06-24-2010 18:29 UTC-7
Jason Gray is now on the rail
From under the gun plus one, Jason Gray moved all in for his remaining 10,000. Carter Phillips made the call from the big blind and the cards were on their backs.
Phillips:
Gray:
The flop came down , pairing Phillips' four. The turn brought the and the river the and that was it for Gray.
Phillips is sitting with 155,000.
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Carter Phillips Jason Gray
06-24-2010 18:25 UTC-7
It was all in preflop in this hand between Mike Sowers and Michael Swick. Swick was in for his last 26,100.
Sowers:
Swick:
The flop came down , giving Swick a set. The turn brought the and the river gave Swick quads.
Swick doubled to 58,000 while Sowers is still sitting on a monster stack of 610,000.
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Mike Sowers Michael Swick
06-24-2010 18:21 UTC-7
We didn't catch the action in this hand between Mark Sykes and Stanislav Zavoyskiy but Sykes managed to double when his held against Zavoyskiy's when the board rolled out .
Sykes is sitting on 42,000.
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Mark Sykes Stanislav Zavoyskiy
06-24-2010 18:18 UTC-7
Nam Le in earlier WSOP action
Nam Le opened to 6,600 from under the gun and found a caller in James Schaaf before Frank Rusnak made it 19,400 to go from the big blind.
Le moved all in for his last 35,000 as Schaaf mucked.
Le:
Rusnak:
The board ran out to see Le hit the rail as Rusnak climbs to 150,000 in chips.
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Frank Rusnak Nam Le
06-24-2010 18:14 UTC-7
Alexander Fitzgerald made it 5,100 from middle position only to see Joseph Hanna move all in for 20,000. Arnaud Gailleurd reraised to 40,000 and Fitzgerald folded.
Hanna showed and Gailleurd was ahead with .
The flop came down and it was all but over for Hanna. The turn brought the and the river the and that was it.
Gailleurd chipped up to 370,000.
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Alexander Fitzgerald Arnaud Gailleurd Joseph Hanna
06-24-2010 18:08 UTC-7
Jackson Zheng in action on day one
Jackson Zheng opened with a raise before Kevin Schaffel three-bet all in for roughly 40,000 more.
Zheng deliberated for a few moments before making the call.
Zheng:
Schaffel:
The board ran out to see Schaffel double through to 78,000 as Zheng slips to 210,000 in chips.
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Jackson Zheng Kevin Schaffel
06-24-2010 18:02 UTC-7
On a board reading Dominik Cantore moved all in and was instantly called by Mike Sowers.
Cantore tabled his , but it would be Sowers' for a full house to see him eliminate Cantore and climb to 650,000 in chips.
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Dominik Cantore Mike Sowers
06-24-2010 18:00 UTC-7
Brett Michael had Ira Marcus covered when the money went in preflop.
Marcus:
Michael:
The flop came down pairing Marcus' king. Then turn, gave him two pair. And the river was the .
Marcus doubled to 40,000 while Michael slid to 155,000.
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Brett Michael Ira Marcus
06-24-2010 17:52 UTC-7
Arnaud Mattern building an impressive stack
Michael Faterkowski opened to 6,100 from the hi-jack only to have Arnaud Mattern three-bet to 16,500 from the cutoff.
With the action back on Faterkowski, he moved all in for roughly 60,000 and Mattern made the call.
Faterkowski:
Mattern:
As described by Mattern - the board blanked out to see Faterkowski hit the rail as Mattern climbs to 160,000 in chips.
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Michael Faterkowski Arnaud Mattern