Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Santiago Soriano was on the big blind, and fired a bet for 3,000 on a tripped-up flop of ![]()
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. Greg Jennings made the call from the button.
The turn brought the
, and Soriano double barreled for 5,000, with Jennings calling again. Soriano bet one more time on the
river, this time for 8,000, and Jennings called it off.
Soriano turned over ![]()
, and Jennings mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000 | |
|
|
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|
|
30,000 | |
Chris Conrad opened from early position to 600, Edward Tompson called sitting directly to his left along with Paul Sarlo from the cutoff and Clifford Sandbo from the big blind.
The ![]()
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flop was checked around to the
turn. Action was checked to Tompson who bet 1,200 and was called by Sandbo.
Sandbo check-folded after Tompson fired out 2,100 on the
river and Tompson raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
45,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
35,000 | |
|
|
32,000 |
Christopher Parisod opened under the gun to 700 and action folded around to Keith Godeaux who called from the cutoff and Alex Tran defended his big blind.
Tran checked the ![]()
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flop to Parisod who bet 1,500. Both Godeaux and Tran called.
The
turn was checked to again to Parisod who bet 3,000, both opponents called.
The river came the
and Tran check-called Parisod's bet of 8,000 while Godeaux folded.
Parisod tabled ![]()
for a flopped set of aces and he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 | |
|
|
38,000 | |
|
|
25,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,500
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
49,500
49,500
|
49,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
46,200
46,200
|
46,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
44,300
44,300
|
44,300 |
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Brandon Schwulst opened for 2,000 from middle position and George Grady defended his big blind.
Grady check-called Schwulst's bet of 2,200 after a flop of ![]()
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.
Both players checked the
turn and the dealer put the
on the river. Grady tossed out 3,700 and that was enough as Schwulst folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
35,000 |
The late registration line is running out of the Brasilia Room, and all the way down the main corridor of the Rio Convention Center, as the field starts to fill out in the second hour of Day 1. More than 2,300 entrants are already in the mix, and that number is sure to grow before late registration ends at the end of the dinner break (around 8 p.m.).
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Dan Heimiller was spotted at a cash game table, adjacent to the $800 Deepstack action in the Pavilion Room. He said he's on the wait list to get into what's looking like a very popular event at the WSOP today.
Daniele D'Angelo opened for 800 from early position, Jamie Godoy called sitting directly on his left, along with Tou Thao from the cutoff and Cosmin Joldis on the button.
The flop of ![]()
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was checked to Joldis who bet 1,400. He was called by Thao.
Thao checked the
turn to Joldis who fired off 25,000 and Thao quickly mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
37,000 | |
|
|
35,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |
Chris Moneymaker is still at the starting stack level of 40,000 chips, but the poker icon did take down consecutive pots at the end of Level 4.
In early position and heads-up against one opponent, Moneymaker and his foe both checked on a ![]()
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flop. The turn came the
, and Moneymaker put out a bet for 2,000, getting the fold.
On the following hand, Moneymaker opened for 700 under the gun and took down the blinds uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | |
|
|
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