With the first day close to over, everyone folded around to Chino Rheem on the button, who pushed all in for 425,000. Dario Sammartino was the only player to call, and they both tabled their hands for a classic race.
Chino Rheem
Dario Sammartino
The flop came , and Rheem began to stand up at a dropped on the turn. The river was and Sammartino took the pot and the bounty with kings full of tens.
Jeremy Ausmus moved all in from late position and Cary Katz moved in from the small blind for more. Bill Klein folded the big blind and Ausmus was at risk.
Jeremy Ausmus:
Cary Katz:
The flop came , giving Katz a set of eights, but Ausmus still had a gutshot straight draw.
It wouldn't come in though as the turn and river ended his day.
Meanwhile, at an adjacent table, Laszlo Bujtas was all-in preflop against Erik Seidel.
Laszlo Bujtas:
Erik Seidel:
The board came , bringing Seidel a nine on the river to send Bujtas to the rail as well.
Sergi Reixach had just 130,000 behind and pushed it all in from middle position. Erik Seidel raised to 240,000 in the cutoff and the rest of the table got out of the way.
Sergi Reixach:
Erik Seidel:
Reixach was behind but found a beautiful flop of to vault well into the lead. The had Seidel drawing live to a diamond that wasn't a king or a three, and that is exactly what the river delivered to bust Reixach late on Day 1.
Action was picked up on a four-way flop of with 225,000 in the middle.
Chino Rheem checked in the small blind, Dario Sammartino checked his big blind, and Daniel Negreanu bet 75,000 from early position.
After that, Ali Imsirovic called in late position and Rheem and Sammartino also called.
On the turn, after Rheem checked, Sammartino took the betting lead, putting forward 160,000. Negreanu and Imsirovic folded, but Rheem called.
The river brought the and after Rheem checked, Sammartino bet 365,000.
Rheem went into the tank grabbing a time bank card to his right and flicking it in before eventually making a call just before a minute had expired.
Sammartino showed for winning trip fours. Rheem mucked his cards, but then realized it wasn't actually his time bank he had tossed in, it was his neighbor to his right, Dan Shak's. In fact, Rheem had no time banks left.
The floor was called over to determine whether Rheem's river call stood, because his action came after the 30 seconds allowed without actually having a time bank of his own.
The floor ruled that the mistake was just that, but the action had to stand and Rheem's chips would go to Sammartino.
Rheem understood the ruling and graciously accepted the decision.
Justin Young opened in early position and was faced with an all in from Chris Hunichen in the cutoff for 245,000. Action folded back around to Young, who called to put Hunichen at risk.
Chris Hunichen:
Justin Young:
It was a race but Young came out on top following the runout.
Just a couple of hands later Young found himself all in and at risk preflop against Laszlo Bujtas.
Justin Young:
Laszlo Bujtas:
Young was once again involved in a coin flip needing to hold against two over cards and did so courtesy of the runout.