63 players have survived Day 1 of Event #3, Pot-Limit Hold'em, from an initial field of 713 entrants. The survivors heading into Day 2 action are led by Robert Workman, who finished the opening session with 146,800 in chips.
The top ten in chips after Day 1:
Robert Workman 146,800
Philip Yeh 143,000
David Singer 123,600
Bobby Law 85,500
Scott Seiver 71,200
Jacobo Fernandez 69,100
Ryan Fair 67,700
Al Barbieri 63,500
Justin Young 63,200
Russell Harriman 61,800
The official chip counts for all 63 Day 1 survivors have been posted on the Chip Counts page.
After the bubble burst, we endured a succession of exits, players clearly loosening up after reaching the money and looking to make sure that there following day return was a worthwhile one.
Amongst the bedlam we lost the following players to leave us with 63:
64th Donald Carlton -- $2,725
65th Nirvair Sandhu -- $2,725
66th Phounsavath Philachack -- $2,725
67th Neil Channing -- $2,725
68th Daniel Hendrickson -- $2,725
69th Geoffrey Mulligan -- $2,725
70th Patrick Cruse -- $2,725
71st Michael Melkersen -- $2,725
72nd Ted Leva -- $2,725
Tournament Guru Mr. Steve Frezer has announced bagging-up time. There'll be a new seat draw tomorrow, and full details of those who've cashed so far will magically appear overnight.
Some last-minute action, though -- Donny Carlton ran his K-J into Bobby Law's kings and fell by the wayside, and David Singer has finished the day on a frankly obscene 124,800. Even more obscene is the fact that Mr Singer has cashed twice today -- first in the $1,500 NLHE this morning, and now in the PLHE. Amazing stuff.
Play will resume at the slightly later time of 2 pm PDT tomorrow. See you then for the thrilling conclusion of this high-speed pot-limit extravaganza.
After the bubble burst, it turned into chaos, several players eliminated in very quick succession. One of those men was Andy Philachack. All in with on a flop, Andy found himself called by Dave Singer and his , an and turn and river providing no further help.
The first in-the-money exit is Ted Leva who, although relieved to have cashed in this event, will simultaneously have been disappointed not to have ventured further. Pushing in his remaining 4,200 prelfop with , Ted was looked up by , the on the flop sealing his fate and sending him packing.
Our unfortunate bubbler who will be going home with absolutely nothing was Karl Westheimer. He shoved with K-5 and was called by Michael Katz holding K-9, which held up on the A-3-6-K-J board. It was a move which proved Karl-amitous.
The bubble has recently burst, but before we reveal the name of that unfortunate victim, there was a crucial hand involving Al Barbieri, Bobby Wisiak and Vadim Trincher.
With Ali making it 3,500 preflop, Bobby and Vadim called leading to a three-way flop of . A check from initial raiser Al was followed by a bet of 5,500 from Bobby and a subsequent call from Vadim. Al reluctantly ducked out of the way.
A on the turn triggered a check from Bobby, allowing Vadim to push all in and force Bobby into the fold. Bobby showed {A?}{Q?} to prove that he was making a big laydown, but Vadim never returned the favor, his hand remaining a mystery to us all.