In just a few moments, we will be starting Day 1b here at the Lodge Casino. However, because it will start while Day 1a is still going on, we will be focused primarily on that flight. They have just one level left to play, so as soon as that is wrapped up, we will shift our attention over to 1b.
Action started with an early position raise to 2,000, and Ray Henson made the call on the button. Andy Hwang was next to act in the small blind, and he put the squeeze on with a raise to 6,700. It got back around to the original raiser, and he tanked for about 15 seconds before moving all in for his last 35,000.
Henson didn't take long to get out of the way, and it was back to Hwang. He asked for a count, then dropped a stack of chips in for the call, though he didn't look too thrilled about it.
Hwang: 
Opponent: 
Hwang had reason to not be happy as he was dominated, and the board brought no miracles, coming down 
. Despite losing that hand, Hwang is still easily one of our big stacks with 130,000.
We just had a brief conversation with Bicycle Casino Main Event Final Tablist Jared Ingles, who started the conversation by simply saying "busto." He confirmed that he would be back tonight to play in Day 1b, so we will see him again shortly.
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Ray Henson was part of a three way pot that saw a flop of 
. The big blind checked to Henson who was under the gun preflop, and he made a bet of 3,100. He was called by the other opponent, while the big blind got out of the way.
Henson checked when the 
hit the turn, and his opponent fired out 5,000. Henson called, and the river was the 
. Both players checked, and Henson could not beat the 
that was tabled by his opponent.
After that hand, Henson dropped to 35,500, which is still much higher then he was just two hours ago.
The stacks keep getting bigger every time we walk the floor, but Jonathan Seelbach will likely have the lead for a good bit. While we are having trouble finding stacks over 100,000, Seelbach is nearing 200,000.
Seelbach made a deep run in the Main Event this past year, finishing just outside the top 100, in 101st place. Well today, he is sitting on 182,000, and is in great shape to enter Day 2 with a ton of chips.
The players are in their seats again, and we are back underway.
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
The players are taking their last break of this flight, and it will be 15 minutes so that the blue T25 chips can be raced off. Once the players return, we will play two more hours before the survivors will bag up for the night.
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