Tony Dunst didn't start with a huge chip stack today, thanks in part to rumbling with Liv Boeree yesterday. He isn't at Boeree's table today (she is just one table away though) and so far it seems to be paying off.
We recently saw Dunst go up against one opponent on a board showing . There was a fair chunk of change in the pot at this point, but both players opted to check the river. At this point Dunst turned over his and his opponent flashed , not good enough for Dunst's big-slick.
David Vamplew has had quite the start to the day, seeing his stack rise above 60,000. We recently watched Vamplew fire out a bet of 11,400 on a board showing . There was one opponent behind him and they were deep in thought as Vamplew simply stared down at the felt. Eventually the player opted to fold and send the pot to Vamplew.
Foster Hays won Event 18: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em last year for $735,400. He's currently up to about 50,000 in chips and would like to give a shout out to his Dad.
"Hi Dad!" was the message from Hays with a big smile. Hopefully the smile grows as the players grow closer to the money and Hays inches towards another big WSOP score.
As we were walking between the tables looking for hands, we couldn't help but overhear Allen Kessler talking to his fellow tablemates about a casino promotion he took part in — wherein players could win an iPad after accumulating a minimum amount of points based on play.
"It cost me $7,000 [to get enough points]," Kessler said, "...but I got the iPad."
Good beat?
Kessler is having a good day so far and is currently sitting on 50,000.
We arrived at Kyle Cartwright's table just in time to see him left crippled. In the hand in question, Cartwright and a player with a similar sized stack got it all-in preflop. It was unknown whose tournament life was at risk as the two players turned their hole cards over.
Cartwright:
Opponent:
When the rolled off on the felt, Cartwright would surrender the majority of his stack to his opponent. Cartwright needs to do a lot of work to make the cash now.
Just as we noticed Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger was exiting the tournament area, we also overhead one of the tournament staff say we are five eliminations off the bubble. Oh, so close for Lichtenberger.
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. There was a fair chunk of change in the pot at this point, but both players opted to check the river. At this point Dunst turned over his 
and his opponent flashed 
, not good enough for Dunst's big-slick.
. There was one opponent behind him and they were deep in thought as Vamplew simply stared down at the felt. Eventually the player opted to fold and send the pot to Vamplew.
rolled off on the felt, Cartwright would surrender the majority of his stack to his opponent. Cartwright needs to do a lot of work to make the cash now.
