WSOP Rookie Zach "HustlerGrune" Gruneberg is in the field today. This is his maiden voyage at the series, and he was kind enough to sit down with the PokerNews Podcast crew this morning to discuss his first summer in Vegas.
Wondering over to Isaac Haxton's table we found that he had virtually tripled up during this first level.
With a seat empty, it would be logical to assume that he had stacked that player, but along with that he has managed to accumulate a further stack of chips to be the current chip leader of the day on a table that features Cody Slaubaugh and Brock Parker.
Arguably the best dressed man in poker - Tony "Bond18" Dunst - has some competition today with WPT Champion Olivier Busquet also donning his finest outfit for competition.
Dunst, wearing a baby blue shirt, dark red tie and signature suit has Busquet seated opposite him in a sky blue shirt, dark tie but a vest. Both men have definitely brought their A-game fashion sense to Event #4!
However, one can only assume that Dunst wouldn't be too happy in the fact that his award for best dressed may have a second runner, but he took it under his own wings to make sure today wouldn't be Busquet's day.
On a board of and roughly 9,500 in the pot, we found Busquet announcing he was all in for 6,650. Dunst deliberated before tossing in seven yellow 1,000-denomination chips into the pot to make the call.
"You win!" announced Busquet tabling his for a busted straight draw. Dunst quickly flipped over his and raked in the pot to move to nearly double his starting stack.
Andy Black was all in for his final 8,650 in a preflop pot that had already reached 2,500. Although we're not sure exactly what happened, Black's opponent inferred that he had pocket queens. Since talking about your hand against the rules a floor person was called over, not to issue a warning or penalty, but to clarify to rule. Black had no intention of having his table mate get reprimanded for his actions, but he did want the rule to be understood by everyone.
While the floor was explaining what was illegal and what was not, Black decided to use this opportunity to call the clock. A timer was placed in front of the opponent which drew more chatter from the table about how only the player with a decision could see how much time was left. With just a few seconds on the clock the opponent threw in the chips the hands were turned face up.
Black:
Opponent:
The flop nearly sealed Black's fate as it fell leaving him just four outs minus redraws. The turn was the and river and Black is one of the first to hit the rails.