Day 1b of Hard Rock Tampa Main Event Creates Top "Story"
Day 1b of the WSOP Circuit Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Main Event has reached its conclusion after 712 entries brought the total number of entries to 1,162. At the end of the night after 11 hours of intense and at times ‘confrontational’ action, 154 players remained from Day 1b.
The chip leader at the end of play was Orville Story, who bagged 498,000. The hard to miss figure of Story was spotted in the last few levels of the day with a huge stack that grew to its largest point as play ended to gain the chip lead.
Second in chips at the end was Aaron Gunn with 474,000. A smidgen behind him in third was David Tuthill who continued his hot week here in Tampa by bagging 473,500.
After the top three stacks there was a significant drop off as the fourth stack of 332,000 bagged by Thomas Foley sits 150,000 behind Tuthill’s stack.
Other Notables who bagged and survived the day include; Al Krux (273,000), Tony Miles (218,000), Ralph Massey (140,000), who had a particularly interesting day, Hamid Izadi (137,500) and James Calderaro (87,500).
The 154 who survived Day 1b will join the 88 who made it through Day 1b to create a Day 2 starting field of 242. Play will get underway on Day 2 at 12 noon local time on Sunday February 16 at level 15 with blinds at 2,000/4,000 and a 4,000 big blind ante.
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on the board and Kessler's turned boat took down the pot for a complete double through his opponent.
and Miles pulled in the pot, doubling through Otti.
. It appeared as though the first player in seat 9 had bet 6,000. The next player to act moved all in for about 40,000. Michael Newman re-shoved his stack which was about 73,000. The initial bettor then had the decision on him as the at risk players were standing up, waiting for the verdict on their immediate future. 
to give Newman the boat and the 
on the river confirmed the huge pot for Newman, eliminated one player and left seat 9 with a just a few big blinds.
