The field will be sent to dinner at the conclusion of Level 9, approximately 5:45 P.M. local time. Dinner will last 75 minutes until 7:00 when the players will be called back to action for another seven levels of poker. That figures to get us through Day 1 at about 12:10 A.M. with the survivors' chips tucked safely in their overnight bags. We should have well under 100 players left by that point in time, maybe even fewer than 75.
Lee Childs was recently relocated to a new table across the room, and it was none too kind to him. Just an orbit or so into his new digs, Childs played what would be his final hand of the day. The table folded around to his button, and Lee opened the pot with a raise. The small blind three-bet him, and Childs shrugged and moved all in for about 14,000 on a four-bet. His opponent instantly called, and the news was not good for Childs and his pocket deuces. The small blind rolled over his two aces in the hole, and the at-risk player could find no help from the dealer on a board full of blanks.
Childs' day is done.
It's been a tumultuous day for Amnon Filippi. We've seen him with as much as 30,000 and as little as 9,000. At the moment, he sits with about 14,000 after winning a small pot.
He raised to 1,150 from middle position and was called by the player in the big blind. The 
flop was checked by both, as was the 
turn. The 
hit the river and it checked to Filippi and he fired a measly 1,000. His opponent called and Filippi tabled 
, good enough to win the pot.
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We arrived at the table and found Chris Bell involved in a pot with the board reading 
.
Bell had bet 1,400 and his opponent called, landing the 
on the river. Bell checked time and his opponent fired 3,675. Bell tossed out a gray-5k chip immediately and his opponent said, "No Club." No club for Bell either, tabling an even better hand with for a full house.
Bell upped his stack to about 33,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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61,000 | |
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56,000 | |
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49,000 | |
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47,000 | |
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43,000 | |
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33,000 | |
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24,000 | |
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19,000 | |
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13,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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9,500 | |
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8,000 | |
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Will "The Thrill" Failla arrived late and left early. We just spotted him walking out the double doors to the exit, and he flashed us the peace sign and gave a salute as he departed.
The Thrill is gone.
The room is relatively active with chatter, and there have been frequent, loud outbursts scattered here and there throughout the room.
"Come on, maaaaan!"
"How could he make that play right there? I don't understand what he was thinking. I just don't get it."
"No. No. Yes! Yes! Yes!"
"Don't do it. Don't do it... Oh, come on!"
"Hold 'em. Hold 'em!"
These are the familiar sounds of a poker tournament, and they're no different here today. Except today, it's the television screens that everyone's shouting at as they sweat their sports bets and their fantasy football playoff runs.
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