Bertrand Grospellier was moved to a new table along with Paul Newey and Ryan Laplante.
He greeted his new tablemates by flopping a set with ![]()
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board and making a full house on the turn to bust a player.
Bertrand Grospellier was moved to a new table along with Paul Newey and Ryan Laplante.
He greeted his new tablemates by flopping a set with ![]()
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board and making a full house on the turn to bust a player.
Brian Altman raised from late position, the big blind moved all-in for around 21,000.
Altman made the call and tabled ![]()
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giving Altman a king high flush to bust his opponent.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Michael Perrone took down the Super Turbo Bounty event late last night for his first career WSOP bracelet and is back in action today.
On his last hand, Perrone bet 6,500 on a board of ![]()
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but folded when his opponent put him all in for his remaining 22,000.
"You can just scratch that one out," Perrone said.
He has his work cut out for him to repeat his bracelet performance. One player at the table who is enjoying Day 1 so far, though, is Chris "J.D." Ewing, who boasts a stack of 460,000, the largest in the room.
Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel has taken a seat in Brasilia's Bronze section, sitting at the same table as bracelet winner Craig Varnell.
Former November Niner Kenny Hallaert was also spotted on the next table.
Eric Bush and an opponent were all in with the flop showing ![]()
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for a flush draw, while his opponent showed ![]()
for top pair.
The turn came the
and Bush made his flush to lock up the hand and secure the knockout.
"Oh, yes," he said when the heart showed up. Bush moved up to around 75,000.
With about 35,000 in the pot on a board of ![]()
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, action folded to Christian Dressler.
Dressler sat motionless for a minute before announcing he was all in for 25,000. Now the decision was on his opponent, who took some time before calling with a shorter stack.
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for the flopped set of jacks and his opponent mucked before heading for the exit.
Chris Ewing has one of the biggest stacks in the room at 255,000 but not far behind is Clayton Kalisek at 197,500.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are on their second 20-minute break of Day 1.
They will return at 4:00 p.m. PST to blinds of 500-1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante.