A tradition unlike any other — a player busting early in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Day 1.
The first of four starting flights kicked off at noon PT on Wednesday from Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas in the $10,000 world championship event.
Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter announced "shuffle up and deal" just 45 minutes before the first elimination from the most prestigious tournament in poker.
As Amit [Removed:550] was on his way to the exit, the action leading to his dismissal was recalled by his vanquisher, Chase Rogers.
Rogers raised in middle position to 800, and only [Removed:550], directly to his left, called.
The two saw a 5x7x9x flop, and Rogers check-called a bet of 1,200.
Rogers checked again on the 7x turn, and this time faced a bet of 10,000, which he called.
When the river Ax was revealed, Rogers continued in flow, checking for a third time. This time, though, he was going to be asked for all of it, as [Removed:550] moved all in for roughly 38,500.
It was bad timing by [Removed:550], though, as Rogers called, flipping over pocket aces for a rivered full house. [Removed:550] revealed 9♣2♣, for an inferior two pair.
With three players seeing a board of A♥Q♣2♦ and a bit over 2,000 in the middle, Kelly Lucas checked from the small blind and Stephen Peppin checked from early position. Jeffrey Rogers bet 700 from middle position and both opponents called.
All three players checked the J♦ turn leading to the 7♣ river. Lucas bet 5,100 and both opponents mucked their hands.
Andy Tsai opened to 500 from middle position and Casey Wassell called in the big blind.
The flop rolled out K♣5♣3♥ and Wassell check-called a bet of 500 from Tsai.
Wassell checked the turn A♦ over to Tsai who bet again, this time to the tune of 1,500. Wassell thought for a few seconds and then called.
On the river Q♥, Wassell checked over to Tsai a third time and Tsai bet 2,600. Wassel flashed a K♥ as he tossed his hand into the muck.
Federico Quevedo raised to 600 from under the gun, Marwan Salamoun called in the hijack, Hien Nguyen called on the button and Leon Sturm called in the big blind.
All players checked when the flop came J♠3♣8♠, Salamoun fired out a bet for 2,200 on the 2♥ turn and all players called.
Quevedo decided to lead for 7,000 on the flush-completing 7♠, and got everyone to fold.
Three ways on a completed board of 9♣7♠6♠8♠7♦ with several thousand already in the middle, Thomas Barry bet 3,500 from the small blind and was called by Cyril Attali, who was under the gun.
Chris Moneymaker made it 13,000 to go on the button, which got a quick fold from Barry, but a call from Attali after a bit of thought.
Moneymaker tabled 8♣7♣ for sevens-full of eights and Attali sent his hand into the muck.
Sharad Varshney under the gun bet 3,000 on a flop of 9♠3♣K♠. Xiaohu Liu on the button raised to 6,500 and Varshney went into the tank before making the call.
Varshney led out for 7,500 on the Q♦ turn and was called, then he checked the 10♠ river.
Liu seized this opportunity to bet 5,000 and Varshney quickly called but lost to Liu's top set with K♣K♦.
With a full board showing 8♦7♠Q♠10♥10♣, Artem Sugak, in the hijack, placed a bet of 25,000. After taking some time to consider his options, Robert Belke opted to move all in for 41,700.
Sugak went deep into the tank, taking his time to decide how to respond.
After a few minutes had passed, Sugak returned his cards to the dealer, and Belke pulled in a pot that took him closer to a six-figure stack.
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