Wondering over to Isaac Haxton's table we found that he had virtually tripled up during this first level.
With a seat empty, it would be logical to assume that he had stacked that player, but along with that he has managed to accumulate a further stack of chips to be the current chip leader of the day on a table that features Cody Slaubaugh and Brock Parker.
Zach Gruneberg after winning an A$1,000 Limit Hold'em side event at the 2009 Aussie Millions.
WSOP Rookie Zach "HustlerGrune" Gruneberg is in the field today. This is his maiden voyage at the series, and he was kind enough to sit down with the PokerNews Podcast crew this morning to discuss his first summer in Vegas.
It is not uncommon to find to friends sitting on the same table - even with a player field of over 700 players.
However two best friends have managed to find a seat together with Eric Baldwin and Justin Young seated together. They were soon joined by Allen Bari, and there is no doubt that there will be a little spice on this table!
It is no surprise that an event like this attracts the highest quality field, and with people still in line registering, here are a few more late stragglers that have waltzed through the door.
Jason Mercier has just arrived at taken a seat at a table with fellow poker pro Kathy Liebert.
"Heat is on now," Liebert said.
Upon sitting down, Mercier asked, "What are the blinds at?" When a player beside him replied, "Fifty, seventy-five," Mercier said, "Sillyness...lets get the blinds up."
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with roughly 2,000 in the pot we found Daniel Negreanu leading out for 1,725 into Sergey Rybachenko.
rolled off on the river, he folded to Negreanu's 4,100-chip bet.
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and roughly 9,000 in the pot, we found Dan Smith firing out a bet of 5,000.
