moreira de Melo were already involved in some banter, so it wasn't a surprise he looked her up.
Phillip Corion in the cutoff squeezed to 16,000 and after both the button and blinds folded, the decision was back on Moreira de Melo. She was in a do or die situation, deciding between all in and a fold probably. She choose the latter. Moneymaker did call.
The flop came and both players checked. Moneymaker lead for 16,000 on the on the turn and the completed the river. Moneymaker bet 32,000 and Corion went into the tank.
"How much is that?" Corion asked. "Thirty two thousand" Moneymaker said before the dealer could say a thing.
Corion tanked some more and eventually Ted Jackson Spivack asked for the clock. Down to just 10 seconds Corion folded.
"You had tens or something?" Moneymaker asked. The two of them chatted about the hand a bit and Corion at one point said he had .
Jack Westerburg shoved all in for 22,200 from middle position and Daniel Best on the button made the call. Jordan Johnson in the big blind shoved all in rather quickly and the decision was back on Best. And it apparently was quite a big decision, as he tanked for a fair bit.
"I should've made this a whole lot easier on myself by just raising him" Best said pointing to Westerburg.
"I'm gonna be a hero, or a f#$%* idiot!" he followed up that statement.
"Insta jam? Would you do that with aces or kings?"
Eventually he somewhat reluctantly folded, and Johnson asked if he folded queens. Best said he folded jacks, while the other two players rolled over their cards.
Jack Westerburg:
Jordan Johnson:
The board ran out an despite hitting a pair on the flop and flush on the river, Westerburg hit the rail.
Deborah Worley-Roberts, who lost a fair bit of chips to Leo Worthington-Leese early on today, just won back some chips. She opened under the gun and Daragh Davey in the big blind made the call.
Davey check called a bet of 8,600 on and check called another 12,000 on the turn. The river came the and Davey checked. Worley-Roberts thought about it for a bit, said "I have no f'ing idea what you have, so I check", and knocked on the table.
"Ace high" Davey exclaimed, and Worley-Roberts showed the winning .
"Women don't just peel potatoes!" Worley-Roberts said laughing.
"No, they also do parsnip and cauliflower" Andrew Hutchison replied with a smile.
Christopher Swinden, the Day 1b chip leader, is up to 515,000 chips and is definitely the overall chip leader. Swinden is a local chef, much like Darren Woods who was among the leaders in last year's UKIPT Isle of Man Main Event.
Also flying high is Dan Stacey with 350,000 chips. Stacey came sixth in the Isle of Man Main Event in 2013 and looks like a good bet to go deep in the 2015 edition.
Frederick Field was first to act in the hijack and he moved all-in for 52,500 chips. Luke Staudenmaier folded in the cutoff, but Guy Phillips called all-in from the butto. Both blinds folded and the payers of the all-in players revealed.
Phillips:
Field:
"I hate jacks," said Field as the dealer got bust spreading the flop. Field's love for jacks may have grown slightly when the landed on the turn and more so when they sent Phillips to the rail on the river.
Fatima Moreira de Melo's seat was vacant all of the sudden, and we asked former table mate Ted Jackson Spivack what had happened. He told us he was the one responsible for the PokerStars Sport Star's exit.
Spivack had opened from late position and Moreira de Melo had called from the blinds. The flop came and Moreira de Melo check called a small continuation bet. Both players checked on the blank on the turn and the river was another blank.
Moreira de Melo shoved all in and Spivack called with for trips. Moreira de Melo had nothing but an unimproved and was left with no chips. Spivack in the meantime, got back up to 130,000 in chips because of that hand.
and both players checked. Moneymaker lead for 16,000 on the 
on the turn and the 
completed the river. Moneymaker bet 32,000 and Corion went into the tank.
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flop, Grech bet 10,200 and only Walsh called. On the 
flop both players checked, with Walsh betting 15,000 on the 
river
for his troubles.
and check called another 12,000 on the 
and Davey checked. Worley-Roberts thought about it for a bit, said "I have no f'ing idea what you have, so I check", and knocked on the table.
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landed on the turn and more so when they sent Phillips to the rail on the 
and Moreira de Melo check called a small continuation bet. Both players checked on the blank on the turn and the river was another blank. 
and was left with no chips. Spivack in the meantime, got back up to 130,000 in chips because of that hand.
