Sean Perry, Brian Potashnik, and Ben Tollerene are the latest victims returning to the tables with a fresh stack while newcomers Anthony Zinno, Jared Jaffee, Jeff Gross, Bryn Kenney, James Calderaro, and Papablo Cabrera hope for better results.
Chris Johnson raised to 1,200 from middle position and was called by Nick Petrangelo on the button along with the big blind. The flop came and the action checked to Petrangelo who bet 1,500. The big blind folded and Johnson stuck around to see the on the turn.
Both players checked to the on the river and Johnson checked again. Petrangelo placed a bet of 30,000 and Johnson quickly called for his last 16,000 roughly. Petrangelo rolled over for a rivered flush while Johnson rivered a straight with . Unfortunately for Johnson, his tournament ended and Petrangelo stacked his chips.
With around 5,000 in the middle and the board reading , the action was on Mike Watson in the hijack. He made a bet of 3,600 and Erik Seidel called from the big blind.
The river brought the and slowed down all of the action. Both players checked and Seidel showed for a pair of eights and a missed straight draw. Watson turned over to pick up a small pot.
The chips are really starting to fly across the tables here early on Day 1 and some of the players haven't been fortunate enough to keep some in front of them.
Steve O'Dwyer, Jean-Noel Thorel, Jason Koon, and Xixiang Luo have all required a second bullet while Mike Leah has been eliminated and not yet came back.
New faces Dan Shak and Ramin Hajiyev have taken their seat.
There were about 13,000 chips already in the middle and the board read . Timothy Adams bet 3,000 from the small blind, Vladimir Troyanovskiy called from the big blind, and Bryan Potashnik folded from the cutoff.
The fell on the turn and both players checked.
The river brought the and Adams bet 5,000. Troyanovskiy raised to 19,000, sending Adams into the tank. He eventually folded and Troyanovskiy took the pot.
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There were about 21,000 chips in the pot and the board read when we got to the table. Jason Koon was on the button, had already committed a single T-5,000 chip, and was facing a decision for a total of 14,500 from Steffen Sontheimer, who was in the hijack. Koon jammed and Sontheimer quickly called to put Koon at risk.
Sontheimer:
Koon:
Sontheimer was way ahead with the bigger overpair and Koon needed help in order to stay alive. The turn and river changed nothing, so Sontheimer took the pot to send Koon to the rail.