There was 28000 in the pot and three players when we saw the flop on the board and the turn being dealt.
Michael Gathy checked from the small blind, Anton Makiievskyi bet 16,000 and Allie Prescott moved all in for 34,200. Gathy fodled and Makiievskyi called.
Makiievskyi:
Prescott:
The river didn't change anything and Prescott doubled through.
We were only able to get the hands and board after the fact, but we know that David Vamplew has scored an early double up when his held against Sandeep Pulusani's as the board ran down . After winning that pot, Vamplew is now up to 44,000.
We caught up with the action in a three way pot between Joe Kuether, Maria Ho, and James Thompson on the flop, which had come down . Ho checked to Thompson, who bet out 3,400. Kuether made the call, and Ho tossed her cards in. The turn brought the , and this time, Thompson checked to Kuether, who took the opportunity to fired out 5,200. This got a fold from Thompson, and Kuether padded his stack a bit to start the day.
Ryan D'Angelo came into today with a short stack of 19,500, and it didn't take him long to get it in the middle. We caught up with the action on the flop, which read . D'Angelo checked to his lone opponent Darrryl Ronconi, who bet out 4,000. D'Angelo then check raised all in for his last 12,100 total, and Ronconi made the call after half a minute of thinking.
Ronconi:
D'Angelo:
D'Angelo's middle pair was in trouble, and he was looking to catch another eight or a six to secure the double up. It never came though, as the board ran down and . D'Angelo wished everyone luck, grabbed his bag, and headed for the exits.
1,072 players walked through the doors of the Rio yesterday to play in Event #44 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. 229 of them remain, but only half of those, 117 to be exact, will make the money. Two players separated themselves from the pack yesterday: Zohair Karim (128,700), and none other then Dan "djk123" Kelly (113,700), who is looking for his ninth cash of the summer, continuing one of the sickest heaters we have seen in recent memory.
These two will be joined by a plethora of other notables, including Jonathan Duhamel (65,700), Jason Mercier (65,100), Joe Cada (58,900), Scott Clements (48,000), and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (34,700), amongst many others.
The cards will be in the air again at 1 PM local time, which is just an hour away. We here at PokerNews.com will have all your action as always, ad we will play through the money and a full ten more levels of play. You won't want to miss the action, so don't go anywhere! In the meantime, enjoy Lynn Gilmartin's nightly recap, as she catches you up on everything that happened at the Rio yesterday!