A big hand just boiled down. Tam Truong had put out a bet of 8,000 into a pot of 15,000 on a flop of . Manig Loeser decided to raise it up to 16,500. Truong thought for a moment and pushed his remaining chips in. Loeser snapped called and the cards were flipped.
Truong:
Loeser:
Loeser held bottom set and Truong would need either of the remaining Jacks to stay alive. He had no chance as the board finished and then the . Truong is gone and Loeser holds a healthy stack of 115,000.
We caught up to the action to find a player all in for his last 29,500 before the flop. Start-of-day chip leader Greg Hobson was pondering a call and eventually tossed out the necessary chips. He showed but was crushed by his opponent's .
The flop brought and Hobson needed to catch running cards in order to win this pot. It was not meant to be, though, as the turn brought the and the river the . Hobson was forced to ship double up chips across the table and is now sitting on about 118,000.
We arrived at the table to find Joel Bullock all in for his tournament life before the flop against Joshua Gottesman. Bullock held and was racing with Gottesman's .
The board brought and Bullock was sent packing. Gottesman scooped up the pot and is now sitting on about 75,000.
As previously mentioned, there were three all ins on the very first hand of hand-for-hand play, and one of them gave us the bubble boy.
It happened over at Table 443 when a short-stacked Michael McDonald of Jonesboro, Arkansas (in other words not to be confused with Mike "Timex" McDonald) moved all in for 8,900 from the cutoff and Fabien Marguerite called from the small blind.
McDonald:
Marguerite:
McDonald was ahead, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, he had a 55.62% chance of surviving the hand while Marguerite had a 43.94% chance. The was kind to McDonald and upped his chances to 76.67%, but the turn was cruel as could be as it paired Marguerite and made him an overwhelming 93.18% favorite. McDonald needed an ace on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked. With that, McDonald left empty handed while everyone else secured a minimum payday of $2,871.
There were three all ins on the first hand of hand-for-hand play. In one a preflop raising war resulted in Jared Solomon being all in for 31,500 holding the and up against the of Jesse Yaginuma. When it came time to run the board out, the dealer put out the and Solomon survived. Not only that, he chipped up quite nicely.
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Wsop quilifier Stewart Newman came in to today excited. He won his seat to this tournament on wsop.com and is already one of the leaders. He recently added some few more chips in help of getting us closer to the money. Newman just knocked out Nikola Fustar when his beat out Fuster and the board ran out . Newman should be a dangerous opponent as we head into the money.
We found action folded around to Jonathan Duhamel in the small blind. He raised it to 2,500 only to find his opponent in the big blind make it 6,800 to go. Duhamel then tanked for a bit before cutting out a four-bet to 14,200.
Duhamel's opponent let it go and the WSOP champion took down the pot. He's having a stellar performance early in the day and has increased his stack to around 65,000.
What a start for young Andrew Mcnamee. He began the day with just 9,200 and is already more than quadruple that thanks to two big hands against Maurice Hawkins.
In the first, Hawkins opened from the cutoff and then called when Mcnamee moved all in for 8,800 from the big blind. Hawkins held the but was behind the of Mcnamee. The flop gave Hawkins a pair of jacks, but it kept Mcnamee in the lead by pairing his ace. Neither the turn nor river helped Hawkins and Mcnamee doubled to around 19,000.
In the very next hand, Hawkins opened for 2,500 from the hijack and Matt Salsberg and Allen Pock called from the cutoff and button respectively. Mcnamee then moved all in from the small blind, Hawkins called and the other two players got out of the way.
Mcnamee:
Hawkins:
"It's a good spot for that," Hawkins told Mcnamee. The flop left Hawkins calling for an ace or king, but he was left wanting as the dealer put out the on the turn followed by the on the river.
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. Manig Loeser decided to raise it up to 16,500. Truong thought for a moment and pushed his remaining chips in. Loeser snapped called and the cards were flipped.
and then the 
. Truong is gone and Loeser holds a healthy stack of 115,000.
but was crushed by his opponent's 
.
and Hobson needed to catch running cards in order to win this pot. It was not meant to be, though, as the turn brought the 
and the river the 
. Hobson was forced to ship double up chips across the table and is now sitting on about 118,000.
and was racing with Gottesman's 
and Bullock was sent packing. Gottesman scooped up the pot and is now sitting on about 75,000.
turn was cruel as could be as it paired Marguerite and made him an overwhelming 93.18% favorite. McDonald needed an ace on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
blanked. With that, McDonald left empty handed while everyone else secured a minimum payday of $2,871.
of Jesse Yaginuma. When it came time to run the board out, the dealer put out the 
beat out Fuster 
flop gave Hawkins a pair of jacks, but it kept Mcnamee in the lead by pairing his ace. Neither the 
river helped Hawkins and Mcnamee doubled to around 19,000.
on the turn followed by the 
on the river.