Ryan Olisar was UTG and raised to 450 and action folded around to Michael Mizrachi in the small blind. Mizrachi called and Lars Bonding in the big blind made 1,550 to go. Olisar called and MIzrachi shoved for 12,000.
"i gotta go play the $10k limit tournament," Mizrachi said.
Bonding folded and Olisar called, tabling pocket tens. Mizrachi turned over and the board ran . Mizrachi was out of his seat as the dealer peeled the turn card and already taking his seat in the Limit Hold'em Championship while Olisar was stacking his chips.
Ryan Olisar is continuing to build his chip stack. He and Erica Schoenberg were involved in a hand when Schoenberg raised to 450 from the button and Olisar reraised to 1,325 from the big blind. Schoenberg made the call.
The flop ran out . Olisar bet 1,450 and Schoenberg folded.
Olisar now sits near the top of the leader board with 36,000 in chips
The official numbers have been released and there were 1,378 total entrants. They amassed a prize pool totaling $3,134,950 with first place earning $689,739. Just making the final table off six will be worth $84,549 and a min cash will be $5,235.
We always see (and hear) Jean-Robert Bellande at the poker table, but he hasn't had a ton of success so far at this year's WSOP. Now however, he is near the top of our counts here early on Day 1.
After a few recent hands he is up over 60,000 and no doubt one of our chip leaders. We will be sure to keep you posted on how he does the rest of the day.
A player from middle position raised to 1,200 and Alexander Fitzgerald reraised from the small blind to 3,300. Dee Tiller called and the original raiser folded.
The flop came . Both players checked. The fell on the turn. Fitzgerald checked and Tiller bet 10,000. Fitzgerald folded his cards into the muck.
Fitzgerald still sits with around 92,000 in front of him.
Preflop, Vanessa Rousso raised it up to 700 and a player from the button re-raised it up to 1,675 and she called.
The flop came down , Rousso checked, the late position player bet 1,110 and she called. The turn was the and again the late position player bet out 2,600 and she called.
The river was the and she checked for a third time. The late position player went all in and she called.
He tabled for the rivered nut flush and Rousso mucked and hit the rail.