A Firm Grippo
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Nicolas Grippo has just won himself a huge pot to take the chip lead here late on Day 1.
The man under the gun opened to 4,600 before Player 2 reraised to 10,600. In position, Grippo cold four-bet to 23,500. The opener folded, but Player 2 made the flat-call to go heads up to the flop.
It rolled out 
, and both men checked. The 
turn drew another check from Player 2, and Grippo took his cue to bet 21,000 at the pot. His opponent then check-raised all in for just over 60,000, and Grippo frowned and called.
Showdown
Player 2: 
Grippo: 
Grippo had turned his trips to take a huge lead in the hand with one card to come. The river was a blank 
, no help to Player 2, and he has been eliminated. Grippo, on the other hand, is now the commanding chip leader with 322,000 chips heaped in front of him.
, both checked.
to the board, making both a club draw and heart draw present. Beasley was up first and fired 6,600. Baker was right there to make the call, not going anywhere.
, completing the heart draw. Beasley took some time and then checked. Baker also took his time and then checked. Beasley showed two queens, but saw that Baker out-flopped him with the 
, drawing very slim preflop. Beasley slipped back to 60,000 while Baker moved to over double that at about 125,000.
to the board. The big blind fired 4,000 and Bari made the call to see the 
pair the board on the river. A present heart draw was also completed with the river card and the big blind opted to check to Bari. The much younger Bari fired 3,200 and his opponent mucked. Bari increased to over 260,000 in chips and is still the top dog to catch.
, and a preflop raising war left his opponent all in for about 20,000. When he saw Levy's cards, he was not pleased. "Aw f***!" he yelled, shaking his head. "I'm gonna have to get super lucky." He sheepishly rolled over his 
, and Levy let out an awkard yell something like, "Gwaugh!"
river could not get him over the hump, adding his own pelt to Levy's wall.
, and Baker check-called a continuation bet from his opponent. OBD checked again on the 
turn, calling down another bullet worth 7,200 chips. Both men checked the 
river, and Baker said simply, "Jack." His opponent made him show the 
. The board ran out 
so that both players played aces and fives with a jack kicker.