With 2,600 in the pot and a board reading , an unknown player in middle position checked to a short-stacked Huy Nguyen. The latter put out a bet of 700, leaving just 3,000 behind, and his opponent called. When the peeled off on the river, the MP player led out for 2,500, putting Nguyen to the test. It took about a minute before the man from Norman, Oklahoma made the call, and he was rewarded as his was good against his opponent's .
Nguyen needs to keep the ball rolling as his stack is just 9K, less than half the starting stack.
We didn't catch the action, but we can confirm that Gary Friedlander, who took second here last year in the $10,000 Regional Championship to A.J. Jejelowo for $145,422, was recently eliminated from the tournament. It happened when he flopped an open-ended straight draw and couldn't get there against his opponent's set.
Prior to the break, Michael "Great MJ" Cooper was eliminated at the hands of Brett Schwertley. It happened when the former ran into the latter's . The board provided to salvation and Cooper exited the tournament area.
Four players created a pot of around 3,000 and took a flop of , which saw the small blind lead out for 2,125. The big blind flatted and then A.J. Jejelowo raised to 6,500 from the under-the-gun position. After a player in middle position folded, the small blind moved all in for around 32,000.
The big blind, who had around 19,000 behind, seemed interested but ultimately forced himself to fold, and Jejelowo was put to the test. He had 16,000 behind, meaning a call would put him at risk. Jejelowo counted down his stack, eyed his opponent and then released his hand.
We saw Will "Monkey" Souther stacking chips and he was kind enough to inform us what happened. According to him, action folded around to him on the button and he put in an "uncharacteristic" raise with . Monkey then told us how the player in the big blind was prone to shove, as in almost every hand.
Not surprisingly, the big blind shoved yet again. Monkey proceeded to give a speech before "taking one for the team" and making the call. The big blind showed the superior , but Monkey managed to flop a pair and flush draw. By the river, he had made the flush to send "old shovy" to the rail.
Thus far, Day 1b has attracted 227 entrants. Combined with the earlier flight's 434, that means 661 players have entered the tournament today. Registration is still open until the start of play tomorrow, so we expect that number will go up slightly.
, an unknown player in middle position checked to a short-stacked Huy Nguyen. The latter put out a bet of 700, leaving just 3,000 behind, and his opponent called. When the 
peeled off on the river, the MP player led out for 2,500, putting Nguyen to the test. It took about a minute before the man from Norman, Oklahoma made the call, and he was rewarded as his 
was good against his opponent's 
.
three players all stuck their stacks in the middle.
and Robinson saved his tournament by catching a runner-runner straight.
, which saw the small blind lead out for 2,125. The big blind flatted and then A.J. Jejelowo raised to 6,500 from the under-the-gun position. After a player in middle position folded, the small blind moved all in for around 32,000.
, but Monkey managed to flop a pair and flush draw. By the river, he had made the flush to send "old shovy" to the rail.
