Registration has been closed for an entire hour and the unofficial field size is 2,563 players.
Once we get word of the official number and the payouts, we will surely pass is along.
Registration has been closed for an entire hour and the unofficial field size is 2,563 players.
Once we get word of the official number and the payouts, we will surely pass is along.
An under-the-gun player opened to 600 and Mike "SirWatts" Watson made it 1,625 to go from late position. Action folded back to the original raiser and he went all in for about 2,000 more. Watson called instantly.
Watson:
UTG:
The board rolled out and Watson is up to roughly 19,000.
John Juanda has been chipping up all day and is comfortably above 10,000 chips.
In one particular hand a short-stacked player open shoved for 1,675 on the button and Juanda called from the small blind. The big blind released and the hands were tabled:
Juanda:
Shorty:
The flop all but ended and the on the turn made it official. The hit the river, but Juanda's opponent was already gone.
Juanda is now up near 12,000 chips.
A middle-position player shoved for 3,550 and Liv Boeree called from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and the hands were revealed:
Opponent:
Boeree:
The board fell and Boeree doubled up her opponent. However, she is still sitting on a stack of about 8,000.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Amit "amak316" Makhija shoved on the button for roughly 1,500 and Annette Obrestad deliberated for a little while in the small blind. She opted to give it up, but the big blind called immediately.
Makhija:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Makhija was sent to the rail just before Level 4.
After a series of raises, Lee Watkinson and an opponent got it all in on a flop of .
Watkinson held against his opponent's . The board ran , and Watkinson is now below 1,000 chips.
A three-way all in just occurred at Joe Cada's table with Cada with having both of his opponents covered. An early position player raised to 450 and next to act, a short-stacked player moved all in for 1,825. Cada was next and he shoved.
Action folded around to the early position raiser and he made the all-in call with . Cada tabled and the short stack turned over .
The board ran out and Cada took a hit down to about 5,000.
On a board with about 2,000 in the middle, Craig Marquis bet roughly 1,300. His opponent re-raised all in and Marquis made the call, only to see his was second best to his opponent's .
Marquis is left with under 500 in chips.
Minneapolis Jim Meehan is a talker, there's no denying that, but his table chatter today has been at an all-time high.
"Today would be the day I forget my earbuds," John "The Razor" Phan groaned at the table.
"Do you want an hour of silence, Jonathan? Meehan asked him.
"Take it!" tablemate Brandon Cantu pleaded. "Take it!"
Indeed Pham accepted and Meehan reached in his back pocket for some paper, grabbed a pen and wrote down the time; 2:55 p.m.
Silence is golden, at least for the hour at hand.