Under the gun, Josh Brikis opened with a raise, and he was called by John Daney and Dwyte Pilgrim, both with position.
Three-handed, the flop came down , and Brikis continued out with a bet of 3,700. Daney made the call, and Pilgrim flicked an oversized chip into the pot as well, off to fourth street.
It was the , and it brought all the action. Brikis wasn't letting up, and he fired another 12,200 at the pot. Next to go, Daney made the the call with trembling hands for about half his remaining stack. Pilgrim took his pause for just a moment before throwing out a handful of orange and red chips, enough to cover both opponents. Brikis quickly called all in for another ~17,000, and Daney called off his final ~11,800 to put himself at risk as well. Pilgrim had a chance for the double knockout as the cards were on their backs:
Brikis:
Daney:
Pilgrim:
Daney was drawing dead to two outs, but Brikis was quite live with his open-ender and flush draw.
River:
Brikis and Daney quickly left the table without a word, and a smirking Pilgrim began stacking the biggest pot we've seen today. Mark him down for about 155,000 now, and the field better take notice.
Jamin Stokes called an on opponent's all-in bet of 13,100 on a board with , trailing his opponent's . Stokes picked up a few outs when the turn fell, but found none from the river card, slipping to 72,000.
We arrived at Dwyte Pilgrim's table and found Dwyte all in for roughly 24,000 after the river of a board with about 23,000 in the pot.
His opponent went deep into the tank and after a few minutes, lifted his cards as if he were about to fold. Pilgrim slid his hand forward, but held onto his hand while his opponent shuffled his cards around while having them lifted. Pilgrim pulled his hand back and called the clock, prompting a quick call from his opponent.
Pilgrim tabled , besting his opponent's to win the pot.
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the WSOP-C Main Event from the Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
A total of 713 entrants have created a prize pool of over $1 million, with first place set at $210,180. Day 1 was broken down into two starting fields, each playing nine levels. When the dust settled, Ryan Sponaugle was at the top of the counts with a whopping 201,200. At the moment, he is roughly 80 big blinds ahead of his nearest competitor.
Here is how the top ten counts look:
1. Ryan Sponaugle - 201,200
2. Tom Nguyen - 135,400
3. Charles Coates - 128,600
4. John Riordan - 116,000
5. Francisco Hernandez - 108,300
6. Matthew Ehrlich - 105,800
7. Stuart Paterson - 102,600
8. Josh Hillock - 102,400
9. Barry Wiedemann - 98,200
10. Dave Tiffenberg - 93,800
Others still in the field include 2007 WSOP Main Event Champion Jerry Yang (72,600), Tommy Vedes (38,800), Josh Brikis (38,100), and Dwyte Pilgirm (37,700.
Play kicks off in about a half hour, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews!
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, and Brikis continued out with a bet of 3,700. Daney made the call, and Pilgrim flicked an oversized chip into the pot as well, off to fourth street.
, and it brought all the action. Brikis wasn't letting up, and he fired another 12,200 at the pot. Next to go, Daney made the the call with trembling hands for about half his remaining stack. Pilgrim took his pause for just a moment before throwing out a handful of orange and red chips, enough to cover both opponents. Brikis quickly called all in for another ~17,000, and Daney called off his final ~11,800 to put himself at risk as well. Pilgrim had a chance for the double knockout as the cards were on their backs:
board with 
. Stokes picked up a few outs when the 
turn fell, but found none from the 
river card, slipping to 72,000.
to win the pot.