Melanie Weisner just sat down to the direct right of Danny "Miami Boss" Suied. Suied was joking with Weisner and mentioned a confrontation at the poker table they had in the past. Weisner claimed she didn't remember, but Suied didn't buy her lapse in memory.
"You knocked out the Miami Boss! You were probably tweeting that sh*t all day!" said Suied.
"Miami Boss? I don't even know who that is," responded Weisner.
"Huh? What!?!? You don't know who the Miami Boss is? I don't believe it! No way!" came back Suied. "Everyone knows the Miami Boss!"
"Miami Boss, eh?" said Weisner.
"You know it! In the building!" exclaimed Suied.
"Man, I wish I was at this table all day," finished Weisner with a laugh.
With 72 players now left in the field, the tournament is just two tables off of the money, which will pay out the top 54 places. In last year's field of 639 players, the top 72 spots paid out. On Day 1, 77 players remained at the close of the first 10 levels of play, but due to World Series of Poker rule, the tournament continued until the money bubble burst because the field was within one table of the money. With just over 30 minutes left in Day 1 this year, it could be close that the same ruling is reached. We'll keep you posted to what happens.
In a bizarre hand Shannon Shorr was in the big blind with 800 for the big and only had 500 total behind him. That's right 500! It folded to the small blind who threw out a 1,000 yellow denomination chip. Shorr said, "That looks like a call." Which for some reason translated to his opponent as "call." So Shorr's opponent flipped over his cards because he thought that he was all in with Shorr. He flipped up . The dealer said that because Shorr's opponent did not say raise and he could only just called the 800 and action was on Shorr in the big blind.
The floor was called and he finalized that indeed Shorr's opponent just called and that the hand would continue. Action was then on Shorr who knew what his opponent was holding elected to check.
The best part of the story comes on the flop when the whole table rolled over laughing when the flop came . Shorr's opponent bet enough to put Shorr's remaining 500 at risk. Shorr who figured he must be drawing dead to his opponent's set had to fold and wait for one last hand to get his less than one big blind stack in. He was eliminated the next hand
For prematurely showing his hand Shorr's opponent had to sit out for one round.
Jason Mercier opened from early position to 1,600, and action folded to Yorane Kerignard in the big blind. He three-bet to 3,800, and Mercier made the call to take a flop. The flop came down , and Kerignard led for 4,100. Mercier checked his hand and then tossed it into the muck.
Adam Geyer raised from early position to 2,400 and was called by Eric Crain from middle position. Jason Mercier took the opportunity to reraise from the small blind to 5,500 with both Geyer and Crain came along.
Mercier led for 6,800 on a flop with Geyer folding and Crain making the call.
Mercier checked the turn and Crain announced "pot". Mercier went all in and Crain made a quick call.
Mercier:
Crain:
The river did not help Crain and Mercier took a sizable pot.
Alex Bilokur was found having to pay his opponents all in when his opponent flopped three nines. He is down to 1,000 in chips which is equivalent to barely more than 1 big blind.
He will have to try the whole blind and a chair routine to grind back up
. The dealer said that because Shorr's opponent did not say raise and he could only just called the 800 and action was on Shorr in the big blind.
. Shorr's opponent bet enough to put Shorr's remaining 500 at risk. Shorr who figured he must be drawing dead to his opponent's set had to fold and wait for one last hand to get his less than one big blind stack in. He was eliminated the next hand
was already dealt when we came to the table. Eric Crain, the small blind, called a 4,700 bet from Yorane Kerignard under the gun on the 
turn.
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, and Kerignard led for 4,100. Mercier checked his hand and then tossed it into the muck.
river did not help Crain and Mercier took a sizable pot.
