Justin Leeson was all in and at risk before the flop. Sal Haji called and the hands were tabled to reveal that Haji had the best of it.
Haji:
Leeson:
Leeson found hope when the flop fell , giving him an open ended straight draw. The was no help and he needed an ace or a nine on the river to stay alive.
Alas, the fell on the river and Leeson was sent packing. Haji's stack, on the other hand, has increased to about 220,000.
A grand total of five players saw a flop of fall. Norman Overdijk and three other players checked to Curtis Bertsen who shipped all in for a little over 200,000. It folded back to Overdijk who flat called with one player left to act. The final player folded, allowing Overdijk to triumphantly table for quad sevens.
Berntsen meekly tabled his for nothing but an insignificant flush draw. The on the turn filled his flush, but his fate was already sealed. The completed the board and he was sent packing. Overdijk, on the other hand, is now in a commanding chip lead with 745,000.
We found a super short-stacked Kelly Kellner all in for his last 20,000 before the flop against two players. The flop was and after a bet from one of his opponents and a fold from another, the hands were tabled:
Kellner:
Opponent:
The turn was a meaningless but the on the river filled Kellner's straight and scored him a little more than a triple up. He's now at about 70,000.
Lillian Chan finished Day 1c as the chip lead and it seems there has been no stopping her upward trending today, either.
We caught Chan heads up in a pot with Ahmed Amin where the flop read . Chan shot out a bet of 19,000 only to have Amin come over the top for 42,000 total. Chan sat riffling chips for a moment before pulling her bet back and coming out with a three-bet to 72,000. Amin went into the tank for well over a minute before finally letting go and awarding Chan the pot. She's currently sporting a stack of 530,000.
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Kelly Kellner, who was just moments ago sporting a meek 20,000-chip stack, has doubled up once more.
Kellner got his money in with pocket jacks, the and the to be exact, against an opponent's The board came down and Kellner was able to further solidify his place on the comeback trail. He now has roughly 145,000.
Jingjing Liu began play today as the chip leader but unfortunately she saw her demise just before the dinner break. Action folded to Liu's button and she moved her short-stack of 44,000 all in. Mike MacCannell looked down at his cards in the big blind and called.
Liu:
MacCannell:
MacCannell was behind to start the hand but finished in the lead after the board fell . By scoring this knockout, MacCannell is now sitting on about 375,000.
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Date
Event Location
Nov. 8-19, 2012
Harveys Lake Tahoe
Nov. 29 - Dec. 10, 2012
Harrah’s Atlantic City
Dec. 6-17, 2012
Harrah’s Rincon
Jan. 3-14, 2013
The Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles)
Jan. 10-21, 2013
Choctaw Durant (Dallas/Oklahoma)
Jan. 24 - Feb. 4, 2013
Harrah’s Tunica (Mississippi)
Feb. 7-18, 2013
Caesars Palace (Las Vegas)
Feb. 14-25, 2013
Palm Beach Kennel Club (Florida)
Feb. 28 - March 11, 2013
Caesars Atlantic City
March 14-25, 2013
Horseshoe Cleveland
March 27 - April 8, 2013
Foxwoods (Connecticut)
April 4-15, 2012
Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina)
April 11-April 22, 2013
Horseshoe Council Bluffs (Iowa)
April 25 - May 6, 2013
Harrah’s Philadelphia
May 9 - May 20, 2013
Harrah’s New Orleans
May 21-23, 2013
Harrah’s New Orleans (National Championship)
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, giving him an open ended straight draw. The 
was no help and he needed an ace or a nine on the river to stay alive.
fell on the river and Leeson was sent packing. Haji's stack, on the other hand, has increased to about 220,000.
fall. Norman Overdijk and three other players checked to Curtis Bertsen who shipped all in for a little over 200,000. It folded back to Overdijk who flat called with one player left to act. The final player folded, allowing Overdijk to triumphantly table 
for quad sevens.
on the turn filled his flush, but his fate was already sealed. The 
completed the board and he was sent packing. Overdijk, on the other hand, is now in a commanding chip lead with 745,000.
and after a bet from one of his opponents and a fold from another, the hands were tabled:
but the 
on the river filled Kellner's straight and scored him a little more than a triple up. He's now at about 70,000.
. Chan shot out a bet of 19,000 only to have Amin come over the top for 42,000 total. Chan sat riffling chips for a moment before pulling her bet back and coming out with a three-bet to 72,000. Amin went into the tank for well over a minute before finally letting go and awarding Chan the pot. She's currently sporting a stack of 530,000.
and Kellner was able to further solidify his place on the comeback trail. He now has roughly 145,000.
. By scoring this knockout, MacCannell is now sitting on about 375,000.