Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Christopher Cummings starting the action with a raise to 350 from under the gun, and Valentin Vornicu was the lone caller in the cutoff. The flop came down and Cummings fired a bet of 500. Vornicu tagged along to see the hit the turn, and Cummings checked this time. Vornicu bet out 750, Cummings called, and the completed the board.
Another check from Cummings drew another bet from Vornicu, 2,500 this time. Cummings thought for about 15 seconds before calling, and Vornicu rolled over for a pair of tens. Cummings tabled for top pair of aces, and that was good enough to drag the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher Cummings |
16,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
Valentin Vornicu |
10,100
100
|
100 |
A player raised all in to 2,800 from under the gun and was called by another opponent. Mike Leah bet 13,000, setting the caller all in. It folded back around to the middle player and he called.
Under the gun:
Opponent:
Leah:
The board ran out and the under-the-gun player tripled with the main pot while Mike Leah took a much bigger side pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Leah |
23,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Racener |
30,500
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
Sorel Mizzi |
21,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
John Monnette |
17,300
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
Shannon Shorr |
16,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
David 'ODB' Baker
|
15,300 | |
James Woods |
12,000
250
|
250 |
William Vo |
11,200
1,200
|
1,200 |
Dan Heimiller |
8,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
Martin Jacobson |
6,300
-3,700
|
-3,700 |
|
||
Michael Wang |
5,425
-4,575
|
-4,575 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Liina Vark |
34,600
24,600
|
24,600 |
Melissa Gillett |
21,300
-1,800
|
-1,800 |
Shawn Rice | 19,400 | |
Benny Glaser | 15,000 | |
|
||
Bart Hanson | 10,200 | |
Ray Henson | 10,000 | |
Guo Dong | 9,800 | |
Zach Gruneberg
|
9,000 | |
Thomas Taylor |
6,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Danny Noam was in late position and raised to 600. The button called, as did both the small blind and John Racener, in the big blind.
The flop was , and the small blind led out for 2,400. Racener folded, and Noam raised to 15,000. The button folded, and the small blind called all in for his remaining stack of roughly 13,000.
Noam:
Small blind:
The board filled out with the and the , securing the hand for Noam.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Danny Noam |
31,200
16,200
|
16,200 |
Mike Leah called another players all-in on a flop, having him covered. Leah had , and the all-in player had .
The board completed with a and an , and Leah made two bigger pair than the all-in player to take down the pot and chip up nicely. The eliminated player then let his frustrations out on the dealer, cursing and swearing at her and suggesting she was to blame for his fate.
When Leah stood up for the dealer, the player then directed his anger at Leah, and a tournament staff had to summon security to escort the gentlemen from the table.
Leah calmly kept adding his new chips to his stack with a wry smile about his face.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Leah |
39,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
British mixed-game specialist Adam Owen is here in the field today, but you might have to do a double take if you recognize him. That's because Owen took a trip to the hair salon today, thanks to a prop bet that he recently lost. Here was the breakdown according to Owen himself:
What started out as a prop bet between Owen and a friend quickly turned into a ten-person competition. The stipulations were that whoever bagged the least amount of chips at the end of Day 1 of the Main Event would have to dye a streak of color into the middle of their hair. As it turns out, five players finished tied for last place... all with 0 chips. So earlier today, they all headed to the salon, and Owen got a broad stream of red right down the middle of his hair.
Being a good sport about it, Owen said they have all agreed to do this again in the Colossus next year!
A player in middle position raised to 450. Ben Debow was on the button and three-bet to 1,250. The original raiser called.
The flop was , and the middle-position player check-called Debow's bet of 1,650. The turn was the , and again, Debow's bet of 3,000 was check-called. The river was the , and middle position checked again. Debow moved all in for 5,200. After taking a while to think, John Monnette called for a clock. As the floorperson arrived to the table, the player in middle position called.
Debow showed for trip aces, and his opponent tabled for two pair, sending the pot to Debow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Debow
|
22,500
22,500
|
22,500 |
Jorge Espinoza got it all in preflop with pocket rockets against ace-king off for roughly 20,000. The player with ace king had him covered and after the board ran out Espinoza got the full double, giving him a healthy stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jorge Espinoza |
41,500
41,500
|
41,500 |