Alexander Farahi opened the action with a raise to 30,000 from under the gun, and was called by Hattori Lopez on the button. Once it folded Colleen Long in the big blind, she three-bet all in for 275,000. Farahi then four-bet all in for his stack of 350,000, which made Lopez get out of the way to leave the players heads up, with Long at risk.
Colleen Long: Q♠Q♦
Alexander Farahi: A♣K♦
Long was at risk but ahead for the moment with her pocket queens. The 5♣2♣5♥ changed nothing, but when the A♠ hit on the turn, it put Farahi in front, leaving Long with just two outs and just one card to come. The river was the 3♥ which meant the pair of aces for Farahi were good, to take the pot and eliminate Long.
Action was picked up on the turn with a pot brewing between the small blind Preston Patz and the big blind Di Wu. There was roughly 55,000 in the pot with the board showing 7♠3♠6♣3♣.
After the turn Patz bet out 20,000, before Wu raised to 55,000. Patz then three-bet all in for Wu's stack of 260,000, which he snap called.
Di Wu: 5♥4♦
Preston Patz: A♦3♦
Wu flopped a straight and after Patz turned trips, he would need an ace or the board to pair. He got just that when the river brought the 7♦ to improve Patz to a full house, threes full of sevens to eliminate Wu.
Behzad Teranie raised from under the gun to 21,000 and was called by the big blind Karen Sarkisyan.
The flop came 10♦A♠Q♠ and Sarkisyan checked to Teranie who fired out a bet before Sarkisyan min raised. Then Teranie put Sarkisyan all in for his stack of 150,00 which he called to put himself at risk.
Karen Sarkisyan: A♥9♦
Behzad Teranie: A♦K♠
Both players flopped an ace but Teranie had the lead with his ace-king. The board ran out 7♠ on the turn, and J♥ on the river and the ace-king of Teranie was still best to take the pot and eliminate Sarkisyan.
Sanjeev Kapoor opened the action with a raise to 18,000 from middle position before it folded to Peter Cross who three-bet to 50,000 from the hijack. Once it folded back to Kapoor he made the call to see a flop.
The flop came J♦9♥5♠ and Kapoor check-called a bet of 18,000 from Cross.
After the 7♥ on the turn Kapoor checked to Cross who fired out 50,000. Kapoor then sat in the tank for over two minutes, before another player at the table called the clock. After he was given 30 seconds to act, Kapoor then raised to put Cross all in for his stack of 250,000 and Cross snap called to put himself at risk.
Peter Cross; J♠J♣
Sanjeev Kapoor: K♥10♠
Kapoor jammed right into Cross's set of jacks, saying "That was a misread". Kapoor was left with only a gut shot straight draw to beat the set of jacks, But that draw came right in after the Q♥ hit the river to give Kapoor the straight, and eliminate Cross.
After five Day 1 flight sin the $1,200 Main Event at The Commerce Casino Hold'em Series , the final 51 are set to return for Day 2. This event saw a total of 517 entrants, generating a prize pool of $542,850 which blew past the $300,000 guarantee. The players returning for Day 2 have all locked up a min cash of $2,410 with the top prize being worth $111,520. The chip leading head coming into the final day is Paul W Lee who bagged 930,000 on Day 1e.
Top 10 Day 2 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Paul W Lee
United States
930,000
2
Edgar Diaz
United States
875,000
3
Michael Nia
United States
811,000
4
Ryan Tosoc
United States
808,000
5
Sungmin Cho
South Korea
775,000
6
Bradley Harris
United States
679,000
7
Di Wu
China
674,000
8
Hattori Lopez
United States
654,000
9
Sanjeev Kapoor
United States
609,000
10
Jared Griener
United States
605,000
The most accomplished player still in the field is the Day 1a chip leader, six-time World Series of Poker Bracelet Winner Brian Hastings who bagged 409,000. Hastings was the leader after the first flight, but will find himself in the middle of the pck in chips as the first flight only had 27 entrants.
Brian Hastings
On Day 1b Sungmin Cho ended the night with the chip lead when bagged 775,000.
After Day 1c Hattori Lopez saw himself end the night as chip leader when he finished with 654,000.
Bradley Harris was down to 8,500 chips early on Day 1d, but ended the night chip leading when he bagged 679,000.
Our overall chip leader came in the largest of the five flights, with Paul W Lee leading the way coming into Day 2 with 930,000.
$1,200 Main Event Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$111,520
10-12
$9,390
2
$78,140
13-15
$7,870
3
$50,250
16-18
$6,460
4
$33,440
19-21
$5,370
5
$25,730
22-24
$4,520
6
$21,310
25-27
$3,770
7
$17,890
28-36
$3,070
8
$14,520
37-45
$2,740
9
$11,160
46-51
$2,410
Day 2 action is set to begin at 11:00 a.m. local time on Level 14 at the 3000/5000/5000 blind levels with 5:09 left on the clock. Players will play 40-minute levels until they reach the final table, when they will go to 60-minute levels. There will be 15-minute break after every two hours of play.
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