With the stacks starting to absorb one another like fish in the sea, the larger ones gobbling up their smaller foes in one gulp, we've noticed a particularly large stack owned by Barry Hutter.
In a recent hand, Hutter raised before the flop, and continued with a bet of 1,500 when the flop fell . After his opponent mucked, Hutter added a few more stacks to his massive stack, which as of now stands at nearly 160,000. This gives Hutter about five times the average, and with his aggressive style, he is sure to add a few more towers before the night is through.
The regally named Marcus Aurelius has built what is by far the biggest stack in the room, and he is wielding that power to perfection, conquering everything in sight.
Two recent hands saw Aurelius reraise after an opponent opened, and both times his aggression earned him an easy pot.
First, a player opened for 1,700 from under the gun, and Aurelius casually announced a raise while tossing out five yellow T1000 tournament chips. His opponent folded to the pressure, and another pot was pushed to the tournament's reigning emperor.
A few hands later, another player tried to enter the pot for a raise of 1,600, and once again Aurelius popped it with a three-bet to 5,000. His opponent couldn't stand the heat, and Aurelius added another wing to his enormous chip palace.
We came to the table after a player had moved all in under the gun. On the button, Tyler Patterson called. Action was on Erik Seidel in the small blind and he took a while to count out a raise to 8,000 and put it in the pot.
This is when the player in the big blind went into the tank. He sat for about five minutes looking at his cards, counting the pot, and counting the chips to see what kind of equity he had in the hand. Eventually though, after his long tank, he made a pained look and slid his cards into the muck. Action was back on Tyler Patterson who folded.
Seidel:
Under The Gun:
The board rolled out very safe for Seidel when it came giving him the elimination along with the rest of the chips in the pot. While the player in the big blind looked even more pained after seeing the flop.
"I guess it's just poetic justice that you knocked me out," the player who had been eliminated said to Seidel. With that, he scooped the pot and gathered some of his newly acquired soldiers.
Robert Cheung (Seen Here Competing on the WSOP Circuit)
World Series of Poker bracelet holder Robert Cheung just took down a sizable pot with nothing but ace-high.
We caught the action with the flop reading , and Cheung facing a bet of 1,600 from a woman seated to his direct right. Cheung sized his opponent's stack up for a minute, before moving out a stack equal to 3,300 for a raise. The woman flatted, and both players tapped the table on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, both players checked once again, and Cheung appeared ready to muck if his opponent turned over anything at all. Unfortunately for the woman, her had bricked out, and Cheung smiled while tabling his for an unlikely winner.
After going most of the day unnoticed, mostly because his attire had changed from his typical teal-blue sweater and hat, Jamie Rosen has made his presence known here in the Brasilia room. Rosen called us over to the table where he announced that he had some headlines for us.
"We're taking shots," he said. When asked where Rosen got all his chips he responded, "I've just been stealing blinds. That guy over there," he said pointing across the table, "I bluff all my big chips to him."
Either way Rosen has a good sized stack for this portion of the day, and now that we've found him in the field, we'll be able to give him a bit more coverage here on Day 1.
After a raise of 1,275 and two callers action was on Amanda Musumeci in the big blind who moved all in for 8,050 total. The original raiser folded and action was on the player in the big blind. Musumeci sat quietly eating a Twix bar while the player on the button made his decision. He tanked for a while before eventually tossing in the chips for the call, leading to a fold from the player in the small blind.
Musumeci:
Button:
As the hand's were being turned over the player on the button said, "I don't have much, but there's so much dead money in the pot." Upon seeing Musumeci's hand all he could muster was an "Oh."
The flop came down giving Musumeci a commanding lead. The turn left the button player drawing dead. The dealer dealt out the on the river giving the button player a meaningless four cards to a flush.
"The three was supposed to be a spade," he joked to Musumeci as he cut out the chips to double her up. With that, Musumeci is sitting on a much healthier stack.
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. After his opponent mucked, Hutter added a few more stacks to his massive stack, which as of now stands at nearly 160,000. This gives Hutter about five times the average, and with his aggressive style, he is sure to add a few more towers before the night is through.
giving him the elimination along with the rest of the chips in the pot. While the player in the big blind looked even more pained after seeing the flop.
, and Cheung facing a bet of 1,600 from a woman seated to his direct right. Cheung sized his opponent's stack up for a minute, before moving out a stack equal to 3,300 for a raise. The woman flatted, and both players tapped the table on the 
completed the board on the river, both players checked once again, and Cheung appeared ready to muck if his opponent turned over anything at all. Unfortunately for the woman, her 
had bricked out, and Cheung smiled while tabling his 
for an unlikely winner.
giving Musumeci a commanding lead. The turn 
left the button player drawing dead. The dealer dealt out the