David Williams Did Not Like the Bad River on a Recent Hand
David Williams was seen sending a portion of his stack across the table, and while we missed his hand, it was evident that a bad beat had just occurred.
Williams' opponent had the tabled, with a board of telling the tale. The all-player had risked his last 5,900 at some point in the hand, and when the river spiked his set, he earned a doublet through one of poker's brightest stars.
***Update*** With the assistance of Twitter, we've discovered that Williams was holding the when the rivered set sabotaged his stack. We'll let Williams recap the action though.
After calling an opening raise of 600, Allen Cunningham took a flop of against two opponents. One player led out for 1,600, Cunningham flatted in position, and the third player got out of the way.
On the turn, Cunningham's opponent slowed down with a check, and the five-time bracelet winner took the pot down with his own 1,600 wager.
Bryan "The Icon" Micon is Trying to Avoid Being the Ante-Only Bubble Boy
With the bubble looming, and players forced to ante up on every deal, the shorter stacks in the room have started to sweat.
Byran "The Icon" Micon, on the other hand, just played things cool.
After dwindling down to around 12,000 during the last level, Micon remained patient and waited for his spot. When he woke up with , his last chips went into the middle, and with a full house by the turn "The Icon" secured a desperately needed double.
Day 1 of Event #45: $1,500 Ante Only tournament has come to an end. After 939 entered last year’s inaugural Ante Only tournament, 678 players started the this year, generating a prize pool of $915,300. There would be 72 players to enjoy those riches with each guaranteed $2,581. Only one player could win the top prize and the gold bracelet. That top prize equated to $201,399.
In this very interesting format players were given a starting stack of 4,500 in chips. There were no blinds but only antes. Each player started the day having to ante 25 chips each. By the end of the day they were anteing 400 each. This created a lot of action and many multi-way pots. Some people could not handle or figure out the structure but others handled it as a way to dominate their competition.
One player to have no troubles with this Ante Only format was the chip leader Chris Moorman. He found every opportunity to gain many chips from his opponents. At the end of the day he took his starting stack of 4,500 and turned it into a monster stack of 143,900. His next closet competitor Sam Panzica had 118,000. Other notables who stayed on top of the counts were Aaron Massey (99,200), Gabriel Nassif (89,500), Allen Cunningham (83,400), and David Vamplew (78,000).
Many players had troubles figuring out the ebbs and flows of the ante structure. Those that did not make it to day 2 were Jennifer Tilly, Phil Hellmuth, Rex Clinkscales, Vince Van Patten, Jake Schwartz, Brent Hanks, and defending champion Greg Hobson. Hobson was eliminated early when he got his flush draw in three ways but did not catch.
An interesting scenario occurred in the last ten minutes of play. The staff told the dealers to deal three more hands and then bag up for the night. The tournament only needed to eliminate five players to reach the bubble at that time. Within three hands four players were eliminated and the bubble was upon the event. The staff decided to play through the bubble and went hand for hand. Robert Tepper assumed after losing set over set that he was the bubble boy. But after calculating the chips the tournament discovered Tepper had actually been the 72nd place finisher. That meant he got to receive $2,581.
The other 71 players will come back tomorrow at 1:00 pm PST. All the players have reached the money. They will play 10 levels or until a final table has been reached. Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out which players will make the final table in this second installment of the Ante Only Event.
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tabled, with a board of 
telling the tale. The all-player had risked his last 5,900 at some point in the hand, and when the river spiked his set, he earned a doublet through one of poker's brightest stars.
against two opponents. One player led out for 1,600, Cunningham flatted in position, and the third player got out of the way.
turn, Cunningham's opponent slowed down with a check, and the five-time bracelet winner took the pot down with his own 1,600 wager.
flop, and both Levy and the bettor checked the 
on the turn.
completed the board on the river, both players tapped the table once again.
. His top pair proved to be the winner, and Levy moved his stack over the 20,000 mark with the win.
, his last chips went into the middle, and with a full house by the turn "The Icon" secured a desperately needed double.
