The voice in the sky just had a bit of fun. An announcement rang out in the Rio, "Dealers we still have about 100 players waiting to sit down. Do your jobs and eliminate some players so we can get them in." Everyone had a nice chuckle, and the dealers will certainly do their bests to fulfill the request.
On the board of 
, Mark Seif fired 1,500 into a pot of approximately 2,000. His opponent folded and Seif said, "I like the deuce," and showed the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,000 |
After action checked to him on the 
flop, Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri bet 600. HIs opponent check-raised to 1,325 and Barbieri called.
The turn was the and the first player checked to Barbieri again. He bet 2,500 and his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,500 | 9,000 |
The flop was 
between Praz Bansi and one other player. Both players checked the flop, and the turn paired the board with the 
. The first player checked and Bansi checked behind again to see the 
fall on the river. After the first player checked, Bansi bet 1,050. HIs opponent called.
Bansi showed the 
for ace high and won the pot. He's up to 8,500 in chips now.
We caught the action as Veldhuis and his opponent, who was all in preflop, were flipping up their cards. Veldhuis showed 
but grimaced when his opponent showed 
for the classic preflop cooler. The board ran out 
, and Veldhuis lost the hand, dropping to just 900 in chips.
Allen Cunningham's nightmare start to the WSOP continues with another elimination.
Earlier, we caught the action on the turn between Cunningham and John McKinney on a board that read 
with a pot worth 3,200 in chips. Cunningham led out for 2,500, but McKinney quickly pushed all in. Cunningham called, tabling 
, but he was behind McKinney's 
.
The blanked out on the river, leaving Cunningham with just 500 in chips, which he shipped into the middle a short time later, again holding 
. He found three callers, including Marc Dupré and McKinney, so it was three-handed into the sidepot on a flop that read 
.
Dupré checked to McKinney, who led out for 925, forcing the other player to fold. Dupré called, then both players checked down the turn of the and the river . McKinney showed 
but the 
of Dupré were best, sending Cunningham to the rail.
McKinney is now up to 9,700 while Dupré is not far behind with 9,600.
Here are some photos from Event #10's Day 1.
We caught the action on the river of a board that read 
. Fricke bet 1050, and WIlliams raised it to 4025. Fricke went in the tank for a minute before calling, and Williams showed 
for a rivered wheel. Fricke flipped up for top two and sent the chips over to Williams, who is now up to 13,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,000 | 12,000 |
|
12,500 | 8,000 |
|
|
10,000 | |
|
|
9,800 | |
|
|
9,000 | 4,500 |
|
8,400 | -100 |
|
|
8,200 | -5,875 |
|
|
5,600 | |
|
5,500 | 1,000 |
|
|
4,375 | -125 |
|
4,200 | |
|
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3,800 | |
|
3,000 | -1,500 |
|
3,000 |
As you can see from our last chip count update, Chris Oliver had 17,000. The key word there is "had" because he now has 25,000. We're not sure what happened, but we heard a call of, "Two seats open, Table 68!" come from the dealer at his table. Oliver was the one stacking the chips.
