We missed the action, but when we arrived at Table 3, Eric Froehlich was all in with two red sevens in front of him. His opponent had , and there was a six on the board.
The dealer washed the cards quickly, so we couldn't capture the rest of the board, and Froehlich hit the exit.
efropoker eric froehlichRan 77 into 66. 653. 8. Brick. Might take night and some days off. Unknown.June 19 2012
Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon had the button, and opened to 550. A player in the small blind three-bet to 1,150, and Kroon quickly four-bet to 3,050. The player in the small blind five-bet shoved for effectively 10,000, and Kroon snap-called.
Kroon
Opponent
The board ran out , and Kroon doubled to around 21,000 chips.
As you can see, we have every player in the field with 9,000 chips in our counts. Rather than update individual stacks during Day 1, we're going to focus on gathering table winners and busting players who are eliminated.
Once a player wins a table, we will update their stack accordingly.
Jeff Forrest limped from under the gun, Melanie Weisner raised on the button to 500, the big blind called and Forrest called.
The flop came , the big blind checked, Forrest checked and Weisner bet 750. The big blind folded and Forrest called to see the turn. Both players checked to the river . Forrest bet out 2,300 and Weisner folded after some short thought.
Christian "Charder30" Harder had a player all in and at risk, holding . His opponent was dominated with , and the board ran out , eliminating him from the tournament.
At an adjacent tabled, Derrick Huang was all in and at risk with two black eights. His opponent held , and there was a king on the flop. Huang didn't improve on the turn or river, and headed to the rail.
Neil Channing opened for 525, Marvin Rettenmaier called and the player in the big blind called. The flop came , the big blind checked, Channing checked and Rettenmaier bet 725. Both players called and the turn came . Action was checked to Rettenmaier again and he bet 1,550.
The big blind folded and Channing announced all in for a few thousand more. Rettenmaier called and tabled for the nuts and Channing mucked his hand.
The river came a blank and an opponent not in the hand asked to see Channing's hand.
"What does it matter?" Channing asked. "I'm out of the tournament."
"I just want to see it," the player replied.
The dealer obliged and turned up Channing's hand , , to satisfy the unknown player.
Channing mumbled a few choice words to the guy and then left the tournament area.
phil_hellmuth phil_hellmuthI'm in WSOP 3K buy in "shoot out": win your starting table and CASH. But I'm tired (slept 3.5 hrs) and down to 33% of my starting stackJune 19 2012