Al Riccobono is doing well in his heads-up match. Preflop the other player raised and Al Riccobono re-raised. His opponent called and the flop came . Riccobono bet out again and his opponent folded.
After the hand Riccobono's opponent was left with only 5,400 in chips.
Ronnie Bardah went into heads-up play with 26,500 to the 14,500 of Mark Rumbaugh, but Rumbaugh fought his way back and sealed the knockout of Bardah and the table win.
Bardah and Rumbaugh got it all in on the turn when the board read Bardah showed and Rumbaugh showed for trips. The river was the and Rumbaugh improved to a full house. Bardah hit the rail and won't be joining us for Day 2 tomorrow
The 90-minute dinner break is scheduled to occur in about five minutes, but as is the case with shootout tournaments, the players have the option to play through dinner as long as everyone at the table agrees.
Players opting to skip the dinner break will take a 15 minute break at the end of this level while everyone else goes on the scheduled 90-minute break.
Jameson Painter had Steve Gross down to only 275, but let Gross get a couple double ups before he finally knocked him out.
Gross got his final 275 all in with against the of Painter and the board ran out to double him up to 550.
The next hand Gross got it all in preflop again with against the of Painter. The board ran out and Gross doubled to 1100.
His run wouldn't last forever though, as the two got it all in preflop again the next hand. Gross had to the of Painter and the board ran out to give Painter the knockout and table win. He is our fifth table win already with only a few minutes left to go until the dinner break