Facing a raise to 800 and a call, "Lady Maverick" Vanessa Rousso made it 2,200 with and received action from the initial caller.
With the pot already escalating, the flop came to give Rousso top set. She led for 3,000, only for her opponent to push for 25,000. Rousso made the call.
Although ahead against , Rousso was vulnerable, and had to sweat a turn and river before finally being able to scoop in the pot.
But scoop she did, and as a result, she now boasts a newly constructed stack of around the 70,000 mark.
Barry Greenstein was in early position and raised to 800. The players in Seat 4 and the small blind both called and the three saw a flop of . The small blind checked and Greenstein bet 1,500.
Seat 4 didn't take long to min-raise to 3,000. The small blind quickly folded as did Greenstein, who still has a healthy 45,000 behind.
There always one big stack every break who enthusiastically inquires as to how many the chip leader's got, simply in the hope that for just one hand, they can text their friends and family to say that it's them.
In the orange section, that man is Dan Springfield. Although he can't quite claim to be topping the list, he's mighty close with a meaty 141,000. Even if he doesn't earn a dime in the final level and a half, that figure will put him in good stead heading into Day 2.
Currently there is a player walking round the blue section of the Amazon room.
So? You may be thinking at home while following our coverage. Well the reason it is so blog worthy is the fact that he can't remember where he is seated.
"I think I'm near Phil [Ivey]?" stated the confused player.
"I know I'm in the six seat too" he added.
"Are you sure it was a six seat?" asked the Tournament Director.
The player nodded in accordance before the Tournament Director continued, "Positive?"
"Definitely in the Amazon?" the Tournament Director continued.
"I have like 20,000" the player added.
The Tournament Director and the player in the question kept wondering around the blue section only finding one seat empty; the one seat.
Asking the players on the table who was seated there, they said a guy with a hat.
The lost player wasn't wearing one, but after looking at the table and the players seated his facial expressions grew even more puzzled before he reached under the chair that was placed in seat one and grabbed a black hat.
"Here it is!" he excitedly stated.
Unfortunately for the lost player - or as we discovered Stanley Quinn - he is a little confused at the difference between the one and six seats, as well as his proximity to Mr. Phil Ivey (since he is on the opposite end of the blue section to him).
Tom Braband and a player in the hijack were involved in a hand with a flop of . The hijack checked to Braband who bet 2,100. The hijack made the call and we were headed to the turn.
The turn brought the and the hijack check-called again, this time for 3,200. With the on the river, the hijack checked one last time and Braband bet 10,000. The hijack called all in for his last 8,225.
The player in the hijack showed for a full house and Braband mucked. Braband is now down to 35,000.
J.J. Liu opened with a raise to 800 from middle position. The player to her left then tossed out a single orange (5,000) chip, declaring he was raising to 2,500. The table folded back around to Liu who gave her opponent a quick look, then gathered calling chips and set them forward.
The flop came . Another quick look from Liu, then a bet of 3,100. Her opponent -- down to his last 4,500 -- sat back, exasperated, and after a minute tossed his cards away. "Why not a king?" he asked plaintively.
Liu quietly added the new chips to her stack. She's up to 63,000 now.
Seat 1 got all of his chips in preflop with and was called by Mikael Thuritz's superior . The board ran out and Thuritz sent a player to the rail while increasing his own stack to 35,000.
An under-the-gun player raised to 800 and the next player made the call. Jennifer Harman made the call as was from middle position and the three of them took a flop of .
The original raiser fired 1,200 and the next player raised to 2,600. Harman reraised and made it 6,600. The original raiser mucked, but the next player put in another reraise to 14,600. Harman went into the tank for several minutes before eventually giving it up and dropping back to 27,000 in chips.
Tony Hachem was down to just under 4,000 chips and was sitting in the cutoff when a middle position player raised to 900. Hachem, in the cutoff, re-raised all in with his opponent making the call after getting a count.
Hachem:
Opponent:
Hachem was ahead, but not for long. The flop came and Hachem began to collect his things as the board ran out with the on the turn and the on the river.
Hachem said "Look at this, this is so sick. Nice hand, mate." He shook hands with the players at his table, saying, "Nice playing with you boys" until he got to the player who knocked him out, when he said, "Nice suckout."
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and received action from the initial caller.
, Rousso was vulnerable, and had to sweat a 
turn and 
river before finally being able to scoop in the pot.
. The small blind checked and Greenstein bet 1,500.
. The hijack checked to Braband who bet 2,100. The hijack made the call and we were headed to the turn.
and the hijack check-called again, this time for 3,200. With the 
. Another quick look from Liu, then a bet of 3,100. Her opponent -- down to his last 4,500 -- sat back, exasperated, and after a minute tossed his cards away. "Why not a king?" he asked plaintively.
and was called by Mikael Thuritz's superior 
. The board ran out 
and Thuritz sent a player to the rail while increasing his own stack to 35,000.
.
on the river.