The second of three starting flights in the Little One for One Drop saw a grand total of 1,220 entries, and Neng Lee was in the pole position of the 197 who bagged chips with 214,700. Hot on his heels is Chunlei Yuan, who scored quite an entertaining knockout of Jesse Yaginuma earlier in the day. He bagged up 201,400, and is the only other player over the 200,000 marker.
Joining those two in the bagging process tonight are three players who are looking for another bracelet this summer. David Bach bagged up 78,700 in his quest for the rare triple bracelet in the same year. Upeshka De Silva (91,400) and Ben Yu (83,800) are also looking to pick up another piece of hardware to end the summer.
Other notables who will be coming back on Friday are Paul Volpe (138,200), Dan Heimiller (127,300), Daniel Strelitz (77,200), and Jeff Gross (18,200).
Of course, not everyone was as fortunate as the above mentioned players. Some of the many players who came and went today were Allen Kessler, Maurice Hawkins, Martin Jacobson, James Calderaro, William Kassouf, John Racener, Calvin Anderson, Chris Klodnicki and Kelly Minkin.
All of these players will have one more chance to qualify in Thursday's Flight 1C, which will likely be the biggest one of the event. With unlimited re-entries available, the chips will be flying, as players are hoping to end the summer with a bang. The action will be starting up at 3 p.m., so be sure to come back here for all of your updates!
"This is the table you want to watch," big stack Chunlei Yuan said. "Watch this hand."
Yuan raised it up to 1,400 in early position, and the button called. Jesse Yaginuma was in the small blind, and after about 20 seconds in the tank, he moved all in.
"You're watching right? This is the hand," Yuan said as he announced all in over the top. The button wasn't thrilled with proceedings, and reluctantly folded his hand to lead to an all in showdown.
Yuan:
Yaginuma:
The table got a good laugh as the cards were tabled, but Yuan was undeterred. "All good I win this one," he said, and sure enough, the flop came down , giving him a broadway draw and the nut flush draw. The hit the turn, and Yaginuma was left drawing to a chop. The hit the river, leading to continued laughter from the table. Even Yaginuma had a smile on his face in the aftermath of that hand as he got up to leave.
Yuan stacked his new chips, and he is one of the chip leaders with 125,000.
Kevin Martin was in early position and moved in for his remaining 7,225. Ilya fisher was on the button and called.
Ilya Fisher:
Kevin Martin:
The flop was very hopeful for Martin, as it came . The turn changed nothing when the was flipped over, and Martin needed to connect on the river if he was to stick around. The filled out the board, though, spelling the end for the popular Canadian star of Twitch and reality television.
Martin has been spreading the love around the Rio with a big shoutout to his buddy K.L., which you can find out about by clicking on this link.
Fisher has a very workable stack now and looks to continue his run throughout the rest of the night.
With the board reading and the pot having about 12,500 in it, two players remained. The player in early position checked, and William Kassouf fired out a bet of 6,625. "Rainbow bet, all the colours of the rainbow." he said before his opponent called.
The river was the , and again, the opponent checked to Kassouf. After getting a count of his counterpart's remaining stack, Kassouf fired out a bet of 12,000, which was enough to put his opponent all in.
The opponent tanked for several minutes saying, "This is a doozy."
After Kassouf attempted to find out what his opponent had and was thinking about, the opponent called. Kassouf tabled for a flush, and the opponent showed for two pair.
Valentin Vornicu raised to 525 from the cutoff, and Paul Volpe three-bet to 1,500 from the button. The blinds got out of the way, and Vornicu called.
The flop came , and Vornicu checked. Volpe bet 1,300, and Vornicu shoved for 9,625. After brief consideration, Volpe folded, and Vornicu took the pot.
Vornicu also informed the PokerNews Live Reporting team that he had just chipped up in the previous hand, as well. The player under the gun raised to 800 before the flop, Vornicu called with from the button, and the big blind called. The flop fell , and action checked through. The turn was the , and the big blind checked. The preflop raiser bet 800, Vornicu called, and the big blind folded. On the river, the preflop raiser bet 2,250. Vornicu shoved for 5,950, and his opponent showed a jack and folded.
The second of three starting flights of Event #74: $1,111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em begins at 3 p.m. local time at the 2017 World Series of Poker. Last year, Michael Tureniec came out on top of a field of 4,360 entries, defeating Calvin Anderson heads-up to win his first bracelet and $525,520.
Tuesday's Flight A had a total of 687 entries, 113 of which bagged chips at the conclusion of play. Bracelet winner Ken "Teach" Aldridge had the most with a stack of 199,000, and several highly accomplished players advanced to Day 2, including Jason Mercier (91,000), David "ODB" Baker (59,300), and Brian Hastings (16,800).
Day 1 play consists of 10 one-hour levels with 20-minute breaks every two levels. Late registration will be available through the end of Level 6, which will be at about 9:40 p.m., and players can reenter as many times as they wish until registration closes. Players can elect to give a $111 donation to One Drop and receive an extra 5,000 chips on top of their 5,000 chip starting stack. You can read up on the One Drop foundation and how to get involved by clicking here.
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, giving him a broadway draw and the nut flush draw. The 
hit the turn, and Yaginuma was left drawing to a chop. The 
hit the river, leading to continued laughter from the table. Even Yaginuma had a smile on his face in the aftermath of that hand as he got up to leave. 
. The turn changed nothing when the 
was flipped over, and Martin needed to connect on the river if he was to stick around. The 
filled out the board, though, spelling the end for the popular Canadian star of Twitch and reality television.
and the pot having about 12,500 in it, two players remained. The player in early position checked, and William Kassouf fired out a bet of 6,625. "Rainbow bet, all the colours of the rainbow." he said before his opponent called.
for a flush, and the opponent showed 
for two pair.
, and action checked through. The turn was the 
river, the preflop raiser bet 2,250. Vornicu shoved for 5,950, and his opponent showed a jack and folded.
