Adam Heger was in the big blind and facing a raise to 700 from the player on the button. He three-bet to 2,000 and the button tanked for a little while before making the call.
The flop came and Heger led out with a bet of 2,200. The button called and the came on the turn. Once again, Heger led out with a bet, this time for 3,500. Once more, the button called.
The river came . Hegar continued to play the hand the way he had been, and bet 7,000 into the pot. The player on the button gave it some thought before making the call.
Heger, who had covered his head with his hood and wrapped his arms in front of his face picked his head up when he heard the chips hit. He said, "Was that a call?" Upon confirmation that he was, he flipped over and took the hand down with the nuts.
Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin was in the cut off and pushed all in for his remaining 2,575. The small blind folded and the player in the big blind made the call.
Baldwin:
Big Blind:
The flop came down , giving Baldwin a pair of sixes; however, he would need more help as his opponent made a pair of aces. The on the turn changed nothing. Baldwin started to stand as the hit the river.
Baldwin was eliminated from the tournament late on Day 1B.
Tom Dwan is clearly the talk of the Rio today. He's currently playing the final table of Event No. 11, but that hasn't stopped his presence from taking hold in the Pavillion. For most of the morning, Antonio Esfandiari has talking opponents into playing Lodden Thinks. The most recent question they're betting on: What does Edward Brogdon think Tom Dwan's self-assigned chances of winning the final table are?
Players have returned from there dinner break and the cards are in the air. We have 327 players left for Day 1B. We will be playing another two and a half hours, or half way through Level 9, the same as Day 1A.
Players have 90 minutes to grab some food. We're going to head over and watch the Tom Dwan play his first final table at Event 11, and get back with the action here when play resumes.
Phil Hellmuth had been nursing a short stack up and down when he finally went all in with and got called by an opponent holding . Hellmuth got no love from the board when it fell and he made a graceful exit.
We arrived at Davidi Kitai's table when he was acting under the gun and raising all in against an opponent on a board reading with 4,000 in the pot. His opponent tanked for a while, and when told that it was it would be another 8,000 to call, which he eventually did.
Kitai:
Opponent:
The on the turn wasn't what he needed, but when the fell on the river, Kitai made his flush and doubled up.