On the flop, Tommy Vedes was all in with the against his opponent's . The turn was the , and the river was the . Cedes kept the lead and doubled to over 300,000 in chips.
Ben Lehman raised to 12,000 from the hijack seat. Mark Eddleman called from the cutoff seat, and then Dwyte Pilgrim shoved all in for his last 100,000 from the big blind. Lehman folded, but Eddleman called with pocket eights — . Pilgrim turned over the . The board ran out , and that was the end for Pilgrim's Day 1b run.
Not only has Cord Garcia worked his way back into the chip lead, but the 2015 World Series of Poker $565 Colossus champion doesn't look like he is satisfied yet, as he keeps the pressure on his table with aggressive play. Garcia has worked his stack to over 600,000 in chips.
On a recent hand, Garcia raised from under the gun to 21,000. Jay Bishop called from the next seat, Jeff Kester called from the hijack seat, and everyone else folded.
The flop came down , and Garcia fired 28,000. Bishop and Kester folded, and Garcia won the pot.
The flop was and Mark Eddleman checked to Aaron Massey, who bet 25,000. Then, in lightning-fast succession, Eddleman shoved all in and Massey called. Massey showed , and Eddleman showed the .
Massey couldn't fade the backdoor flush draw for Eddleman after the hit the turn and the hit the river.
At the same time, another player busted on another table to bring the field down to 42 and signal the end of the night.
With 42 players remaining, 10% of the starting field has been reached and that means play has ended for the night here on Day 1b. Stay tuned for end-of-day chip counts and a recap.