It took Chris Staats a little time to get going today in Day 1c, but after this recent hand he will head to dinner break with just over 70,000.
He got all in preflop with jacks against and held to eliminate his opponent just minutes before the remaining field is set to head to the one-hour dinner break.
With the end of dinner break, that means registration is over for Day 1c and the tourney at large. At this time, the number appears to be 395 entries for Day 1c to push the three-flight total to 926. We'll bring prize pool information as it becomes available.
Maria Ho headed to dinner with a short stack and came back to just about ten big blinds. She got all in pretty shortly after play resumed with and got called by a player with .
Both players hit an ace on the flop and Ho hit two pair on the river to double back up to starting stack.
Kevin Eyster put 12,000 in preflop, leaving about 1,000 back. A player on the button called and they got the rest in on the flop.
Eyster:
Opponent:
The turn left Eyster drawing dead, and he wished everyone good luck. That table is now one of the most loaded in the room as it features Tommy Vedes, Greg Himmelbrand, Will Berry and Jose Montes.
Michael Perrone shoved all in under the gun for 16,000 and Chris Staats called right behind him. The remaining players folded and Perrone turned over .
"That's not good," he said, "let's at least get a sweat."
When the flop came the table all reacted as Perrone flopped the nuts. He would stay ahead then the board ran out with the on the turn and the on the river.
Wendy Freedman was one of five players who saw the flop for 3,200.
She bet 9,500 on the flop and got one caller. The turn was the and her opponent checked to her. She bet 17,000 and her opponent called.
The river was the and her opponent checked again. This time she made it 45,000 and her opponent called for a third time.
She turned over for a set of twos. Her opponent mucked.
Jim Carroll made a comment about how it was so mean of Freedman to take those chips from the poor guy she beat in the hand and another player chimed in with a bit of a needle.
"Well like eighty percent of them are hers anyway," he said referencing the fact that Freedman had doubled up the player she just beat in an earlier hand.