Day 1b players are on their second ten-minute break of the day.
Day 1b players are on their second ten-minute break of the day.
Hamid Izadi opened for 800 in late position, the small blind called and Beverly Cheney called from the big blind. The flop came
, the small blind checked, Cheney bet 450 and Izadi raised to 1,450. The small blind called, as did Cheney. The turn came
, the small blind checked, Cheney bet 2,250 and got two calls. The river came
, the small blind checked, Cheney bet 3,000 and Izadi raised to 8,700. The small bind folded and Cheney called, tabling
for two pair and Izadi mucked his hand
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Four players including Chris Tryba saw a flop of 

. One player led out for 1,725 and another got out of the way.
"Seems reasonable," Tryba exclaimed as he tossed in a call. The remaining player folded leaving Tryba and his opponent heads up going to the turn. Fourth street came
and Tryba's opponent fired out 3,025. Tryba quietly mucked his hand, dropping down to about 30,000 in chips.
We missed the details of Frank Wiese's bust hand, but caught up with him afterward to learn that he moved his last 6,000 in with 
on a 


board that had two diamonds. The river was an
and his opponent paired his ace and sent Wiese to the rail.
A rupture of applause went through the poker room to compliment the explosion of cheers heard outside on the casino floor. A strong contingent of LSU fans flooded all the bars and restaurants in the casino. Plenty of "L-S-U!" chants were heard.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
There were 218 entrants for Day 1a and 111 entrants for Day 1b for a total of 329 total entrants. Which surpassed the 2010 mark of 270 players.
There could be a slight fluctuation with those numbers with people able to register before the start of play on Day 2.
J.C. Bryant opened for 2,700 in late position and Robert "E-Dolo" Scott shoved on him from the small blind. Bryant went deep into the tank, with Scott having him covered. Bryant tanked for a few minutes.
"Just fold already," Scott said. "If you had a good enough hand to call with you would have done it by now. The blinds are still low - it's your tournament life, not mine."
With that Bryant called and tabled
and Scott turned over
.
The board ran
and the two chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,500
1,700
|
1,700 |
|
|
21,500
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
21,000
900
|
900 |
|
|
19,500
1,700
|
1,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
15,100
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
9,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
8,600
8,200
|
8,200 |
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$45 | 160 | $46,560 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricky Romero | New Iberia, LA | $12,208 |
| 2 | Frank Alpandinar | Baton Rouge, LA | $7,544 |
| 3 | Stanley Seelig | Metairie, LA | $5,430 |
| 4 | Kenneth Milam | La Place, LA | $3,980 |
| 5 | Bret Weeks | Batavia, IL | $2,968 |
| 6 | Edward Hansen | Santa Ana, CA | $2,253 |
| 7 | William Brock II | Pelham, AL | $1,739 |
| 8 | Will Gould | Houston, TX | $1,364 |
| 9 | Farris Atta | Decatur, GA | $1,088 |