With about 2,000 in the pot and a board reading , a player in middle position lead out for 1,000 and was raised to 4,000 by Kyle Cartwright, who if you recall won an astounding three WSOP-Circuit rings last season. The player in the small blind made the call, as did the middle-position players, and it was three handed to the turn.
The small blind checked, MP bet 5,000, and Cartwright moved all in for 5,800. The small blind tank-folded, while MP asked for a count. He then called the paltry sum, watched as Cartwright revealed , and waited about five seconds before showing . It was a bit of a slow roll and Cartwright wasn't too pleased. An ace on the river could still give him the win, but it was not meant to be as the peeled off.
Cartwright gathered his things and made a quick exit from the tournament floor, but not before informing us that he'd be back for Day 1b; after all, he had won two seats in satellites!
We didn't catch the exact hand, but we do know that the all-time WSOP-Circuit gold ring winner, Mark "Pegasus" Smith, was recently eliminated from the Main Event. His day came to an end when, on a king-high flop, he got his short stack all in only to run into the of his opponent. Smith flashed a before sending his hand to the muck, putting an end to his run at ring #6 . . . until Day 1b at least.
With 900 in the pot and a board reading , Josh Brikis checked and opened the door for his opponent to bet 700. Brikis, donned in his patented shades and backwards cap, shook his head and said, "I should have bet the flop," before sending his cards to the muck.
It was a small hand, and Brikis seemed content to move on to the next with his 28,000 stack.
It seems that every time we pass by Kenny Nguyen's table his chip stack is growing. Although we can't seem to catch him in a hand, he's chipped up to 70,000 and seems to be the chipleader by wide margin.
An under-the-gun player opened for 600 and Dwyte Pilgrim made the call from the hijack. The player in the cutoff then made it 2,500 to go, which both his opponents called. It then went check-check to the cutoff on the flop, and he quickly threw out an orange T5,000 chip. The UTG then moved all in for 6,375 and Pilgrim eyed both suspiciously before releasing his hand. The cutoff made the call and Pilgrim discovered he had made a good lay down.
Cutoff:
UTG:
After the was put out on the turn, followed by the river, Pilgrim congratulated himself on the lay down and then counted down his stack, which totaled 35,000.
We saw Allen "The Chainsaw" Kessler picking up his phone and making his way out of the tournament area. The players at the table were nice enough to fill us in on Kessler's elimination.
Kessler opened to 500 preflop, John Hayes called from the cutoff and the big blind called as well. The flop fell , the big blind checked, Kessler bet 700 and Hayes raised to 1,600. The big blind got out of the way and Kessler raised to 3,200. Hayes four-bet shoved and Kessler called.
Kessler:
Hayes:
The turn gave Hayes the flush coming and Kessler needed the board to pair or catch the case ten. He bricked when the river came and Kessler was eliminated.
Action folded to an unknown player in the cutoff and he put the pressure on with a raise to 600. Chris Tryba decided to defend from the big blind with a call, and then both players proceeded to check it down as the board ran out . "Nines," Tryba proclaimed as he rolled over . It was good as the cutoff sent his hand to the muck.
, a player in middle position lead out for 1,000 and was raised to 4,000 by Kyle Cartwright, who if you recall won an astounding three WSOP-Circuit rings last season. The player in the small blind made the call, as did the middle-position players, and it was three handed to the 
turn.
, and waited about five seconds before showing 
. It was a bit of a slow roll and Cartwright wasn't too pleased. An ace on the river could still give him the win, but it was not meant to be as the 
peeled off.
of his opponent. Smith flashed a 
. Kathy Liebert bet 3,000 and David To quickly moved all in.
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flop, and he quickly threw out an orange T5,000 chip. The UTG then moved all in for 6,375 and Pilgrim eyed both suspiciously before releasing his hand. The cutoff made the call and Pilgrim discovered he had made a good lay down.
was put out on the turn, followed by the 
river, Pilgrim congratulated himself on the lay down and then counted down his stack, which totaled 35,000.
and Kessler needed the board to pair or catch the case ten. He bricked when the river came 
. "Nines," Tryba proclaimed as he rolled over 
. It was good as the cutoff sent his hand to the muck.
