A player in middle position opened to 525 and received a call from Gavin Griffin in the small blind before the player in the big blind three-bet to 1,700. The initial raiser folded while Griffin made the call.
The flop was and Griffin checked. His opponent fired 3,000 of his 11,000 remaining to which Griffin responded by moving him all in. The call was made and the cards were tabled.
Griffin:
Opponent:
The turn was a blank but the river shipped Griffin the pot as he takes an early chip-lead on this Day 1a flight.
When we walked over to the table, we saw that Chris Summers was heads up in a pot that already had nearly 10,000 in it. The board read , and Summers checked to his opponent, who fired out a bet of 7,300. Summers tanked for about a minute before shoving all in for just a couple thousand more. His opponent made the pot committed called, and when the cards were tabled, Summers showed the nuts.
Summers:
Opponent:
Summers had turned an unbeatable straight, and had his opponent drawing dead. The meaningless river came the , doubling Summers up to over 40,000, doubling his starting stack.
Scott Clements opened the pot with a raise to 400 before being three-bet by Michael Souza in late position to 1,200. After it folded back to him, Clements opted to four-bet to 3,200 and Souza immediately moved all in. Clements didn't hesitate to make the call.
Clements:
Souza:
The flop was and Souza fell way behind. The turn and river didn't change anything and after the chip counts, Souza was covered by just a few hundred chips.
Brandon Cantu has just taken his seat, and to no one's surprise, he jumped right into the action in a pot with Dennis Phillips and another player. There was 1,200 in the pot, with the board reading . It was checked to Cantu, who bet out 650. Both his opponents called, and the river came the . Phillips check, and their opponent fired out a bet of 1,600. Cantu looked a bit frustrated as he folded his cards to the deal, and Phillips folded as well, showing for a busted straight draw. Both players are down from their starting stacks, but still have plenty of ammunition left.
The board read and already had a pot worth 3,500-chips. It was being contested by Joe Tehan, who was in position, and one other opponent. The player first to act fired out 2,200 before Tehan upped the action to 5,700. After some thought, the opponent let his hand go and Tehan moved up to 23,500.
Bryan Devonshire waited until the first break to come down to the Pavilion and take his seat. He is at the same table as LA pro Ray Henson. In another interesting development, Freddy Deeb has been moved to a rather tough seat, as Scott Clements is sitting to his direct left.
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and Griffin checked. His opponent fired 3,000 of his 11,000 remaining to which Griffin responded by moving him all in. The call was made and the cards were tabled.
river shipped Griffin the pot as he takes an early chip-lead on this Day 1a flight.
, and Summers checked to his opponent, who fired out a bet of 7,300. Summers tanked for about a minute before shoving all in for just a couple thousand more. His opponent made the pot committed called, and when the cards were tabled, Summers showed the nuts.
, doubling Summers up to over 40,000, doubling his starting stack.
and Souza fell way behind. The 
turn and 
river didn't change anything and after the chip counts, Souza was covered by just a few hundred chips.
for a busted straight draw. Both players are down from their starting stacks, but still have plenty of ammunition left.
and already had a pot worth 3,500-chips. It was being contested by Joe Tehan, who was in position, and one other opponent. The player first to act fired out 2,200 before Tehan upped the action to 5,700. After some thought, the opponent let his hand go and Tehan moved up to 23,500.
