Nghi Van Tran was just now involved in a hand versus a single opponent in which they'd reached the river with the board showing . Both players checked, and Van Tran was reluctant to show his hand, though he had to first.
"You're good," he said, showing for fives. He was right, as his opponent had , although Huck Seed across the table provided some encouragement.
"What do you mean 'you're good'? He could've had pocket fours!"
While he might've had the second-best hand there, Nghi Van Tran is pretty good himself. He's just a day removed from a fourth-place finish in another large-field, low buy-in event, Event 54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em where he earned $158,512.
Just now Margets opened from the button, got a single caller in the big blind, and the pair checked down the board. Both had nines, but Margets' meant she had her opponent's outkicked.
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Doug Carli looked much happier after the hand.
From under the gun +1 Doug Carli moved all in with around 4,000 and then Andy Philachack re-shoved behind him. The blinds released and the cards were tabled.
Carli:
Philachack:
The board ran and Carli won the hand. The stacks were counted and Philachacke barely had Carli covered and was left with less than three big blinds.
Russell Crane opened for 725 from the cutoff and got a single caller from the player on the button. The flop came . Crane checked, his opponent bet 1,000, and after a few seconds Crane tossed out two light blue (500) chips to call. The turn was the , and Crane checked once more. This time his opponent bet 2,000, and again after a bit of reflection Crane called the bet.
Both players checked the river, and after some hesitation Crane showed his for aces. "I got two pair," said his opponent, showing his .
"Who would ever play jack-three," he added as the dealer pushed the chips his way. Perhaps what Crane was thinking.
Phil Hellmuth left for the dinner break having recently been moved over into the Gold section, having brought over a few chips more than the starting stack along with high hopes of accumulating more:
phil_hellmuth phil_hellmuthAt dinner break in WSOP 1K NLHold'em (Day 1A) I have 4,050. 1740 started Day 1A, 488 left. Ave chip stack is 10K...Going for Cash #92!!July 04 2012
Alas for Hellmuth, his stay in Level 7 was short-lived, as he was just eliminated and thus that 92nd cash will have to wait.
We found Steve Sung at the turn facing a check-raise. The board was , the opponent in the big blind checked, Sung bet 1,050 and his opponent raised to 2,575.
Sung stewed for a while and then slowly put out calling chips. The river came , the big blind bet 3,800 and Sung went into the tank.
After several long moments Sung called and his opponent said, "You're good."
Players continue to hit the rail at a rapid pace, the latest group including David "Bakes" Baker, James McManus, and Liina Vark.
Vark's final hand saw her all in with against an opponent's . The board came , and Vark is out.
After she'd left, Vark's vanquisher spied the table, noting eight of the other nine remaining to be men. "Eight of the players at the table are pissed at me," he declared. "The dealer, too!"
Perhaps they are, perhaps they aren't. After all, they've all advanced another step closer to surviving Day 1.
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Andy Philachack setting up for a deep run.
We caught up with Andy Philachack heads up at the turn with an unknown opponent. The board was , his opponent checked and Philachack bet 2,400. His opponent called and the river came . Philachack checked and his opponent bet 3,400.
Philachack sat for a solid few moments before releasing his hand with a sigh. He dipped down to around 10,000 after the hand.
. Both players checked, and Van Tran was reluctant to show his hand, though he had to first.
for fives. He was right, as his opponent had 
, although Huck Seed across the table provided some encouragement.
board. Both had nines, but Margets' 
meant she had her opponent's 
outkicked.
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and Carli won the hand. The stacks were counted and Philachacke barely had Carli covered and was left with less than three big blinds.
, and Crane checked once more. This time his opponent bet 2,000, and again after a bit of reflection Crane called the bet.
for aces. "I got two pair," said his opponent, showing his 
, and Vark is out.
. Philachack checked and his opponent bet 3,400.