On a flop of we saw 800 go in a person with three players involved, though we must admit we didn't see the order the chips went in. On the turn the appeared and the small blind, a lady in middle position, and Fedor Holz in the cutoff all checked.
The river came the and the small blind bet 1,500. The player in middle position made the call and Holz over called after frowning for a bit.
The small blind his face told us he didn't have much, but he did show a flush with the . That was enough to beat the player in middle position as she mucked her cards. Holz then tabled his and took down the pot. Good start for Holz who also made the $100,000 Challenge final table.
After a raise and a call it was Kitty Kuo who over called from the big blind. The flop came and Kuo checked to the initial raiser. A bet of 650 followed and the first player got out of the way. Kuo made the call however, and check called another 1,625 on the turn as well.
The river came the and Kuo checked. Her opponent bet a hefty 3,900 and Kuo called. The initial raiser showed for a missed flush draw, the pot went to Kuo who had a missed (turned) flush draw of her own, but had also hit a pair with her .
With around 6,000 in the pot and a board reading , Daniel Neilson bet 5,400 from the hijack in to his opponent in the cutoff. That player gave it some thought, but ultimately decided to release his hand.
Meanwhile, at a nearby table, there was approximately 1,500 in the pot and a board reading when the players in the big blind and cutoff checked to Martin Kozlov on the button. He over-bet the pot to the tune of 3,500, and it did the trick as both his opponents released.
There's still 15 minute remaining in Level 1, and Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel is already sitting with 80,000! To put that in perspective, only 26 players from Day 1a and 24 from Day 1b bagged up more than that — and that was after the full seven levels of play!
We missed the hands that vaulted Seidel to the early chip lead, but as we understand it he scored the first elimination of Day 1c to get there.
With 1,900 in the pot and a board reading , Thomas Muehloecker bet 1,250 from the hijack and his opponent called from the button. After the completed the board on the river, Muehloecker fired out 2,500 and his opponent wasted little time in calling with the . Muehlocker then tabled the for the same hand. Chop it up!