Juego con responsabilidad.
Barny Boatman seems to be on a rush, swelling his stack to 15,000. He must own one of the bigger stacks in the tournament at the moment, although it is very early days indeed.
Asked how he had got his chips he told us, “Combination of things really, you know how it goes.”
Oh, how we wish we did, Barny. We wish we did.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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15,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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Marcel Luske and Humberto Brenes are sitting not that far away from each other, while Darvin Moon has more than doubled his stack by now.
Unfortunately, this is not the case for Ian "The Raiser" Frazer as his roller coaster ride has come to an end. He raised with 
and found an ace on the flop. However, an opponent had just flat-called him with 
and the better kicker held up after the chips went in.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
8,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
6,500
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,900
3,900
|
3,900 |
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Eliminado | |
Mike Sexton was riding a short stack for most of Level 4, and his last 700 or so went into the middle when he woke up with an ace in the hole.
Unfortunately for Sexton, his 
was dominated by Fadel Safar's 
, and the final board ran out clean to leave Sexton with no pair — and no chips.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,400
4,400
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4,400 |
|
Eliminado | |
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When we browsed through the tables in the Brasilia room, we noticed two more familiar faces from Europe. One of them is John Duthie, founder of the European Poker Tour. The other is Mick McCloskey, an icon of poker in Ireland. Both already had a decent start and were able to increase their stacks.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500 | |
|
5,700 |
A number of the field qualified online for this tournament so we set out to see if we could track them down.
Ivan Teves, Michael Odeh, and Brian King were seated at tables that have broken already, so they may still be in but have been scattered throughout the field. We’ll try to catch them later.
Stephen Kaufman has been eliminated as has Maureen Feduniak who reportedly got it all in with versus her opponent’s only to see the river bring her opponent a straight.
Another qualifier, Joe Glazier, is very much still in. He told us that he had entered a $15 single re-buy and single add-on tournament and taking advantage of one of each he qualified for just $46.50. Not only that, he has run his stack up to nearly 9,000.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,900
8,900
|
8,900 |
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott was one of the original stars to emerge from the early days of Late Night Poker and ESPN's first broadcasts of the World Series of Poker, as the Englishman employed an aggressive style which was ahead of its time back before and during the first few years after the Moneymaker Boom.
Ulliott was also known for his sharp wit and even sharper tongue, as the "Devilfish" routinely harangued opponents in his inimitable way, but today he is here to make friends. The following tweet issued by Mohsin Charania contains a cool photo of Ulliott signing $100 bills for fans at his table, so click on over and take a look at a legend in action:
Here's a great picture of @devilfish2011 signing a $100 bill for the fans @Tim0theeAdams http://t.co/Oyni8lD6zuFollow @chicagocards1
When we last saw Todd Rebello he had just finished bagging up the biggest stack in play after Day 1b of the $3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship.
Rebello failed to capitalize on the early momentum and earn a cash in that event, but he is back at it again here today, climbing in the chip counts after a recent hand saw him generate a huge preflop pot that was ultimately pushed his way.
A short-stacked player tossed his last 75 chips into the pot from under the gun, and Rebello limped in for 150 from middle position, with another player in late position following suit.
The button then decided to try the squeeze play and he raised to 600, but the small blind was having none of it, and he flatted the big raise. Rebello called the bet, too, as did the late position limper, and the foursome saw a flop of 
fall to the felt. After the small blind tapped the table Rebello jammed for his last 2,200, and the power play forced his trio of opponents to get out of the way.
Rebello then tabled 
for flopped trips, and his hand held up through the turn and river against the shorty's 
.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
4,400
4,400
|
4,400 |
The screens now show 4,407 entries for the $1,000 Seniors Event at the WSOP 2014 and that means we already have more players than last year when the previous record attendance was set. How many more will we get? Late registration is open for another two-and-a-half levels plus the dinner break.
Just when we walked to the Amazon room again to check out who is still left there, we stumbled upon Peter Kamaras in the hallway and that can only mean one thing — he is out. The Hungarian had three-bet with 
then found top pair on the flop followed by a gutshot on the turn. But his all-in shove ran into nicely hidden pocket kings and the river blanked.
"I am not going to lay down 30 big blinds there. He raised all the time," explained Kamaras.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
"I have never seen to many pocket pairs in my life," James Woods said when we arrived on his table in the Amazon Purple section. "Aces versus aces, pocket nines four times, kings, queens." Another opponent added "I had three boats in my life and now already three in two hours," confirming that it indeed seems to be an action table thus far.
The actor was down to 1,500 chips early on, but fought his way back to above starting stack.
Meanwhile over in the Amazon room we have already lost the entire Tan section, and nine tables of the Orange section are empty as well.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
3,100
100
|
100 |
