Yuval Bronshtein opened from under the gun with a raise to 2,300, and the player sitting to his left reraised to 6,000. It folded around to George Lind who called from the small blind. The big blind folded, then Bronshtein reshoved all in. The UTG+1 player called, and Lind got out.
Bronshtein showed while his opponent tabled . The community cards came , and Bronshtein's hand was best.
He's chipped up to 53,000 now and is among our leaders for Day 1b. Lind still has nearly 30,000.
We are unsure exactly of how the betting action and amounts fell, but we found Amanda Musumeci all in on the button against Anthony Gargano in the small blind.
Musumeci:
Gargano:
The board ran out to see Musumeci eliminated as Gargano climbs to 48,000 in chips.
A number of Team PokerStars pros came out for Day 1b, with several having already left us. Among those not making it through to tomorrow's Day 2 are Grayson Physioc, Darus Suharto, Chad Brown, Nichoel Peppe, Pat Pezzin, and Chris Moneymaker.
We do still have a few in the field, however. George "Jorj95" Lind of Team PokerStars Online has been thriving all day and presently sits with a well above average stack of 38,500. Florian Langmann of Team Poker Stars Germany is doing well, too, with 19,000. And South African Raymond Rahme has about 8,500 as we approach the end of Level 8.
Facing a raise under the gun to 900, a call from late position and then a three-bet to 3,600 from the small blind, Lisa Hamilton made it 10,900 from the big blind.
The original raiser moved all in for 13,300 and once the call and three-better folded, Hamilton made the call.
Hamilton:
Opponent:
Apart from a slight sweat on the river when it fell paint, the board fell fairly dry as it was spread to see Hamilton double her opponent up while slipping to just 3,600 in chips.
With about 7,000 in the middle and the board showing , Russell Crane fired a bet of 3,000 from the big blind, then sat patiently while his opponent sitting under the gun tanked.
Finally his opponent let it go, and Crane -- a final tablist at the 2009 WSOP $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event (where he finished third) -- dragged the pot. Crane is at 13,500 at the moment.