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Carlos Mortensen's chip stack on Day 1
Carlos Mortensen opened for 11,000 from middle position and Mark Ioli three-bet to 31,000 from the big bind. Mortensen called and they saw a flop. Ioli checked, Mortensen bet 35,000 and Ioli moved all-in for about 190,000. Mortensen made the call.
Ioli
Mortensen
The turn was the , making Ioli his flush, but Mortensen found the case queen to make quads on the river! A stunned Ioli hit the rail while Mortensen now has half a million in chips from which to construct his creative edifice-of-the-day.
From under the gun, Sam Trickett raised to 10,500. Erik Seidel was on the button and reraised to 25,500. Trickett moved all in to put the pressure on the shorter-stacked Seidel. He made the call for all of his chips.
When the cards were revealed, Trickett held the and Seidel the . The board was run through and Seidel successfully doubled to around 150,000 while Trickett kicked back to 535,000.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 12,000 and Richard Anthony called. Isaac Baron shoved all in for about 80,000. McLean Karr called the shove and Negreanu folded. Anthony then reshoved and knocked Karr out of the hand.
Anthony held the up against the for Baron. The flop came down and Baron picked up a set of fives to take the lead. He was only resurrected for a brief moment though, as the hit the felt on the turn. The river completed the board with the and ended Baron's tournament. Anthony increased to 466,000 in chips.
Just as the players were going on break, we saw Mikael Thurtiz call a 200,000 river bet from Frank Kassela on a board. Thuritz turned up for a straight and is now the chip leader with 848,000.
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Frank Kassela raised from the button to 12,000 and Mikael Thuritz called from small blind and Phil Ivey tossed in the call from the big blind.
The flop came down and Thuritz fired 17,000. Ivey folded and Kassela raised to 55,000. After a brief moment, Thuritz reraised to put Kassela all in. Kassela called.
Kassela had an overpair with the and was up against the of Thuritz.
The turn was the and the river the completing the double up for Kassela. He was all in on the flop for 144,500 and is now back over 300,000 in chips.
Thomas Bentham fired 18,500 on the flop of . Abe Mosseri called the bet and Billy Jordanou raised all in for 98,500. Bentham called and Mosseri got out of the way.
Bentham held the for a straight, but the low end of it. Jordanou held the for top pair and an open-ended straight draw.
The turn was the and gave Jordanou the higher straight. The river completed the board with the and Jordanou's hand was best, giving him the double to about 235,000. Bentham dropped back to 330,000.
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flop. Ioli checked, Mortensen bet 35,000 and Ioli moved all-in for about 190,000. Mortensen made the call.
, making Ioli his flush, but Mortensen found the case queen to make quads on the river! A stunned Ioli hit the rail while Mortensen now has half a million in chips from which to construct his creative edifice-of-the-day.
and Seidel the 
and Seidel successfully doubled to around 150,000 while Trickett kicked back to 535,000.
up against the 
for Baron. The flop came down 
and Baron picked up a set of fives to take the lead. He was only resurrected for a brief moment though, as the 
hit the felt on the turn. The river completed the board with the 
and ended Baron's tournament. Anthony increased to 466,000 in chips.
to send Sheikh to the rail. Greenstein is up to 315,000.
and Thuritz fired 17,000. Ivey folded and Kassela raised to 55,000. After a brief moment, Thuritz reraised to put Kassela all in. Kassela called.
and was up against the 
of Thuritz.