Late Stages of Day 1b; Late Arrivals, Survivals, and Imbibers
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Barny Boatman has bought in at the last moment, even later than Antonio Esfandiari. Boatman, though, had a different take on his late arrival, announcing with a slight note of alarm, “I didn’t know the blinds were going to be so high.”
On another table, Allen Kessler shoved from the small blind over a 2,000 open to win the pot without showdown, saying, “I’m alive.”
On other tables, it has reached what is traditionally known as the “beer level,” in which a few players like to let their hair down and have a drink, knowing they are close to bagging up at the end of a gruelling day of poker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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55,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
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46,500
22,200
|
22,200 |
|
|
||
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45,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
30,000
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
||
|
23,000
600
|
600 |
|
|
||
|
22,500
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
20,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
||
|
16,200
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
13,200
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
||
|
8,600
53,400
|
53,400 |