Jennifer Tilly raised to 75 and found two callers, one in position and another from the small blind. The flop came down and Tilly continuation bet 150. The player in position folded but the small blind check-raised to 400 and Tilly quickly let go of her hand.
The very next hand, Tilly made the same raise to 75 and found callers from the same two players. The flop came a nearly identical , but this time all three players checked. The turn was the and Tilly fired 200. One player called while the other folded and the two saw the river heads up. Tilly fired 325 and her opponent called.
Tilly showed for quads. Her opponent quietly said, "Yeah... that's good," which gave the table a good laugh.
Eric Baldwin, in the small blind, was facing a 300 river bet from the player in the big blind. The board was . Baldwin was unsure whether to call and said, "I should have given you a walk."
The table chuckled as the small and blind are 25 at the moment. Baldwin called the 300 but mucked when his opponent tabled for a flopped two-pair.
We promised you star-power and this tournament is delivering.
Ted Forrest, Maria Ho, Liv Boeree, Tony Dunst, Antonio Esfandiari, Andy Black, Kara Scott and Gavin Griffin have all found their seats in the black or orange section of the Pavilion Room. Jason Somerville and Chris Moorman even found a way to be sitting at the same table.
Registration is still open though and we expect many more high profile names to be filling in the empty seats as the first few levels carry on.
Early arrival for noon events is not something poker players are known for. Players that just made their way to their seats in the White section are Adam Levy, Isaac Haxton, David Singer, Matt Affleck, Raymond Davis, T.J. Cloutier, Will Failla, James Akenhead, Jason Potter and Vivek Rajkumar
Play has just gotten underway for day. The field is spread across the Pavilion Room and a look around the White section we've seen Annette Obrestad, Scott Montgomery, Kathy Liebert, Olivier Busquet, Marco Traniello, Barry Shulman, Erik Cajelais and Beth Shak.
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Event 12, The $1,500 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em
Welcome back to the Pavilion Room at the Rio in Las Vegas!
Today we have scheduled Event 12, the $1,500 No-Limit Triple Chance Tournament, to start at noon local time. In a "Triple Chance" tournament format, each player will be given 1,500 chips and two "rebuy lammers" that are worth 1,500 chips each. Each player has to decide when to use these rebuy lammers for themselves as they can be traded in before any hand through the first four levels. At the end of the fourth level they will be automatically traded in if they have not yet been used. Some players will use the lammers before the very first hand to give themselves a head start right away while others will save them for a rebuy if they get coolered or make a bad decision early.
Last year, the $3,000 Triple Chance tournament brought out 965 runners and saw Ryan Welch take down his first bracelet. With the win, Welch took home more than $550,000 and a ton of respect from the poker community for winning such a large and strategic tournament.
Today's action is set to kick off in about 15 minutes at 12 pm local time (GMT-7) and as always, PokerNews will be covering all of the action from start to finish. If the field sizes and star-power through the first eleven events this year are any indication of what this tournament has in store for us, you definitely won't want to miss it!
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and Tilly continuation bet 150. The player in position folded but the small blind check-raised to 400 and Tilly quickly let go of her hand.
, but this time all three players checked. The turn was the 
and Tilly fired 200. One player called while the other folded and the two saw the 
river heads up. Tilly fired 325 and her opponent called.
. Baldwin was unsure whether to call and said, "I should have given you a walk."
for a flopped two-pair.