David "ODB" Baker raised to 4,800 from early position only to have a shorter stacked player move all in for 23,100 total. It folded back to Baker who contemplated a call for over a minute before finally and seemingly reluctantly mucking his hand.
When counting Baker's stack after the hand, he said to us, "Stick around, they're going in quick."
With about 32,000 in chips, Baker wasn't kidding. No more than five minutes later Baker got the rest of his chips in with before the flop and was racing against an opponent's .
The board fell and Baker was sent to the rail with mere minutes left in play for the evening. We're certain that we will see him back on the felt for Day 1b.
David "Doc" Sands raised to 6,500 from early position and received a call from the player on the button. The blinds got out of the way and the two were heads up to the flop.
Sands opted to check and his opponent checked right behind. They both did the same on the turn and the board finished off with the . Sands checked a third time and his opponent shook his head and reached for chips. He eventually announced a check, however, and Sands announced ace-high.
Sands showed and his opponent mucked, awarding Sands the pot.
The player in the hijack shoved for about 60,000 and Matt Newcombe called from the small blind with . His opponent tabled and picked up plenty of more outs on the flop.
Fortunately for Newcombe, he faded his opponent's outs as the turn and river improved his hand to a flush while also upping his stack to about 270,000.
We caught up to see Ryan Snickles all in for his tournament life against an opponent. Snickles held on a board of and was looking to dodge his opponent's open ended straight draw with .
The turn and river came and respectively and Snickles was able to score a double up.
"From 20k to 120k in two hands on the bubble," chimed in David "Doc" Sands said from the next seat over. Snickles was short stacked but has suddenly found chips late in the day.
Matt Newcombe opened to 7,500 in middle position and Greg Headrick three-bet to 19,000 on the button. Action folded back to Newcombe and he put in a four-bet to about 43,000. Headrick gave it some thought, but tossed his hand to the muck.
before the flop and was racing against an opponent's 
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and Baker was sent to the rail with mere minutes left in play for the evening. We're certain that we will see him back on the felt for Day 1b.
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when the board ran out 
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flop.
turn and the board finished off with the 
and his opponent mucked, awarding Sands the pot.
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flop.
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on a board of 
and was looking to dodge his opponent's open ended straight draw with 
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as he collected the chips.