| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
166,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
160,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
148,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
135,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
134,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
According to his Twitter:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
150,000 | |
|
125,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
120,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
115,000 |
Eric Baldwin is up to about 120,000 after busting an opponent.
When we arrived at the table, the decision was on Baldwins's opponent for his tournament life on an 
board. After a little while in the tank, his opponent called all in for roughly 20,000 with 
. Baldwin tabled 
and had the hand clinched.
A meaningless 
river secured the pot for Baldwin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
Pius Heinz was hovering around 15,000 for most of the day, but he has caught a heater in the last level, and his stack is ballooning as a result. In the last hand we caught, Heinz held 
against a short stack's 
. The suspense was all but over when the dealer fanned out a flop of 
. The on the turn ended things, and the meaningless river was the .
After that hand, Heinz is up to 48,000, and will be looking to increase his stack even more in the last half hour of play tonight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
||
Thijmen Stocker led out for 2,000 with the board reading 
. His opponent min-raised to 4,000, and Stocker responded by re-raising all in. The bet was 18,975 total, and Stocker's opponent tank-called.
Stocker: 
Opponent: 
The turn and river came 
, 
respectively, and Stocker doubled to 40,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
The David Williams roller coaster has continued late into the evening, with Williams recently having his stack down to as low as 2,500. That has improved to around 5,500 though, as Williams has just doubled up.
Williams was in middle position when he was all in for around 2,500 preflop holding 
against the small blind's 
. The 
board was friendly to Williams, sending him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,500 |
We reached the table, and David Williams was all in with 
on a board of 
. His opponent had 
, and the turn and river came , respectively, doubling Williams to 10,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
PokerNews hostess Kristy Arnett has just been eliminated from the World Series of Poker Main Event with just 30 minutes of play left on Day 1a.
The flop read 
and Arnett shoved all in over the 4,000-chip raise from the player to her right. While he was tanking she told us the following.
The player to her right had limped under the gun, and Arnett raised it up to 1,400. The other players folded and the limper, Moacyr Arnaldo Farah, called. On the flop, Farah checked and Arnett fired out 1,600. At this point Farah made it 4,000 and Arnett moved all in for around 12,000 chips. Arnett's opponent paused before making the call.
| Kristy Arnett | |
| Moacyr Arnaldo Farah | |
The turn was the , and the river the 
, knocking out Arnett. Hopes and dreams were shattered this year for Arnett, but our guess is we'll be seeing her back in action next year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
One of the friendly World Series of Poker tournament staff here in the Amazon Room just recalled to us how Matt Stout managed to double his stack from around 13,000 up to 27,000. Apparently Stout was all in preflop against one opponent, with Stout holding 
and his opponent having him covered holding 
. The 
board gave Stout the quad cowboys, just about enough to rake in the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,000 |
