Roberto Romanello opened from early position and called a three-bet from big blind Lily Kiletto.
The flop was . Kiletto continued the aggression with a bet of 4,500 and Romanello called. The turn card saw Kiletto continue the story with a bet of 6,500. Again Romanello called.
The river was the which seemed to give Kiletto pause for thought, but she cut out some chips and bet 17,000. Romanello called one more time.
Kiletto showed , but was behind the of Romanello and the latter won the pot.
The Orange section in the Amazon Room is packed with notables no matter what table you look at. Some are returning from a long grind yesterday, while others registered early this morning and getting their first taste of this new event.
Some who bagged chips in Day 1 include Tristan Wade, Joseph Cheong, Stephen Chidwick, Ari Engel, Chance Kornuth and Joshua "JC" Wallace. Others who just entered before the start of play are Scotty Nguyen, Jason Koon, Mike Leah and Ryan Reiss.
On a flop reading with around 3,500 in the pot, Upeshka De Silva called a bet of 2,000 from his opponent. The turn brought the and his opponent checked. De Silva bet 3,700 and was called by his opponent. On the river, the action was checked to De Silva again and he bet 7,000 this time. His opponent made the call and De Silva showed for top two pair to win the hand.
Jeff Gross was one of the players to buy in at the start of Day 2 before registration closed, giving him a starting stack of 26,200 or about 30 big blinds.
On the first hand Gross played it all went in the middle against Steven Jones.
Jeff Gross:
Steven Jones:
The board ran out .
Jones took it pretty well, but did say, “First hand, really? I grinded it out all day yesterday.”
Adrian Mateos opened the action from the button and then called a three-bet from Allyn Shulman in the big blind.
The flop was . Shulman led out for 2,200 and Mateos called. The turn was checked around, then the river card was the . Shulman bet 4,000 and Mateos thought long and hard before he called.
Shulman showed , but Mateos had the winning hand, showing for a pair.
Most players are returning and some are even entering for their first time for Event #23: THE MARATHON - $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em. The action is set to kick off at 12:00 p.m local time at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino.
There were a total of 1,646 entries who played a hectic Day 1 that saw the number of players remaining dwindle down to 806 by the end of the day. Registration remains open until the start of Day 2, at which point tournament officials will announce the official number of entries as well as the prize pool information.
The Day 1 chip leader is Igor Yaroshevskyy (292,600), but there are other big stacks in the running, including Rigoberto Rodriguez (280,600), Maurice Hawkins (263,000) and Bill Germanis (214,300). When the action gets underway on Day 2, the blinds will be at 400/800 with a 100 ante and will increase at 100-minute intervals. There will be a 15-minute break at the end of every level along with a 60-minute break after the 4th level.
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. Kiletto continued the aggression with a bet of 4,500 and Romanello called. The turn card 
saw Kiletto continue the story with a bet of 6,500. Again Romanello called.
which seemed to give Kiletto pause for thought, but she cut out some chips and bet 17,000. Romanello called one more time.
, but was behind the 
of Romanello and the latter won the pot.
with around 3,500 in the pot, Upeshka De Silva called a bet of 2,000 from his opponent. The turn brought the 
and his opponent checked. De Silva bet 3,700 and was called by his opponent. On the 
river, the action was checked to De Silva again and he bet 7,000 this time. His opponent made the call and De Silva showed 
for top two pair to win the hand.
.
. Shulman led out for 2,200 and Mateos called. The 
turn was checked around, then the river card was the 
, but Mateos had the winning hand, showing 
for a pair.
