Registration isn't closed until the end of play tonight, but as of right now, we have a low turnout tonight. Only 79 players have entered Day 1b, and 45 are left as he approach level 9. For now, the floor does not plan on stopping play before the end of level 12, though they may consider it if the eliminations come at a rapid pace.
Before we started play today here at Day 1b, a young man by the name of Chris Karambinis came up to us and said something along the lines of "this tournament is over. You are looking at the winner." How serious he was about this we don't know, but what we can tell you is that Karambinis is backing up his talk so far. As of right now, he is our chip leader with 98,000.
Karambinis is no stranger to the WSOP-C stage. Karambinis won a ring last year in Southern Indiana, winning a 6-max event for $15,795. We will keep an eye on Karambinis as the night progresses.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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98,000
98,000
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98,000 |
"You missed a big one!" These were the words of Ryan Riess as he walked over to us while we were typing another hand. However, he gave us a brief breakdown of what happened.
According to him, action started with an early position raise, and a call from the nine seat. Jeff Fielder put in a three bet squeeze, and Riess flat called with 
. The original raiser folded, before the nine seat shoved all in for his last 20,000 with 
. Fielder folded, Riess made the call, and his aces held.
After taking that pot, Riess is one of our chip leaders, sitting with 68,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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68,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Raymond Dandrea busted about halfway through Day 1a, but so far, 1b has treated him very well. Despite drawing a very tough starting table, Dandrea was able to make it out of the table break as one of the positive stacks. From there, his stack has gone nowhere but up, and he is now one of our chip leaders of the flight with 73,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000
26,000
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26,000 |
Level: 8b
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Action started with an early position limp, and Chris Tryba moved all in for his last 6,800. It got back around to the original limper, and after about 20 seconds of thought, he made the call.
Tryba: 
Opponent: 
Tryba was in dire straits and in desperate need of help, but he got the exact opposite of that on the flop. Is 
bad enough for Tryba? After his opponent flopped a boat, Tryba could only hope to chop the hand if the case ace came. It wouldn't happen though, as the board completed 
and 
.
Tryba already busted in Day 1a, so we will not be seeing him tomorrow in Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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We didn't catch the preflop action, but we know that Jeff Fielder held 
against a short stack's 
. Fielder stayed behind on a 
flop, but he shot into the lead when the 
hit the turn. His opponent's head immediately sunk into his arms, and he didn't catch the river as it was being dealt, the 
. This gave him the better full house, and Fielder shipped the chips over to his opponent.
After losing that one, Fielder is now down to 25,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
12,000
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12,000 |
Seneca Easley knows what it's like to have Circuit Main Event gold. Easley won the 2011 Harrah's Rincon Main Event for $70,384, and while he was looking to do that again here, he will have to wait another day. He was eliminated a short time ago, but this was just Easley's first bullet, meaning he'll have one more shot if he elects to take that chance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
As we are halfway through play in this flight, we are starting to look for some of the bigger stacks. At the moment, two players have separated themselves from the pack: Abdulla Yousif, who's holding 70,000, and Spencer Uniss, who has him beat with 75,000.
Uniss is very familiar with Black Hawk. He has just one cash to his name online, but it was a big one, as he took down the Heartland Poker Tour Main event in 2011 when it was at the Golden Gates casino, earning $221,594 for his efforts. Will Uniss be able to make it two final tables in Black Hawk?
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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75,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
David "ODB" Baker was never able to get any traction today, and he was recently eliminated. Baker summed up his day pretty perfectly on twitter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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