Sanjay Sinha was seated at the same table with Chris Tryba. Sinha announced he would bet $5 to toss a napkin about 20 feet into a trash can. Tryba not only took the bet but gave him 7-1 odds. The bet was booked and Sinha missed wide right.
Sinha offered up double or nothing and Tryba agreed, this time laying 6-1 odds. As they were booking the bet Sinha go involved in a hand and the napkin toss would have to wait.
Sinha opened and his opponent three-bet him. After the flop the opponent bet and Sinha moved all in on an all rag, rainbow flop. The rest of the table was still talking about the trash can bet when Sinha tabled and was bested by his opponents . An ace on the turn sealed Sinha's fate and was he was eliminated.
Before the pot could be shipped to his opponent, Sinha turned in his chair and drilled the shot with perfect form. Although, he did win his bet against Tryba.
A player in late position raised to 550 and was called by Dwyte Pilgrim and Frank Wiese. The flop fell and the original raiser continued out for 800. Pilgrim opted to lay his hand down and Wiese called.
The turn brought the and the original raiser once again fired out, this time deciding on 1,600 as the magic number. Once again Wiese decided to stick around.
The river fell and the original raiser slowed down by checking. Wiese bet out 400 and his opponent called. Wiese tabled and was able to drag in the pot.
Kyle Cartwright opened for 375 in middle position and the player on the button called. The flop came and Cartwright bet 525 and his opponent folded.
At the table behind him we heard Any Philachack moved all in preflop after another player made a large opening raise. His opponent folded and Philachack is up to 26,000.
As expected, the action is much tighter in the opening levels compared to the Day 1a players. Due to the fact they cannot rebuy again and the LSU vs Alabama game on the TV screens, it seems that most of the field is content to play passively for now. We haven't caught a single elimination yet.
Zach Evans was on the button and went to a flop with the player in the small blind. The board read , the small blind checked and Evans bet 225. His opponent called and the came on the turn. Again the small blind check-called a bet of 525. The river brought the , the small blind checked and Evans bet 750. The small blind folded after check-calling himself to the river.
With the board reading , Jennifer Parrish's opponent fired out a bet of 650. Parrish made the call and the river brought the . Parrish fired out a bet of 800 and her opponent became visibly frustrated.
"I've got top set here and of course the seven of clubs has to roll off," he said before tossing in a call and tabling . Parrish responded by flipping over for a rivered straight and was able to scoop a decent sized pot early.