Tony Boyette opened for 2,400 from under the gun, then the player to his direct left shoved for his last 11,000. It folded back around to Boyette and he committed a quarter of his stack to call.
Tony Boyette:
Opponent:
The board ran to give Boyette two pair, the modest pot, and knock out a player.
Javier Zarco led from under the gun for 2,500, receiving calls from the player to his left and the big blind, giving three-way action to the flop, which came .
Action checked around to the player in early position. She led for 4,000. The big blind moved out of the way, while Zarco made the call.
The turn came . Zarco checked. His opponent fired another barrel, this time for 5,000. Zarco called.
The board completed with on the river. After another check from Zarco, his opponent fired for a third time, now for 10,000. Zarco made the call, and his opponent mucked her hand instantly, before either player had shown their hand. Zarco revealed one of his hole cards, the before tossing his cards in the muck and raking in the pot.
With two hours of late registration left, Day 1b has already exceeded the number of entrants from Day 1a. There was a total of 3,376 entrants who competed in Day 1a. Day 1b has so far attracted 3,517 entries.
The Housewarming is on target to smash the $5,000,000 guarantee.
The action started with middle position opening for 3,200 and getting called by the player to their left. Mike Nelson called in the small blind and Salim Admon came along from the big blind.
With a pot of 14,300 the flop was and checked by all.
On the turn , Nelson checked first to act and Admon selected a sizing of 8,500. The oringial preflop raiser got out of the way and the middle position player called. Nelson also folded.
The river was the and Admon put the pressure on, betting 26,000. His opponent tanked for awhile but eventually folded awarding Admon the sizable pot.
Preflop action saw 12,400 go into the pot. With three players still in the hand, the flop came . Lawrence Engerman checked from the big blind. A bet of 6,000 came from early position. Both the cutoff and Engerman called.
The turn brought the to the board. Engerman wasted little time before announcing "I'm all in" to the table, with around 40,000 left. The early position player called for the 15,000 he had remaining. The big blind got out of the way, as the players showed their hands.
Lawrence Engerman:
Opponent:
Engerman had turned a straight. The river changed nothing, and Engerman scooped the pot as his opponent was sent to the rail.
After a small blind call from his opponent, Rafael Reis raised to around 6,000 from the big blind. His opponent reraised to 25,000, Reis moved all in, and the small blind called off.
Reis was way ahead with his against the of his opponent.
The flop was a little scary for Reis, but after the and fell, it secured the Brazilian the full double-up.