A player with just 2,900 shoved from early position, and it folded around to the player in the small blind who called. Ryan D'Angelo then reraised to 8,500 from the big blind. The SB called.
The flop came Q-Q-x. The SB checked, D'Angelo bet 9,000, and his opponent responded by check-raising all in. D'Angelo mucked his cards disgustedly.
The SB showed Q-J for trip queens and eventually took both the main and side pots, eliminating the all-in player.
D'Angelo quizzed his opponent, asking him how he could call 8,000-plus with Q-J.
"Maybe you could have been on a move?" he proposed.
"How could I be on a move? This guy was all in!" answered an incredulous D'Angelo.
The debate continued. Meanwhile, D'Angelo now is down to 10,000.
A late-position player moved all in for 2,650 with and Alex Outhred made the call with . The board ran out and Outhred eliminated his opponent, increasing his stack to 54,000.
Alexander Kostritsyn just took back to back pots. First on a flop of , a player in middle position bet out 5,100 into a 10,000 pot. Kostritsyn then raised to 20,000 and his opponent folded. At this point Kostritsyn was up to 54,000.
The very next hand, a player moved all in against Kostritsyn and Kostritsyn made the call. Kostritsyn held and his opponent held . The board ran out and after the hand, Kostritsyn moved up to 73,000 in chips.
Bill Purle, who's currently sitting very comfortably with 107,000 in chips, has had an interesting few weeks. Prior to the Main Event, Bill managed to satellite in via PokerStars. He's here today because of that, and he didn't spend a dime. Bill qualified through the PokerStars steps program, which covered all his expenses to get here as well as his entry fee to play today.
Interestingly enough, this is Bill's fourth World Series of Poker, in which all previous attempts he's been unsuccessful. Though today may only be Day 1, Bill has positioned himself in great shape to make it to Day 2, and he hopes to go deep.
Donnie Peters
Melissa Hayden eliminated
Melissa Hayden was all in preflop with Joao Nunes. Hayden held and Nunes had . The board ran out and it would be the river that delivered the final blow for Hayden.
Mike Postle raised to 1,600 and Gus Hansen made the call from the cutoff. The flop was . Postle led out for 3,000 and Hansen called. The turn was the . Postle checked, Hansen bet 6,650 and Postle called. The river was the . Postle checked, Hansen bet 14,425 and Postle called.
Postle showed , but Hansen had for the wheel and dragged the 52,000 pot.
From under the gun, Carlos Mortensen raised to 1,200 and everyone at the table mucked their cards. "Come on guys!" Mortensen said as he flipped over . Matt Mezdinsky, who's played (and lost) quite a few pots with Carlos today joked, "I folded kings. I just felt like you were strong."
Donnie Peters
Shane Schleger reraised to 7,600 after Richie Smith made it 2,400 to go. Smith then went all in and had Schleger covered. Schleger called.
Schleger was in a terrible spot with pocket kings up against Smith's pocket aces.
The board ran out , giving Smith quads and a huge boost to his stack. He is now over 130,000.
Preflop, an under the gun player raised to 900 and was reraised by a player on the button all in to 9,050. Anton Allemann made the call. The under the gun player folded. Allemann showed and his opponent showed .