Antonio Esfandiari & Layne Flack
Layne Flack limped in from early position, and a player behind him pushed all in for 5,075. A player in the big blind called, and Flack called as well.
Both Flack and the BB checked the flop as well as the turn. The river was the . The BB checked, Flack bet 3,500 into the dry side pot, and his opponent folded, showing pocket sevens for the dummy end of the straight. Flack turned over for the nut straight. The all-in player had A-K and was eliminated.
"Wheeeee!" said Antonio Esfandiari afterwards. "Yeah, why not call five thousand with king-queen," he added facetiously. "These young guns... I just don't get it."
Dario Minieri still can't get it going. On the turn of a board, Minieri bet 3,600 and was called by one opponent. He bet 4,500 when the river fell and his opponent called again, turning over . That was a winner.
A preflop raising war broke out between the two blinds. Fabio Coppola was in the small blind and was covered by his big blind opponent once all the chips were in the middle.
Coppola showed to his opponent's .
The board ran . Coppola dodged all the bullets and doubled up to 32,500.
We are parked over here in the Green section of the Amazon Room, and one of the things we noticed immediately at the start of the day was the plethora of players near us sporting their red Ladbrokes poker shirts. The Green section contains only 14 tables, tiny in comparison to the other three quadrants. Yet, some of our tables have three or four Ladbrokes players sitting together. In looking around the room, it appears that they have managed to get all of their Day 1d players into the same section; we don't see a single red Ladbrokes shirt anywhere else in the field.
Donnie Peters
Victor Ramdin just jumped to 80,000 chips. According to Ramdin, he turned top two pair and a player shoved all in on him with complete air. Ramdin made the call and won the pot, eliminating the player and moving up to 80 dimes.
Scott Flansburg bet three streets for value on a board of holding . His opponent called him down but mucked his cards as Scott Flansburg takes it down to move to 51,000.
Donnie Peters
George Lind III moved all in preflop and found one caller, Samir Shakhtoor, holding pocket threes. Lind held . The board ran out and Shakhtoor was able to get the K.O. after his hand held up.
Fred Goldberg was eliminated when he was all in preflop with two other players. The board ran , with Goldberg holding pocket tens. Brian "ZBT" Horton turned over pocket aces and the other player in the hand held pocket nines.
flop as well as the 
turn. The river was the 
. The BB checked, Flack bet 3,500 into the dry side pot, and his opponent folded, showing pocket sevens for the dummy end of the straight. Flack turned over 
for the nut straight. The all-in player had A-K and was eliminated.
board, Minieri bet 3,600 and was called by one opponent. He bet 4,500 when the river fell 
and his opponent called again, turning over 
. That was a winner.
.
. Coppola dodged all the bullets and doubled up to 32,500.
holding 
. His opponent called him down but mucked his cards as Scott Flansburg takes it down to move to 51,000.
. The board ran out 
and Shakhtoor was able to get the K.O. after his hand held up.
for a baby flush and his opponent with 
, eliminating the player from the field and giving Gus 46,000 in chips.
