Daniel Negreanu opened the action with a raise and was three-bet by the player to his left. The big blind called as did Negreanu.
The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was an and this time Negreanu fired out a big bet of 300. The player to his left called while the player out of position folded. The river was the and both players checked. Negreanu showed but it was a loser to the of his opponent.
Day 1 of Event #23 is in the books after 384 runners turned up for the $2,500 Limit Hold'em event. After eight surprisingly entertaining levels of poker, we're left with somewhere around 100 of them at night's end.
That's pretty good work for a limit event, and the list of those eliminated reads like a who's-who of the poker world. Through the course of the day, we said goodbye to Vanessa Selbst, Phil Hellmuth (very quickly), Tom Schneider, Carlos Mortensen, Eli Elezra, Marcel Luske, Barry Greenstein, Chris Ferguson, David Sklansky, and Howard Lederer, among more than 200 others.
That leaves us with a handful of relative unknowns atop our leader board heading into tomorrow's moving day. We'll have to wait for the full official chip counts, but we've got David Webb, Richard Li, and Zach [Removed:115] all up around the 75,000-chip mark. Dave Baker (not to be confused with David "bakes" Baker who won a bracelet tonight) is in the mix as well, and so are the familiar faces of Justin Bonomo, JJ Liu and a few others.
That's about all we have for you for today. We'll be right back here inside the Amazon Room for Round 2 tomorrow, and we hope you'll join us here at 3:00 p.m. local time to pick up the story. Until then, goodnight and rest well!
Hoyt Corkins was just knocked out of the event at the hands of David Plastik. The Cowboy ran his mighty king-nine into Plastik's pocket rockets, and a king on the river wasn't enough to save him from elimination.
It's been an up-and-down day for Mike Leah, and the recent trend is, unfortunately, down.
In the last pot, Leah opened under the gun, and the player next to him three-bet it right back. Leah called, and the two men took a heads-up flop of . Leah check-called a bet there, and another one on the turn. The filled out the board, and both players check-checked to see a showdown.
Leah tabled a marginal , and he was done in by the , reducing his stack to about 8,900.
George Lind called a button raise from the big blind, and he and his opponent saw a flop. Lind check-raised his opponent, and got a call allowing the dealer to drop the on the turn. Lind, once again led out, getting another call leading to a river card. Lind bet again, and was qucikly called by his opponent who didn't even need to showdown a hand as Lind insta-mucked his hand, surrendering the pot.
A player in middle position raised to open the pot, and Teddy Monroe three-bet from late position to get himself heads up going to the flop.
It came , and Mr. Middle Position checked. Teddy Monroe bet, he raised, Monroe reraised, and the middle-position player called.
The turn brought the , and Monroe's final bet put him all in, and he was quickly put to the test for his tournament life. The filled out the board.
Monroe tabled for the overpair, but it was no good. His opponent showed up , and pocket aces are enough to send Iceman back to his freezer. He's all smiles, though.
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and all three players checked. The turn was an 
and this time Negreanu fired out a big bet of 300. The player to his left called while the player out of position folded. The river was the 
and both players checked. Negreanu showed 
. Leah check-called a bet there, and another one on the 
filled out the board, and both players check-checked to see a showdown.
, and he was done in by the 
, reducing his stack to about 8,900.
flop. Lind check-raised his opponent, and got a call allowing the dealer to drop the 
on the turn. Lind, once again led out, getting another call leading to a 
river card. Lind bet again, and was qucikly called by his opponent who didn't even need to showdown a hand as Lind insta-mucked his hand, surrendering the pot.
for the overpair, but it was no good. His opponent showed up 
, and pocket aces are enough to send Iceman back to his freezer. He's all smiles, though.