Terrence Chan is here, representing Ultimate Poker, one of the few legal online poker sites in Nevada.
Chan is off to a good start with an early double up after flopping the nut straight against the top two pair of an opponent. The turn and river blanked, and Chan now has 6,000 chips' worth of ammunition to take to today's battlefields.
The overall number of entries has now reached 863, so we only need another 36 players to beat 2013's total.
Matthew Pitt lost a few chips when an early position raiser made it 250 and he called with 
. The flop was 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Pitt called a bet of 350.
He told us that he was planning to shove a diamond river card but when the 
fell his opponent sighed and bet 900. Thinking better of it, Pitt folded and when he asked his opponent if he would have called the shove he answered that it would have been a difficult decision.
Pitt didn’t quite hold on until the break before he needed to visit the restroom, though, and confirmed that he had indeed needed to empty his bladder. “Couldn’t take the excitement,” he explained.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,000 |
On a 
flop, we saw Claudio Falcao and the small blind get involved in some heavy action with Falcao ending up all in for his last 2,175 chips with 
. His opponent showed 
while the big blind nodded in disbelief. "Two guys with small pairs and they both flop a set," he said.
The 
turn and the 
river changed nothing and Falcao doubled through. Meanwhile on the very same table we have Lee Davy struggling to get anything going, as he is down to 1,500 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500
1,500
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1,500 |
Sergio Trevino opened for 350 from under the gun and Shaun Harris raised him to 1,025. Trevino made the call and the two players saw a flop of 
.
Trevino checked, then called a bet of 925 from Harris, and they saw the turn bring the 
. Once more Trevino checked and when Harris bet 1,400, Trevino moved all in. It was Harris’s tournament life on the line if he called, but he would be left short if he folded. Fold he did and another pot was shipped to one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
1,100
4,950
|
4,950 |
Ok ok! No make up, in sweat shorts, and greasy hair-- good thing I'm not on camera this year! I'm in! Event #1! Whoo!Follow @KristyArnett
Shortly after fixing herself up for our cameras, Kristy Arnett found herself in a blind versus blind situation. The action folded around to the small blind who called, and when Arnett raised to 250 from the big blind her opponent called. The flop was 
. The small blind checked to Arnett who bet 300 and her opponent again called. The turn brought the and both players checked.
After the fell on the river, Arnett's opponent bet 500 and Arnett called, but mucked after her opponent showed 
for the ace-high flush.
Arnett is looking fresh, even after the small hit to her stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,250
750
|
750 |
Chad Holloway is even helping with the reporting when he is playing. Shaun Harris had a rollercoaster ride during the first two hours today, at one point as high as 6,000 chips before losing pots left and right. Down to his last 1,525, he was just all in with 
and against one of the biggest stacks in the room, Sergio Trevino, who called with .
Alas for Harris, the flop delivered one of the three sixes in the deck, and after Harris couldn't improve he was eliminated.
Another big stack is Aaron Henderson, who was kind enough to give us his name and chip count when we passed by.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,300
14,300
|
14,300 |
|
|
Busted |
While we are in the first 20-minute break of the day, the orange section shows about 20 open tables. The players left total on the screens won't be updated until registration is closed, but this should already give you an impression of the action that has been going on through the first two hours of play.
We are up to 867 entries for the moment and registration is open for another two levels. Fellow PokerNews blogger Tim Duckworth has updated his stack via Twitter and we take the opportunity to share it with you as well:
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante:
Bernard Lee finished 13th in the World Series Of Poker Main Event in 2005 and has $2,102,856 in cashes on the Hendon Mob. Lee also hosts a weekly online show about poker that is worth a listen. We were made aware of his presence on table 68 and he already has had a decent start, building up to 7,000 in chips after two levels of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Lee Davy jammed his last 1,500 with 
over an early position opener for 200. Davy got a call and was happy to turn a flush to give him a double up.
Davy is short on chips, but crucially he is still in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,400
1,900
|
1,900 |
