Shamus
With the board showing , Antonio Esfandiari bet 80,500, sending Suresh Doshi into a deep think. Finally he emerged to make the call. "Good hand, sir," said Esfandiari, turning over . Doshi indeed had a good hand, though perhaps not as good as one might have expected: .
Doshi pushes up to 420,000 on that one, while Esfandiari falls to 235,000.
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Unfortunately, whatever force Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier was using tonight wasn't sufficient enough. Staudenmaier moved all in for his remaining 80,000 with and got a caller in Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis, who woke up with . The board ran out and Staudenmaier hit the rail with less than twenty minutes of Day 1 play remaining.
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Alex Jacob raises to 11,000 from middle position and Mike Matusow three bets to 36,500 from the hijack. Action folds back around to Jacob who announces he is all in.
Matusow sits with his remaining 63,000 in front of him looking very frustrated. He waits a few moments before flicking his cards into the muck.
Alex Jacob has slowly built a nice stack throughout the day and currently sits on 370,000.
Shamus
J.C. Tran raised to 10,500, then William Molson reraised from the small blind all in for approximately 25,000. Brian Rast then shoved over the top from the big blind, and Tran got out of the way.
Molson showed , and Rast . The flop came , putting Rast ahead. But the turn was the , giving Molson a set of eights. The river was the , and Molson survived, doubling up to 60,000. Rast now has 92,000.
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With the board reading on the turn, Dan "Ansky" Stern and Randy Dorfman got the rest of their chips in the middle. Unfortunately for Dorfman, his was crushed by Stern's set of kings and he was looking for a ten on the river. Instead, it was the and Dorfman was crippled to only 4,400 in chips while Stern is up to 345,000.
Shamus
Terrence Chan just eliminated Homan Houshiar in a hand in which both players flopped sets, but unfortunately for Houshiar his set of sevens weren't as good as Chan's set of tens. Chan is now up to 150,000.
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Poker is nice... I love to play poker...sometimes
Peter Gould and Chau Giang got all their chips in on a flop, Giang holding for top pair and Gould with for the flopped straight. The turn was the , the river was the and Gould raked in the pot, his stack up to 180,000. Giang was left with 105,000.
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On a flop of , Sorel Mizzi bet 8,800 and Vanessa Rousso called. The on the turn brought checks from both players, but Mizzi fired again for 24,500 when the fell on the river. Rousso made the call.
Mizzi turned up for nines and fours and Rousso mucked. After the hand, Mizzi was up to 370,000 while Rousso was down to 114,000.
, Antonio Esfandiari bet 80,500, sending Suresh Doshi into a deep think. Finally he emerged to make the call. "Good hand, sir," said Esfandiari, turning over 
. Doshi indeed had a good hand, though perhaps not as good as one might have expected: 
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and got a caller in Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis, who woke up with 
. The board ran out 
, and Rast 
. The flop came 
, giving Molson a set of eights. The river was the 
, and Molson survived, doubling up to 60,000. Rast now has 92,000.
on the turn, Dan "Ansky" Stern and Randy Dorfman got the rest of their chips in the middle. Unfortunately for Dorfman, his 
and Dorfman was crippled to only 4,400 in chips while Stern is up to 345,000.
. Kenny Tran bet 24,000, and Phil Galfond made the call.
for the rivered straight. Galfond had 
for a pair of queens. Tran now has about 200,000, while Galfond has a little over 300,000.
for top pair and Gould with 
for the flopped straight. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
, Sorel Mizzi bet 8,800 and Vanessa Rousso called. The 
on the turn brought checks from both players, but Mizzi fired again for 24,500 when the 
for nines and fours and Rousso mucked. After the hand, Mizzi was up to 370,000 while Rousso was down to 114,000.
