After a slow start at his first table, James Van Alstyne has been moved over to the table including Ylon Schwartz and Dennis Phillips. And it appears he's finding the confines of his new home a little more friendly.
After a player in early position made it 400 to go and Phillips called on the button, Van Alstyne made it 1,500 to see a flop. Both players called, but when Van Alstyne led out for 2k on the flop, only the EP raiser came along for the ride.
Both players checked the turn, but Van Alstyne found a 2,500 chip bet on the river was enough to take it down and move back above his original starting stack - but barely.
Currently the tournament board is reading a total of 926 players. We've got 279 players so far for the flight this evening. It appears we'll get close to the 1,000 player mark but won't cross it.
We found La Sengphet tucked into the corner of the room sitting in the 1 seat with her hoodie pulled up and sunglasses. We assume Sengphet is trying to fly under the radar considering that she is the only woman to have won three WSOPC gold rings. If she wins another ring here she'll be only one away from tying the all-time WSOPC ring winner with five, which is held by Mark "Pegasus" Smith.
Things just don't seem to be going well for six-time WSOP Bracelet winner Layne Flack.
After busting out of the first Day 1 flight earlier today, the man they call "Back-to-Back" has seen his stack dwindle to 15,500 in the early going of the second Day 1 heat.
However, he may have found a solution to the problem: If you can't stack chips, stack chairs. Flack has stacked up a second chair on top of his and now at least has a better view of the table.
"They fear the bigger man," he told PokerNews. "The only problem is the cards don't know the difference."
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flop, only the EP raiser came along for the ride.
turn, but Van Alstyne found a 2,500 chip bet on the 
river was enough to take it down and move back above his original starting stack - but barely.
