It doesn't take much to get under Allen Kessler's skin. A bad structure, poor table etiquette... even a one-outer.
Jim Collopy raised from the small blind pre-flop and was one of four players to take a flop. Collopy's bet was called only by the big blind.
On the turn , Collopy checked and called; on the river he checked and raised. Collopy's opponent couldn't fol for one last bet and saw that his hand had been run down. Collopy opened for aces full of kings. That was what seemed to irritate Kessler.
As we approach the first break, things are not going Chau Giang's way. He's on a table with "Hollywood" Dave Stann and Andy Black. Both players recently tagged Giang for pots.
We didn't see the action in the hand between Stann and Giang. At showdown, however, Giang flashed as Stann scooped a 14,000-chip pot with on a board of .
A few hands later, Giang limped into a pot before Andy Black raised from the blinds. Giang was the only caller to a paired flop, . Black bet the flop, then also bet the turn. Giang called each time. Both players checked the river.
"I've got an overpair," said Giang. Black opened double-suited aces, .
David Bach raised from the cutoff, and the button called. He bet out on the flop, and the button called again. Another bet-call on the turn. After the fell on the river, Bach bet a third time, and his opponent called all in for his last 600 chips. Bach showed for the nut low and six-high flush. Too bad for him, the button held for the nut low as well and rivered quads for the top half. That left Bach with a quarter of the pot. Despite the loss in this hand, Bach is still moving on up, quickly approaching 80,000.
* Jeff Madsen had to muck his hand in a 20,000-chip pot when his opponent showed single-suited aces, , on a board of . Madsen couldn't beat the nut low and two pair, aces and sevens.
* Phil Ivey is continuing his quest to reach the final table of this event and to have a conflict for tomorrow's $5,000 NLHE event. He ecently knocked a player out by making a wheel.
* Howard Lederer's seat is empty. Lederer is a hard person to miss and we don't see him anywhere else in the field. It's safe to assume he's out.
David Bach and Brock Parker have been at the same table for a while, with Parker two to Bach's left. We've been waiting for them to get involved in a pot together without much success.
Both players were involved in a five-way limped pot a few moments ago. Parker, the big blind, led a flop. He was raised by the next player to act. Two players called the raise cold before Bach folded and Parker called.
Parker checked the turn to the flop aggressor, who led out with a bet. One player called before the next raised. Parker and everyone else called the raise. On the river , Parker tossed a bet into the pot. He was raised by the flop aggressor, who drove everyone else out of the pot. The two went on to cap the pot, with each player showing a Broadway straight -- for Parker, for his opponent. They chopped up a sizable pot.
We caught an interesting Jimmy Fricke hand, which we will now report entirely devoid of commentary:
Fricke raised preflop, and the small blind called. Dario Minieri joined them from the big blind. After the flop, the small blind bet out, and Minieri folded. Fricke called, then called another bet after the on the turn. The small blind bet again when the floated out on the river, and Fricke called one more time to get to showdown. His opponent tabled , and Fricke mucked. He still had 33,000 in his stack after the hand.
Amnon Filippi ended Day 1 as one of the biggest stacks in the field. When we went to add more chips to his count today, we noticed there was no trace of him in the overnight chips counts or in the Day 2 table draw. Filippi was quite relaxedly playing in a seat listed as belonging to one Steven Aaron, the same player who was listed in last night's official counts with Filippi's exact chip stack.
Tournament Director Jack Effel immediately came to the Amazon room to talk to Filippi and get to the bottom of the situation. Filippi said that he late-registered for the tournament around 6:00 pm last night. He thought there was something unusual about his registration card because he couldn't find his name on it. He told Effel that he asked the dealer at his first table where his name was on the card, but the dealer allowed Filippi to take a seat and join the action without further inquiry. It is likely that when Filippi registered, his players card number was entered incorrectly, or there was some other clerical mistake.
It is unclear how the situation will be handled at the moment. Although no one is accusing Filippi of foul play, the fact remains that, from Harrah's point of view, he was not registered for the tournament and has spent the last ten levels playing a stack attached to someone else's name. Effel asked Filippi to produce his player's copy of the registeration card, and Filippi said it is at home, and he hasn't been able to get in touch with anyone to bring it to him.
Filippi is still playing at the moment and has a sizable 32,000-chip stack. Effel has said that the issue must be resolved before the field reaches the money at 81 players. We'll keep you posted as more information becomes available.
Tom Schneider raised from early position, and Berry Johnston was the lone caller. After the flop, DonkeyBomber bet, and Johnston called. Repeat after the on the turn and the on the river. Johnston's gave him an 8-4-3-2-A low, which was good for half. But his trip aces were bested by Schneider's boat. He took the other half with .
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flop. Collopy's bet was called only by the big blind.
, Collopy checked and called; on the river 
he checked and raised. Collopy's opponent couldn't fol for one last bet and saw that his hand had been run down. Collopy opened 
for aces full of kings. That was what seemed to irritate Kessler.
as Stann scooped a 14,000-chip pot with 
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turn. Giang called each time. Both players checked the 
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flop, and the button called again. Another bet-call on the 
fell on the river, Bach bet a third time, and his opponent called all in for his last 600 chips. Bach showed 
for the nut low as well and rivered quads for the top half. That left Bach with a quarter of the pot. Despite the loss in this hand, Bach is still moving on up, quickly approaching 80,000.
, on a board of 
. Madsen couldn't beat the nut low and two pair, aces and sevens.
flop. He was raised by the next player to act. Two players called the raise cold before Bach folded and Parker called.
for Parker, 
for his opponent. They chopped up a sizable pot.
, and Fricke mucked. He still had 33,000 in his stack after the hand.
on the river. Johnston's 
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