We caught up with the action on a flop. Mike Matusow already has a 3,050 bet in front of him and a player to his left went all in for 8,000. The player in the big blind called off his remaining 3,675 and Matusow called as well - having them both covered.
Matusow:
Middle Position:
Big Blind:
The turn and river came the respectively, giving Matusow the winning flush and shipping him the pot. Both other players were forced to use one of their remaining re-buy chips.
On a board reading , a player in middle position checked, prompting a 2,600 bet from his lone opponent, Vanessa Selbst, from the cutoff. Her opponent called.
The landed on the river and the middle position player went all in, sending Selbst deep into the tank. She eventually slid in a call and her opponent showed for a straight. Selbst mucked and is down to 25,000.
Several of the late registrants in this tournament had to wait until the end of the first level at 6 pm to start their tournament. We were expecting a ton of big names for this, and we were not disappointed.
Andy Black had just taken his seat for the 6 pm wave of players, and on the first hand, he had already gotten all of his chips in the middle. The players were turned up and both had aces, so they were both looking to pair their other cards.
Black:
Opponent:
The flop came , and Black was in trouble as his opponent picked up a pair and a flush draw. He hit two pair when the hit the turn, and the river came the . Black lost the pot, and has reach into his two rebuy chips already.
After a couple of checks, Justin Smith bet 600 into a 1,050 pot on a flop. After a player called out of position, another player check-raised the pot. Smith thought for a minute and moved the rest of his non-rebuy lammer chips into the middle. The third opponent quickly got out of the way and the raiser threw in his final 1,000 in chips.
Both had trip Six's but it was the of Smith's opponent that had his beat. The turn and river bricked out for Smith and he is down to just 5,500 and one rebuy lammer.
On flop, a player in the small blind checked and Jason Mercier bet 950 from middle position. The small blind player re-raised to 2,500 and Mercier shipped in his stack for about 6,500. His opponent called.
Mercier:
Opponent:
The fell on the turn, giving Mercier's opponent the straight and the river bricked for Mercier, who was felted.
Mercier still has two re-buy chips, however, worth 10,000 each.
We came to Bertrand "ElkY' Grospellier's table as he was sliding his whole starting stack into the middle on a board showing . His opponent took a few seconds before calling, and ElkY showed for flopped quads. His opponent looked to be a bit disappointed with ElkY's hand, until he realized that he had a straight flush! He showed , and swore to the table that he didn't realize he had the straight flush until he flipped his hand. Regardless, ElkY had to cash in his add ons, and has 20,000 now.
On a board, four players checked to Annette Obrestad who was in control of the button. She fired 1,000 which was a little less than the pot and two players called her. The river was the and the first two players checked to Obrestad again. She fired 3,600 this time, good enough to get rid of the first player. The second player was sitting directly to her right and decided to make the call.
Obrestad just sighed and said, "You're good." Her opponent tabled for Nine's and Three's which was good enough to ship the pot.
flop. Mike Matusow already has a 3,050 bet in front of him and a player to his left went all in for 8,000. The player in the big blind called off his remaining 3,675 and Matusow called as well - having them both covered.
respectively, giving Matusow the winning flush and shipping him the pot. Both other players were forced to use one of their remaining re-buy chips.
, a player in middle position checked, prompting a 2,600 bet from his lone opponent, Vanessa Selbst, from the cutoff. Her opponent called.
hit the turn, and the river came the 
of Smith's opponent that had his 
river bricked for Mercier, who was felted.
. His opponent took a few seconds before calling, and ElkY showed 
board, four players checked to Annette Obrestad who was in control of the button. She fired 1,000 which was a little less than the pot and two players called her. The river was the