A player under the gun min-raised to 100, Sorel Mizzi called from middle position, and three more players called as well (hijack, button, and big blind). The flop came . It checked to Mizzi who bet 350, and the button called. Then it folded back to the preflop raiser who reraised to 1,825, Mizzi -- with one add-on chip left behind -- called with the rest of the chips he had left in play, and the button folded.
Mizzi showed for the super-mechagodzilla wrap and spade flush draw, while his opponent had for top set. "Run it twice?" said Mizzi's oppenent. "Three times," Mizzi answered with a chuckle.
The turn brought the , giving Mizzi his flush, but the river was the , filling up Mizzi's opponent. There's no running it twice here, but Mizzi does still have life with that one last add-on chip. He starts the next hand with 1,500.
Six players limped in to see the pot, among them the always-active Tom Dwan from under the gun. The flop came . It checked to the player in the hijack seat who bet the pot, everyone else folded back to Dwan who reraised to 1,500. "All right," said Dwan's opponent, accepting the "durrrr" challenge by calling with his remaining chips (he had both add-ons behind).
Dwan showed and his opponent . The turn was the and river the , meaning Dwan took the low and his opponent the high with his set of deuces.
Dwan presently sits with about 3,300 in play and one 1,500 add-on chip behind.
An under-the-gun player limped and set the example for Phil "Unabomber" Laak in the hijack and the player on the button. The small blind got out of the way, while the big blind checked his option. It was four-way action to the flop, which everyone checked.
Action then checked to Laak on the turn, prompting him to bet 225. The button was the only player to fold as the was put out on the river. Again action checked to Laak, and this time he bet 825, nearly the size of the pot. This time the bet proved enough to clear the field, allowing Laak to take down the pot without a showdown.
We came in as Humberto Brenes was standing up and his little toy shark was on top of his stack and in the middle. Erick Lindgren had made the call on the flop of with for Kings and a low draw. Humberto showed for a set of aces.
The turn was the gin card for Lindgren as he made a wheel and looked poised to take Humberto's stack, but Humberto yelled in his Humberto way, "Pairrrrr theeeee boarrdddddddd," and sure enough, the came on the river and Humberto said it again in a victorious way, "PAIRRR THEEEE BOARRRDDDDD." The two chopped up the pot and Brenes maintains about starting stack with 4,500.
Bryan Micon and his tablemates are trying to estimate an over/under for the number of entrants we'll ultimately see in this one. The big board is currently showing that 848 players have ponied up the $1,500 to play. It sounds like the consensus as Micon's table is over 900 will be showing for sure, perhaps even pushing 1,000.
As they talked, a hand arose in which a player limped from the cutoff and both blinds called, with Micon in the BB. The flop came three low hearts -- -- and it checked to the cutoff who bet 100. Only Micon called. The turn was the , bringing a bet of 100 from Micon. His opponent raised the pot, and after some thought Micon let it go. His opponent showed his hand -- -- as he scooped the small pot.
Micon has close to 2,000 in play, plus two 1,500 add-on chips behind as we approach the end of Level 2.
We came in to this hand when Tom Schneider had moved the last of his stack to the middle on a flop. Schneider held another all in player held and another player had .
The turn and river were kind to Schneider as the and gave him a straight for half the high and the nut-low for half the low. Schneider came out of the pot with 2,500 and although he is grinding the short stack, he has lived to fight for another pot early here on Day 1.
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. It checked to Mizzi who bet 350, and the button called. Then it folded back to the preflop raiser who reraised to 1,825, Mizzi -- with one add-on chip left behind -- called with the rest of the chips he had left in play, and the button folded.
for the super-mechagodzilla wrap and spade flush draw, while his opponent had 
for top set. "Run it twice?" said Mizzi's oppenent. "Three times," Mizzi answered with a chuckle.
, giving Mizzi his flush, but the river was the 
, filling up Mizzi's opponent. There's no running it twice here, but Mizzi does still have life with that one last add-on chip. He starts the next hand with 1,500.
. It checked to the player in the hijack seat who bet the pot, everyone else folded back to Dwan who reraised to 1,500. "All right," said Dwan's opponent, accepting the "durrrr" challenge by calling with his remaining chips (he had both add-ons behind).
and his opponent 
and river the 
, meaning Dwan took the low and his opponent the high with his set of deuces.
turn, prompting him to bet 225. The button was the only player to fold as the 
for Kings and a low draw. Humberto showed 
for a set of aces.
came on the river and Humberto said it again in a victorious way, "PAIRRR THEEEE BOARRRDDDDD." The two chopped up the pot and Brenes maintains about starting stack with 4,500.
-- as he scooped the small pot.
flop. Schneider held 
another all in player held 
.