Osvaldo Legrand got it all in pre-flop for his remaining stack of roughly 32,000 against Greg Hustad who had him well covered.
Greg Hustad:
Osvaldo Legrand:
The flop was looking good for Legrand who had just tripled up 20-minutes earlier. The turn was painful, however when the hit the board. The river bricked off the and unfortunately for Legrand, he wasn't able to hold when he needed to the most.
With 30 minutes left in play tonight, we have a few players who have stacks of over 100,000, but two players are starting to plow ahead of the group. Ken Aldridge and Mark Jun are both at over 150,000 and going strong as play is about to wrap up. We will find out shortly if one of them will end the day at the top of the heap.
Adam Owen went heads up to a flop of , and the big blind checked to Owen, who fired out 2,100. His opponent went for the check raise to 5,200, and Owen thought for about a minute before he moved all in.
His opponent went into the tank for a while, never looking too comfortable about the decision. He asked for a count, and it was 28,900 total. Eventually he called, and told Owen, "you're ahead," when he saw Owen's hand.
Owen:
Opponent:
The on the turn was great for Owen, as an eight was no longer good for his opponent. The river gave him a sweat, but it was the , securing the double up for him to 65,000.
We have hit ten minutes on the clock, and that means the floor staff has drawn for a number of hands. Tonight that is four. Once every table has played four hands, we will be done for the night.
Terry Schumacher was in the cutoff and raised to 2,500. the button called, as well as the small blind and big blind.
The flop was and the small blind led for 5,000. The big blind folded and Schumacher raised to 12,000. The button folded and the small blind called.
The turn was the and the small blind checked. Schumacher moved all in covering the small blind who tanked. After a couple of minutes a clock was called and the small blind put the rest of her chips in. Schumacher tabled and the small blind showed .
The river was the and Schumacher goes into Day 2 in a much more comfortable position.
La première des trois journées d'ouverture du WSOP Little One for One Drop s'est déroulée dans la salle Miranda en marge du Jour 2AB du Main Event dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi. 687 joueurs ont déboursé au moins 1000$ (un bonus de 5000 jetons contre 111$ reversés intégralement à la fondation One Drop est possible, ndlr) et 117 participants ont emballés des jetons après 10 niveaux de jeu. Aucun tricolore n'a pour l'instant validé son ticket pour le Jour 2.
C'est l'Américain Ken 'Teach' Aldridge qui a connu le meilleur départ en terminant avec 199 000 jetons. Il est suivi par ses compatriotes Lawrence Engerman (183,400) et Mark Jun (181,200).
Le Tchèque Pavel Plesuv (105 000) et le Belge Terry Shumacher (102 000) ont bien débuté eux aussi alors que le récent vainqueur WSOP Tom Koral (22,200) mais aussi Adam Owen (92,800), Joe Elpayaa (75,600), Ray Henson (58,500) et Brian Hastings (16,800) sont passés.
Jason Mercier (91,000), David 'ODB' Baker (59,300), Thomas Taylor (57,100) et Mike Leah (14,300) ont aussi emballé un stack alors qu'ils sont qualifiés pour le Jour 2C du Main Event. S'ils se qualifient pour le Jour 3 sur le tournoi principal, ils devront multitabler dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi !