Table 421 is a very interesting one with David "ODB" Baker, Terrence Chan and Matt Hawrilenko. Two of those just clashed in a hand where we got the action from the flop on. on the table and Baker check-raised from the big blind against Chan who was on the button. Chan made the call and raised when Baker bet out on the -turn. Baker made the call but he checked blind, and folded to a bet by Chan on the river.
Baker won a bit back the next hand when he battled it out with Hawrilenko in a small blind big blind confrontation. In that hand he raised and called the threebet preflop, and check-raised on . That was enough for Hawrilenko to fold his hand.
Daniel Idema checked to a short-stacked Teodoras Dobrovolskis, who bet on a flop of . Idema raised, Dobrovolskis moved all in for less than three bets, and Idema called.
Idema:
Dobrovolskis:
Idema's hand held as the turn and river came , respectively, and Dobrovolskis hit the rail.
Daniel Negreanu just raised it up under-the-gun plus one and he was chatty as always. He invited people to come join him to the flop but only Brent Wheeler in the big blind made the call.
Wheeler checked to Negreanu on and called when the Canadian super star made a bet. On the on the turn he checked once again to Negreanu who again bet. This time a raise followed and Negreanu asked what was going on. "You're raising me now bro?" he asked with a big smile. Negreanu counted his chips and eventually made the call.
Before the river was even out, Wheeler bet out and Negreanu called when the had hit the felt. Wheeler showed his for a turned straight. Negreanu threw his cards away and the fell open on the table. Although we only saw that one card, we're pretty sure Negreanu showed both and revealed he had a set.
"I guess I saved money" said Negreanu who has to continue with just about 3,200 in chips.
Ahmed Mohamed raised in early position, JJ Liu defended her big blind, and the flop came . Liu led out, Mohamed raised, Liu re-raised, Mohamed made it four-bets, and Liu called.
The turn was the , Liu check-called a bet, and the completed the board. Liu check-folded, and Mohamed dragged in the pot.
Tobias Peters raised it up preflop and called when Gal Brisman 3-bet two positions down. Peters check-called a bet on and check-called another one on the on the turn. The river was the and both players checked. Peters announced he had an ace and showed his . Brisman also showed an ace but his had to go into the muck since Peters' kicker played.
"Makkelijk spel he?" said Peters, which is Dutch for "Easy game, huh?".
Kevin MacPhee just walked into the room while the tournament clock was already at 47 minutes left for the level. MacPhee didn't look he was pulling a Hellmuth, he was just late. He started the day with enough chips to miss 13 minutes of play though, so he's still fine.
When we arrived at the table, Phil Ivey led out for a bet on a flop of . Aaron Ogus called.
The turn was the , Ivey fired out another bet, leaving roughly a third of a big bet behind, and Ogus just called. Ivey shot him a look.
"I'm not folding river," Ogus joked.
Before the completed the board, Ivey moved all in. Ogus called.
"Boom," Ivey said, tabling . "Cya."
Ogus showed for a pair of threes.
Ivey abruptly left the table, while the pot was pushed to Ogus. Ogus then stopped the action to take a picture of the board, even though some players objected because they wanted the game to keep moving.
"It's a Phil Ivey knockout," Ogus shot at the player. "It'll take 10 ***damn seconds."
In two and a half hours we're about to start Day 2 of the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event. The plan is to play either 10 levels, or stop when we reach a final table.
From the 645 who started, 177 remain, with local Las Vegas player Thomas Blizniak in the lead with almost 46,000 in chips. Amongst the bigger stacks we see former November Niner Steve Gee (39,800), Nick Schulman (31,800) and Kevin MacPhee (28,700).
The first level of play will be 300/600 (600/1,200 limits). Those blinds will be big for the short stacks we have in the field. Amongst them Todd Witteles (3,500), Phil Ivey (3,900) and Matt Hawrilenko (9,100). But limit can be a swingy game, so we'll see soon enough if these players can swing back into a playable stack.
Follow the action from 2 p.m. as we bring you updates from the very start till the last chips are bagged for the day.
on the table and Baker check-raised from the big blind against Chan who was on the button. Chan made the call and raised when Baker bet out on the 
-turn. Baker made the call but he checked blind, and folded to a bet by Chan on the 
river.
. That was enough for Hawrilenko to fold his hand.
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. Idema raised, Dobrovolskis moved all in for less than three bets, and Idema called.
, 
respectively, and Dobrovolskis hit the rail.
and called when the Canadian super star made a bet. On the 
on the turn he checked once again to Negreanu who again bet. This time a raise followed and Negreanu asked what was going on. "You're raising me now bro?" he asked with a big smile. Negreanu counted his chips and eventually made the call.
had hit the felt. Wheeler showed his 
for a turned straight. Negreanu threw his cards away and the 
. Liu led out, Mohamed raised, Liu re-raised, Mohamed made it four-bets, and Liu called.
completed the board. Liu check-folded, and Mohamed dragged in the pot.
on the turn. The river was the 
and both players checked. Peters announced he had an ace and showed his 
had to go into the muck since Peters' kicker played.
completed the board, Ivey moved all in. Ogus called.
. "Cya."
