The player under the gun opened for 950 and Nacho Barbero put whatever he was watching on his iPad on pause to move all in for 5,425 on the button. UTG took a moment before he threw in a bunch of yellow T1,000 chips for the call.
Barbero turned over , his opponent then revealed and it was off to the races for Barbero’s tournament life. Unfortunately for him, this race ended badly as the board ran out to eliminate the Team PokerStars Pro. Always a gentleman though, Barbero said “Good game” before he parted.
Danny Ryan was up to 28,000 having been as low as 9,000, however disaster just struck after he suffered against the of Carter Swidler with the board running out to cripple him again. A dejected Ryan has now been left with about 4,000 chips remaining.
Swidler, who has cashed in the past two WSOP Main Events for just over $40,000 each time took a step in the right direction towards another deep run.
After a flop of and already around 8,000 chips in the pot, Tyler Kenney bet out 5,300 and his opponent instantly moved all in for a total of 27,000. With a dejected look on his face Kenney tossed his cards into the muck and his opponent scooped the pot.
We didn't catch the hand, but we saw Justin Smith gather his things, and saw cameras follow him out of the room. He has been eliminated, meaning his 2011 WSOP is done.
We missed the details of the hand, but Dario Minieri was able to double up against an opponent. Minieri's was able to make a straight and he's now sitting on 60,000 chips.
Maxim Lykov raised to 700 from early position and it folded around to the player in the small blind who stacked up and threw out a three-bet, making it to 2,200 total. Lykov made the call and the flop came . Lykov's opponent continued out with a bet of 2,200 and Lykov called.
The turn was the and once again Lykov's opponent bet out 2,200. Lykov called once again and the river brought the . For a third time his opponent bet 2,200. Lykov seemed to have enough of this number, and decided to raise it to 5,600. Lykov's opponent shook his head and dropped in a call. Lykov tabled and his opponent sent his cards sailing toward the muck. This hand brought Lykov up to 48,000 in chips.
Shortly after it was reported to us that Lykov was able to scoop another sizable pot. The details of this hand have been lost to the annuls of history, but we can confirm that Lykov is sitting on a stack of 73,000.
Registration for Day 1b of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event has come to a close, and the official number of entrants is 985 - only 88 more players than Day 1a, and 504 players less than Day 1b of the 2010 Main Event.
Combined, Days 1a and 1b have attracted 1,882 players (732 less than last year), so we're expecting the numbers on Day 1c and Day 1d to be even bigger than previously projected.
Action at Table 295 folded around to the button who made it 700, Vivek Rajkumar in the big blind called and saw a flop. It was here that Rajkumar checked, and his opponent quickly bet out 1,100. Rajkumar took his time to figure out what it was he wanted to do, in the end he decided raise. Rajkumar made it 3,400 to go and his opponent instantly folded in slight disgust. Rajkumar now sits around 50,000 in chips.
We caught up with the action on a flop, where Noah Schwartz check-called a 2,500 bet from his lone opponent.
Schwartz proceeded to check-call a 3,500 bet from his opponent on the turn and a 5,000 bet from his opponent on the river. His opponent revealed for sevens-full. Schwartz revealed a and mucked his hand.
, his opponent then revealed 
and it was off to the races for Barbero’s tournament life. Unfortunately for him, this race ended badly as the board ran out 
to eliminate the Team PokerStars Pro. Always a gentleman though, Barbero said “Good game” before he parted.
of Carter Swidler with the board running out 
to cripple him again. A dejected Ryan has now been left with about 4,000 chips remaining.
and already around 8,000 chips in the pot, Tyler Kenney bet out 5,300 and his opponent instantly moved all in for a total of 27,000. With a dejected look on his face Kenney tossed his cards into the muck and his opponent scooped the pot.
was able to make a straight and he's now sitting on 60,000 chips.
and once again Lykov's opponent bet out 2,200. Lykov called once again and the river brought the 
. For a third time his opponent bet 2,200. Lykov seemed to have enough of this number, and decided to raise it to 5,600. Lykov's opponent shook his head and dropped in a call. Lykov tabled 
and his opponent sent his cards sailing toward the muck. This hand brought Lykov up to 48,000 in chips.
flop. It was here that Rajkumar checked, and his opponent quickly bet out 1,100. Rajkumar took his time to figure out what it was he wanted to do, in the end he decided raise. Rajkumar made it 3,400 to go and his opponent instantly folded in slight disgust. Rajkumar now sits around 50,000 in chips.
river. His opponent revealed 