Qui Nguyen opened for a raise under the gun and got calls from both blinds. He continued for 2,300 on the 
flop, and only the big blind called. That player check-called 6,500 on the 
turn, and both players checked the 
river.
Nguyen mucked upon being shown 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
-13,200
|
-13,200 |
|
||
Harald Sammer opened for 1,100 in the hijack and saw the player on his left shove all in for 1,650. The small blind called, and Qui Nguyen made it 7,600 to go from the big blind. Sammer came back with a re-raise to 19,000. That forced a fold from the small blind, but Nguyen stuck around with a call.
Nguyen tanked awhile and then checked the 
flop. Sammer bet 18,000, and Nguyen folded after some more thought.
Sammer: 
Cutoff: 
The board ran out 
, keeping the aces best for Sammer and earning him the whole pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
187,300
19,200
|
19,200 |
|
|
65,600
-19,400
|
-19,400 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
150,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
146,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
145,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
||
|
145,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
108,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
90,000
46,700
|
46,700 |
|
18,500 | |
Dylan Honeyman started well into Day 1a and quickly almost doubled his stack, but the seat that formerly belonged to the Australian is now empty while Ryan Hall dominates the action with a massive tower of chips.
One table over, a limped pot ended up with Matthew Kelly running out of chips. On a 
flop, Kelly shoved his last 9,000 with 
, and Vincent Liu called in the big blind with the dominating 
. Kelly picked up more outs on the turn with a gutshot straight draw, but the river was a blank to eliminate Kelly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | |
|
|
113,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
David Eldridge bet 1,500 from an early position with the board reading 
. An opponent who checked in the big blind raised to 4,000, and Eldridge called. Both players checked the 
river, and Eldridge's 
bested his opponent's .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
156,000
-5,400
|
-5,400 |
With about 5,000 chips already in the pot on a flop, action checked to Chris Hunichen in the hijack, and he bet 2,200. Alan Smurfit raised to 7,000 from the cutoff, a player in middle position folded, and Hunichen called after a few moments of contemplation.
The turn brought the 
, and both players checked.
The 
fell on the river, and Hunichen bet 8,000. Smurfit raised to 25,000, and after sighing and re-checking his hole cards, Hunichen folded.
Smurfit took the pot to put his stack over the 100,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
24,450
-19,550
|
-19,550 |
After an open from the hijack to 1,200, Andy Bloch made it 3,350 to go in the small blind. The hijack shoved all in for 11,800, and Bloch called in short order.
Bloch: 
Opponent: 
Bloch flopped an , but it was accompanied by the 
and the . The 
turn and river did nothing to help him further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,250
-12,350
|
-12,350 |
|
|
||
Sam Grafton appears to be the current chip leader on Day 1a with less than one hour remaining on the clock, however, several players in the Brasilia Room may become contenders for the top spot tonight. Furthermore, nine tables remain in the Amazon Room, including big stacks Rifat Palevic and Morten Mortensen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
|
175,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
160,000
-3,375
|
-3,375 |
|
105,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
90,000
24,400
|
24,400 |
|
|
||
Mike Ross, who finished as the runner-up in Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix 6-Handed, sat down in Level 4 and has since steadily increased the stack.
With already more than two times the starting stack, Ross just tangled with a short stack, and the latter was all in with after a flop of 
. Ross looked him up with , and the 
turn and 
river gave him the better hand, as the two pair of his opponent were counterfeited.
"Did you actually lose a hand all day?" someone at the table asked, and Ross just grinned.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
162,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
148,000 | |
|
|
86,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
55,000
-6,300
|
-6,300 |
|
52,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
22,100
-3,900
|
-3,900 |
|
||
|
17,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
