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Alex Jacob raised to 500 on the button with 3,000 behind, and when Frank Calo shoved from the big blind to cover him, Jacob called all in. He was ahead...
Jacob: 
Calo: 
...but not for long. Calo spiked an ace on the flop, and after failing to re-suck, Jacob hit the rail.
After doubling her stack to 17,000 during Level 4, it has been more of the same for Vanessa Rousso here in Level 5.
There was 2,200 in the pot already when the flop came 
. Rousso, sitting under the gun, bet 1,100, and her opponent in middle position called. Both then checked the 
turn.
The dealer burned and turned the river card -- the 
. Rousso counted out some chips, then pushed out 3,500. Her opponent folded, and Rousso decided to show her hand, anyway. It was a nice one, after all -- 
for a flopped boat.
“So sick!” said Rousso. “I’m running the best I ever have!” She’s now up to 24,000.
Dmitry Stelmak has been having a pretty good year so far - he started it off by taking 8th place at the PCA High Rollers Event in January, and then continued with a 10th place finish at EPT San Remo.
Right now (yes, we know it's Day 1, but humor us) he's looking pretty good to pick up a little something here at the Rio, as he's currently sitting on a rather nice 17,000 stack and shows no sign of slowing down.
Following a flop of 
, seven-time WSOP bracelet winner Billy Baxter checked, and his short-stacked opponent pushed his last 1,300 in the middle. Baxter made the call, turning over 
, but was behind his opponent's 
.
The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Baxter's opponent survived. Baxter still has 7,500.
Nichoel Peppe, 75th-place finisher in last year's Main Event, opened with a raise to 500 from under the gun and got one caller from the button.
The flop came 
. Peppe continued for 800, and her opponent called. The turn brought the 
. This time Peppe checked, and the player on the button bet 1,400. Peppe thought a beat, then called.
The river brought the and a couple of checks. All those spades on board had stifled any river action, as neither player held one. Peppe turned over 
, but her opponent held 
for jacks. That river had taken it away from Peppe. She now has 6,000.
Level: 6
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Andrew "golfpro699" Teng opened for 475 but looked less than happy when the gentleman in the small blind made it 1,500 to go. The reraiser counted out the rest of his stack at Teng's request - it amounted to around 6,000 - and left the counted chips out in front of him while Teng dwelled up. "Can I take them back now?" he asked eventually, but Teng continued to tank while he re-stacked his chips.
"Come on man, I just moved," said the still waiting opponent - presumably he meant to that table, rather than to a nice new house somewhere. Either way, Teng eventually decided that he wasn't interested and made the fold.
Teng dipped to 9,500 and made a little sound like, "Tchh."
Jimmy Fricke, possessor of a relatively huge stack earlier in the day, has lost the lot after mistiming a squeeze with air against Sean Getzwiller's set of fours and a third player's flush draw. The set held and both Fricke and the failed flusher headed home.
On the up side, Getzwiller now has almost 30,000 in chips.
We're hearing 2,601 as the total number of entrants for today's Day 1a.
There are about 1,200 signed up so far for tomorrow's Day 1b, and there's plenty of room for more (about 2,500 more, in fact).
A middle position player opened with a raise to 500, and Joe Sebok, sitting to his left, leaned over to survey the raiser's stack. Sebok called, and it folded around to the big blind who called as well.
The flop came 
, and was followed by two quick checks to Sebok. Sebok put out a big bet of 7,000 -- more than what either of his opponents held. The player in the big blind tanked for a minute or so before giving it up, but the original raiser immediately called.
Sebok turned over 
for the overpair, while his opponent showed 
for the nut flush draw. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, Sebok's jacks held, and another player has hit the rail.
Sebok is now up around 18,000.
