After a few limps, action was on Nam Le in the big blind. He popped it up to 450 and received one caller from the cutoff.
The dealer put out the flop of and Le led out for 450 again. Quickly his opponent put him all in and even quicker, Le put a few chips signifying a call.
Le:
Opponent:
The turn came the giving no extra outs to the cutoff player and keeping Le well in the lead. The river fell the giving the cutoff player four cards to a straight, but not much else. With that, Le was able to collect a much needed double up here on Day 1.
Tony Dunst is always nattily attired at the poker table, and although he is dressed casually by his high standards, the man known as "Bond_18" online has built quite the stack midway through the first day of play.
We just caught the tail end of a huge hand that went Dunst's way, with the board reading by the turn. Dunst checked to his opponent, who fired out a bet of 1,750. After a moment to study his man, Dunst coolly made the call, and watched as the dealer dropped the on the river.
After another momentary pause, Dunst slid a stack of 4,200 into the middle and waited for his opponent to respond. The player did not look pleased with this development, but eventually he made the crying call, only to see Dunst roll over the for a rivered flush.
With the win, Dunst moved to nearly 30,000 in chips, which is good for just above three times the current average.
Here are the final numbers for Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
A total of 2,883 runners came out to play today creating a prize pool of $2,594,700. There will be 297 spots paid with a mincash being worth $1,894. Everyone who makes the final table will be at least $33,731 richer, and everyone who makes it into the top 36 will make a five-figure cash.
The winner of the event will not only take home a World Series of Poker gold bracelet, but also a cash worth $454,207. Not bad for three days at the office.
With Day 1's at the World Series of Poker's lower buy-in events presenting thousands of players with their first opportunity to mix it up on poker's premier stage, many of them make the most of their experience with exuberant celebrations.
We just heard one of those celebrations punctuating the end of an all-in confrontation, with the boisterous Guo Hui Xu letting loose after he spiked his card on the river.
Xu held the and he got all of his chips into the middle with the flop reading . Holding top two, Xu figured to be ahead of most potential holdings, but his opponent rolled over the for the stone cold nuts. Looking to pair the board, Xu watched the turn do just that, but the was not the card he was looking for.
River:
With that, Xu screamed out in relief, having made a full house on the river to survive against the made straight.
We caught up to Paul Lieu at an all in cross roads. Lieu was holding against an opponents . The board was dealt out giving the player with the a full house and knocking Lieu down quite a few notches.
He was very visibly upset after the hand and was talking to himself about how he always loses races as the one he just lost. He was so frustrated that he ended up cutting out way too many chips to give to the other player and was given a refund.
Lieu pitched his cards into the muck after the hand and angrily restacked his chips which he had knocked over.
Mitch Schock Showing Off his Shiny Gold Bracelet in 2011
With the World Series of Poker Circuit offering players from around the country an accessible venue through which to launch their poker careers, many aspiring pros have used the momentum from winning a Circuit ring to springboard onto the WSOP's bracelet ceremony stage.
Of course, other players take the opposite route, scoring the gold for their wrist first, before adding a ring to finish off their jewelry collection.
Although the $33,284 he earned for winning the $365 No-Limit Hold'em event at the Circuit's Black Hawk stop paled in comparison to his six figure score from two years ago, the validation that comes from holding both a bracelet and a ring was priceless.
Schock is in the house tonight, and he currently sits on an above average stack of around 15,000, putting him in position to make yet another deep run.
and Le led out for 450 again. Quickly his opponent put him all in and even quicker, Le put a few chips signifying a call.
giving no extra outs to the cutoff player and keeping Le well in the lead. The river fell the 
giving the cutoff player four cards to a straight, but not much else. With that, Le was able to collect a much needed double up here on Day 1.
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by the turn. Dunst checked to his opponent, who fired out a bet of 1,750. After a moment to study his man, Dunst coolly made the call, and watched as the dealer dropped the 
on the river.
for a rivered flush.
for the stone cold nuts. Looking to pair the board, Xu watched the turn do just that, but the 
against an opponents 
giving the player with the 
