Drazen Ilich has made a bit of a move here late in Day 1a, having recently scored a knockout to boost his stack considerably.
The hand saw Ilich involved in a preflop all-in confrontation in which Ilich held and his opponent . The board rolled out , and as another player hits the rail Ilich moves up around 55,000.
A player raised to 1,200 from the cutoff seat, and both blinds called including Cathy Dever in the small blind.
The flop came and it checked around. The turn then brought the . The bright pink hoodie-wearing Dever tossed out a bet of 2,400, and both of her opponents folded. She then flashed her hand — — before scooping the small pot.
Dever's hoodie isn't the only thing standing out in the room — so is her chip stack, now up around 66,000.
Matt Matros opened to 1,200 from the cutoff and Josh Brikis three-bet all in from the button for about 4,000. Action folded back to Matros who called after a few moments.
Matros:
Brikis:
The board ran out as Matros paired up on the river to eliminate Brikis.
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Chris Klodnicki raised to 1,000 from the hijack and was immediately faced with a re-raised from the player in the cutoff to 2,500. The played on the button called, the blinds folded, and action was back on Klodnicki.
After about 90 seconds, Klodnicki four-bet shoved for roughly 15,000. Both of his opponents quickly folded.
"Ladies and gentleman... Will the Thrill and Dwyte Pilgrim are in the building!"
So came the entirely superfluous announcement over the public address system moments ago. It wasn't really necessary, as everyone could already hear two of poker's more outgoing personalities having announced their presence.
Will Failla and Pilgrim have bought into Day 1a right at the start of the last level. Late registrants have the option of posting their blinds and playing right away, or waiting for the big blind to come around. At Failla's table he was under the gun, so he chose to wait a hand before getting started. Meanwhile Pilgrim was in late position at his table and he decided to go ahead and take a hand.
After greeting everyone, Pilgrim was quickly informed of what he owed — 600 for the big blind, and 75 for the ante.
"75?!" said Pilgrim in mock astonishment. "First level?!" The table laughed in response.
The action on him, Pilgrim immediately put in a raise, and when it folded back to the big blind Pilgrim had a wide grin. "Three-bet me!" he said, and his opponent soon obliged with a reraise to 4,000. Pilgrim shrugged and with a chuckle folded.
We expect both to be active early here during the one 40-minute level they have to play on Day 1a.
and his opponent 
. The board rolled out 
, and as another player hits the rail Ilich moves up around 55,000.
. The bright pink hoodie-wearing Dever tossed out a bet of 2,400, and both of her opponents folded. She then flashed her hand — 
but your opponent plays, then you watch him play in real-time hoping he loses because every dollar he loses is a dollar you win!
