From across the room, we watched Tim Finne stand up, nod to his table, and walk out through the double doors. The pot and the cards were already pushed and shuffled by the time we got to the table, so we don't have any further details other than to say Finne's day is done.
We picked up a heads-up pot on the flop just as the dealer spread out . From the blinds, the gentleman first to act shoved all in for 9,400. It was a small overbet of the pot, and Dolan took just a moment to make sure before sticking the chips in the middle.
"Nice call," his opponent said, turning up his airball . Dolan's was indeed well in front, but the turn was a big sweat. Dolan needed to fade ten outs to tally the knockout, but he could not dodge the on the river.
"Straight!" someone else at the table astutely noted.
After taking a moment to settle, the winner of the pot said, "Sorry, bro."
Dolan was in no mood to chat. "I mean... whatever," he said flatly. "I don't care." The November Niner is down to 13,900 after taking that beat.
Returning from the dinner break, we see that someone else is now in Ari Engel's seat. We've scanned the room and we don't see Engel's hide nor hair anywhere, so we'll presume that "BodogAri" has been relieved of his short stack here in the middle of Day 1.
Maurice Hawkins got his short stack into the middle with and was up against Douglas Friedmutter's . The board ran out , securing the double for Hawkins. Shortly after that, though, Hawkins made a move on a board with and ran into Friedmutter's . No jack fell on the river, bringing Hawkins' tournament to an end.
The WSOP staff is particularly strict about giving penalties for prematurely exposed cards, and we've seen several players taking an orbit off already today. The latest victim was Michael Traylor, and he was none too thrilled about it.
"That's the stupidest rule," he said. "Ever." The tournament director was within earshot of our conversation as Traylor told us what happened. Apparently, he was simply trying to muck his hand when the player next to him stuck his arm out in the path of the fold. Traylor's cards flipped over, and he was given a one-round penalty without a chance to explain himself. The tournament director quickly pacified Traylor and overturned the penalty.
. From the blinds, the gentleman first to act shoved all in for 9,400. It was a small overbet of the pot, and Dolan took just a moment to make sure before sticking the chips in the middle.
. Dolan's 
was indeed well in front, but the 
turn was a big sweat. Dolan needed to fade ten outs to tally the knockout, but he could not dodge the 
on the river.
and was up against Douglas Friedmutter's 
. The board ran out 
, securing the double for Hawkins. Shortly after that, though, Hawkins made a move on a 
board with 
and ran into Friedmutter's 