"Come on, hold up baby," David Huertas whispered as he paced out of his chair in a preflop all in.
He held and had an opponent all in and at risk with . The board ran out clean for the aces, and he collected his opponent's stack of about 11,000, exhaling deeply and wiping sweaty hands on his pants as he did so.
Camden Dowhower opened from early position to 350 and found a caller from the player on the button before Zhihao Zhang three-bet the small blind to 1,800.
The big blind passed and Dowhower cut out a four-bet of 4,200. The button folded before Zhang announced he was all-in for slightly under 17,000. Dowhower shrugged and committed his final roughly 16,100 and the cards were tabled.
Dowhower:
Zhang:
With Zhang in dominating shape, the dealer spread board to ensure Zhang's kings held true as he virtually doubled to over 33,000 while Dowhower was eliminated.
Derek Gomez won two huge big pots in Level 1, the latter of which saw him bust an opponent.
First, he fired 2,300 in a blind battle on a board of , and his opponent called. On the river, Gomez bet 4,100 and his opponent folded.
Shortly after that, Gomez bet 400 on a flop from the button, and an opponent under the gun made it 1,600 to go. Gomez called, and the peeled off. His opponent bet 2,700, and Gomez made it 6,100. The player under the gun almost beat him to the pot pushing all in for about 13,000, and Gomez snap-called.
Gomez:
Under the gun:
Gomez had his opponent drawing stone dead with the nut flush, and the was the meaningless river.
From early position, Aaron Schoch opens to 225 and Noel Edwards defends his big blind to see a flop.
Edwards checks and Schoch continues for 275 before Edwards check-raises to 625. Schoch pauses, and then calls as the lands on the turn and Edwards bets out 700.
Schoch calls, but when the river lands the , he folds to Edwards' bet of 1,100.
Following a few announcements from the Tournament Director and Run It Up Reno festival host Jason Somerville, the cards are now in the air for the Tuesday Takeoff.
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was checked round to Huot who bet out 700 with only Rexford calling as the turn landed the 
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on the river.
. The board ran out clean for the aces, and he collected his opponent's stack of about 11,000, exhaling deeply and wiping sweaty hands on his pants as he did so.
board to ensure Zhang's kings held true as he virtually doubled to over 33,000 while Dowhower was eliminated.
, and his opponent called. On the 
river, Gomez bet 4,100 and his opponent folded.
peeled off. His opponent bet 2,700, and Gomez made it 6,100. The player under the gun almost beat him to the pot pushing all in for about 13,000, and Gomez snap-called.
was the meaningless river.
, Honor bet out 1,500 with Cobb calling.
went check, check before Honor tossed in 5,000 when the river landed the 
lands on the turn and Edwards bets out 700.