Tony Gregg opened to 1,700 from the button and was called by the player in the small blind. The flop came and Gregg's opponent checked. Gregg made a bet of 1,800 and was called.
Both players checked on the turn which lead to the player in the small blind leading out for 2,400 on the flop. Gregg thought for a moment and put out a raise of 8,700. His opponent quickly folded. Gregg, who won the One Drop at the 2013 WSOP, is looking to add another seven figure score to his poker resume. Maria Ho is also at his table, with a stack much shorter than the "End Boss."
The tournament screens indicate that we have already lost 300 players today in about 40 minutes of play. While this is not unexpected, it may also mean a not so crazy long tomorrow and is surely appreciated by this fellow blogger.
Charles Chattha started the day with around 25,000 in chips and has since doubled that pretty much. Just now we saw a player in under the gun move all in for 5,800 and the Brit flatted two seats over. All other players folded and we went to the showdown:
Chattha:
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The board ran out safely for the Brit and he scored the knockout.
J.C. Tran was sitting in the big blind and called a 1,700 raise from a player in early position. The flop came and Tran check-called a 2,200 bet. The turn was the and both players checked.
The dealer put out the on the river and Tran placed out a 3,800 bet which led to a quick fold from his opponent. Tran already has a 4th place finish this WSOP in the $25,000 Mix-Max event. Tran was slightly disappointed in the finish but was able to joke about it earlier today on Twitter:
There were already 14,000 in the pot when we arrived at the table of Aaron Henderson and saw the flop. Henderson called a bet of 8,700 and had 20,000 behind. The turn saw his opponent move all in and the Employees Event deep runner eventually called off with , but saw himself dominated by . No eight on the river but the and that was it.
David "Doc" Sands opened the action to 1,800 first to act from middle position. He was re-raised by the player in the small blind to 4,700. Sand thought for about 15 seconds before announcing that he was all in and his opponent quickly folded. Sands is joined by two tough players at his table, Mike Sexton and Jonathan Tamayo.
The first four tables in the Pavilion Yellow section have already been broken up, among those that still are in the secondary room we have Athanasios Polychonopoulos and Lee Davy at the same table, Allen Kessler, Humberto Brenes, Randy Lew, Robert Mather, David Peters, Jake Cody and Joe Cada.