Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Day 1a of the Main Event was off to a bad start for Calvin Anderson, who just earned some chips back. It started with an open-raise by Anderson from under the gun and Michael Johnson three-bet to 1,600, which was called by two opponents including Anderson. On the 
flop, only Anderson check-called a bet worth 1,300 by Johnson and they checked the 
turn.
Anderson then announced a bet of 5,000 on the 
river and used his T-25,000 chip he had left over. Johnson called and mucked when Anderson revealed the 
for a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000 | |
|
38,000 | |
|
||
. Wentz led with a bet of 6,500, Meran called.
. Both players checked to the 
river where they checked again.
but Meran had that beat with the 
. The action checked to Geyer who threw out a bet of 3,000. He was called by the players in the small blind, early position, and middle position. 
. Geyer sized up his bet to 12,000 to only be called by the player in middle position. 
for a straight and Wang mucked his hand.
and with 5,700 in the pot, a big blind player had 6,000 chips committed and was facing a raise to 17,500 by Adam Richardson. The big blind thought about it and ultimately called.
for the nuts as his opponent sent his cards into the muck.
river and Thiesen quickly called. He was shown the 
for ace-high with the nut flush blocker, which he had beat with 
on a board of 
for a flopped royal flush.
