Level: 6b
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Level: 6b
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,800
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
|
126,000 | |
|
|
114,500 | |
|
|
113,000 | |
|
|
111,800
8,200
|
8,200 |
|
|
101,300
6,300
|
6,300 |
|
|
86,600 | |
|
|
78,100
31,900
|
31,900 |
|
|
74,100 | |
|
|
70,100
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
|
63,100
22,100
|
22,100 |
|
|
61,000 | |
|
|
56,500 | |
|
|
||
|
|
54,400
15,600
|
15,600 |
|
|
46,200 | |
|
|
40,300
300
|
300 |
|
|
33,800
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
31,000 | |
|
|
30,400
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
28,800
10,800
|
10,800 |
|
|
||
Four more hands will be dealt in Day 1a of the Main Event. We will bring you chip counts shortly thereafter.
Andrew Higgins opened to 2,800 from middle position, and the action folded to a player in the big blind, who called.
The flop fell ![]()
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, and the player in the big blind checked. Higgins continued for 3,100, and his opponent quickly check-raised to 14,100. Higgins unhappily folded, but he's still very strong with roughly 70,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
This is the twelfth and final level of play on Day 1a. After this level, the remaining players will bag and tag for the evening.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
It all started when JC Tran opened to 2,300 from under the gun. Four players called, including Jim Atwood in the cutoff and Bruce Peterson in the big blind. The flop fell ![]()
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, and the action checked to Atwood, who fired 3,800. Only a player on the button called.
The turn was the
, both players checked, and the river brought the
. Atwood checked, his opponent fired 9,000, and Atwood tank-called. The player rolled over ![]()
for a straight, and Atwood mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
John Song and Robert Hancock were heads up on a flop of ![]()
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. Song checked, Hancock fired 4,200, and Song called.
The
turned, both players checked, and the
completed the board. Song led out for 5,200, and Hancock promptly fired 20,200. Song examined his stack, but after less than 30 seconds in the tank, he folded.
Hankcock proudly tabled ![]()
for queen-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
110,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
After doubling Carter Myers holding two sevens - Myers had two tens, the money went in preflop, and Myers held - Ryan Olisar moved all in again with sevens, this time on a juicy flop of ![]()
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. His opponent called all-in, creating a 90,000-chip pot, and tabled two nines.
The
on the turn gave the player an open-ended straight draw, but the
bricked on the river, and Olisar won the pot.
After two turbulent hands, Olisar is now back above six figures with about 120,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
65,000 |
Our main focus for the next hour or so will continue to be Day 1a, but here are a few chip counts from Day 1b:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
13,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
11,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
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