Despite successfully building a stack of over 20,000 in the early levels Michael Tran told Pokernews he ran into aces all-in pre and is now on his second bullet.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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5,000
-23,000
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-23,000 |
Summertime brings a special event for gamblers – the World Series of Poker. In honor of that event, this month’s episode of True Gambling Stories features one the world’s best-known poker tales. It’s the story of how one of the most famous American Lawmen of the Old West met his ultimate demise at the card table. Dead Man's Hand has become synonymous with Wild Bill Hickok, and here's all the card-playing, gun-fighting history.
Guests this week include: Jim McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street who also has a new story that is part of the new anthology "He Played for his Wife and Other Stories"; Aaron Woodard, author of the new book "The Revenger: The Life and Times of Wild Bill Hickok"; and Louie Lalonde, owner Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood, S.D.
Niveau: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
After an open to 900 from under the gun and a flat from Sasha Barrese in middle position, Renan Niehues announced "pot" to bump it to 4,450. The button four-bet jammed for his remaining stack of 4,000 with the UTG player and Barrese getting out of the way.
Niehues tabled 
and was behind the button's 
. That would not remain the case for long as a 
was shown in the window to reveal a flop of 
putting Niehues well in the lead. The 
turn and 
river then made Niehues kings full of queens, cracking his opponent's aces and sending him to the exit.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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17,000
17,000
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17,000 |
Tournament pro Marty Mathis is currently at starting stack for the sixth time today. Bullet number one was a mere 70 minutes ago as Mathis vies for a share of the growing prize pool.
The field has nearly tripled in size from the original 392 players who began the day at the start of Level 1 to 1,064 at present. Registration is open until the start of Level 9, around 2:20 p.m.
Arriving at the table to see a multi-way pot with Greg Raymer, Michael Constantine, and another player all in on a flop of 
, Raymer was sitting with only 700 chips behind.
The turn brought a 
with the action checking through. The river revealed another queen in the 
and it checked around again. Constantine rolled over for trip queens with Raymer and the other player tossing their hands into the muck. The 25,000-chip pot slid in Constantine's direction, leaving Raymer with under two big blinds.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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700
-5,300
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-5,300 |
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Niveau: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 0
With the half-hour levels and starting stack size, Day 1 is proving to be a get-up or get-out day as stacks will grow quickly upwards or fall to the felt as we charge on through the first starting flight. Right now Ben Ponzio leads with others such as Vivian Saliba and Sasha Barrese accumulating chips.
Among the growing number of eliminations today are Michael Tran, and Greg Raymer. Tran fired a second bullet, but was unable to survive in this flight.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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65,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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33,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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The players are currently on their second break of the day for 20 minutes. Although play only commenced four hours ago, 769 players so far have busted the massive field of 1,167 entries. Registration will close at the end of the break, but players are still able to register this event by playing the second flight which will begin at 5:00 p.m.
