With roughly 8,500 in the middle on a board, Uri Reichenstein bet 5,600 in early position and Bin Weng put out a stack of pink T-5,000 chips to put Reichenstein to the test.
Reichenstein went into the tank for a minute or two before tossing his cards into the muck to concede the pot.
With roughly 25,000 in the pot on a completed board of , Ariel Mantel was in the big blind and had a bet of 20,000 in front of him. His button opponent thought about it and folded to concede the pot to Mantel without a showdown.
In the guest department, Chad sat with Wynn's director of poker operations Ryan Beauregard, and tournament director Ray Pulford to preview the upcoming Wynn Millions, which runs from February 21-March 20. Chad also caught up with 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Niner Steve Begleiter for a "Where Are They Now" session. Begleiter shares memories and highlights from his run, which includes a Phil Ivey story you don't want to miss!
Kristopher Templeman was off to a fire-hot start after doubling up in the first hand through Elvis Toomas, who moved in blind after losing a last-longer prop bet.
But the hot start was short-lived and Templeman had lost all of those chips along with the rest of his stack before the end of Level 1.
Elvis Toomas knew what he was going to do in the first hand of the Main Event before the cards were even dealt. Toomas recently lost a last-longer prop bet with girlfriend Christina Gollins, which meant he had to move all-in blind in the first hand.
The action folded to Toomas on the button, who kept his word and promptly pushed his stack of 40,000 chips in the middle for a 200x raise. It only took a few seconds for Kristopher Templeman in the small blind to follow suit and commit his full stack to the middle, while the big blind folded.
Elvis Toomas:
Kristopher Templeman:
It was bad news for Toomas as his jack-eight had run smack into the cowboys of Templeman. The flop of did not help Toomas and the runout of sealed his fate as the first player out on Day 1b.
Gollins, meanwhile, is playing a tighter style and sits a few tables away from where her other half busted.
PokerNews was there to capture the hand on video:
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Andrew Moreno has taken his seat and will be looking for a repeat performance from the previous Wynn Millions Main Event, where he took home the title and the $1,460,106 first-place prize following a three-way deal with Clayton Maguire and Toby Lewis.