After a player fired 3,300 on the board, six-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner TJ Cloutier raised to 10,000. The player gave it up, and Cloutier showed the for a turned straight.
Barry Hutter and John Dolan both busted on yesterday's Day 1a, but have returned for another crack at things today. Already in the early goings, Hutter has moved to 88,000 and Dolan has climbed to 70,000.
According to Matt Lapossie, Andy Andrejevic recently lost most of his stack in a huge pot on the river, as Andrejevic stood up and acted a bit flustered from the loss. Someone had just called his all-in bet and he turned over his cards saying, "She can't win. This is unbelievable."
Andrejevic had made a straight flush, but only started the hand with 1,250, so he was upset that he couldn't get more money for his big hand.
"I'm gonna spin this up and win the tournament," he said after he won the pot.
Within the next couple hands, though, Andrejevic was walking back into the tournament room with a new ticket because he had busted. He didn't run his first stack up, but maybe he can still win the tournament. on his second.
Seven players saw the flop of , and only two saw the turn, after Ben Keeline bet 1,600 and got one caller. The turn was the and Keeline checked. His opponent bet 3,200 and Keeline called. Keeline lead out again on the river for 5,100 when the came. His opponent took a few moments and then called. Keeline showed for top pair and won the pot.