"All in and a call Table 31," a dealer shouted. We made our way over to discover that David Steicke had gotten his stack of 40,000 or so all in on a flop against Henry Szmelcer.
Steicke:
Szmelcer:
Steicke went with his flush draw, but little did he know he was in big trouble as Szmelcer held a bigger flush draw with a pair. The turn completed the said flushes, but of course Szmelcer's was best. The river was put out on the river, and Steicke wished the table luck, packed up his things, and then exited the tournament area.
Meanwhile, Jason Sole was eliminated when his failed to improve against Dejan Boskovic's .
Joe and Tony Hachem already got knocked out rather early today, thus Anthony was the last hope for a cash in the Main Event. Unfortunately, his short-stack ride came to an end with pocket tens against the of Yu Kurita. The Six-Max finalist from Japan found a jack on the turn to score a vital boost to her stack.
Jonathan Little checked the flop to Frank Kassela, and he bet 4,000. Little check-raised to 11,000, and Kassela made the call to see the land on the turn. Little bet 18,000, and Kassela immediately moved all in. Little had approximately 30,000 behind and tanked before calling it off with the for a combo draw. Kassela had bottom pair with the .
The river completed the board with the , and Little was eliminated. Kassela increased to 255,000 in chips.
On a flop of , Michael Guttman found himself all in for just above 50,000 in chips with . Ryan Hong looked him up with the for trips and stayed ahead until after the on the turn and the on the river.
Oliver Gill raised to 3,200 from under the gun, and Brendon Rubie called from middle position. David Leas called from the hijack seat, and then Aaron Lim called out of the big blind to see the flop come down . Lim and Gill checked, then Rubie bet 6,300. Leas called, Lim folded, and Gill called.
The turn was the , and all three players checked to see the pair the board on the river. All three players checked again.
Rubie showed the , but then Leas showed the . Gill mucked, and it was Leas' hand that was the winner.
Stephen Putsey opened the hijack to 4,000 and Ang Italiano flatted on the button before Francesco Ferraro three-bet the big blind to 15,000. Putsey folded, but Italiano insta-shoved all in for 81,100 total as Ferraro went into the tank before eventually making the call.
Ferraro:
Italiano:
With Italiano in commanding shape to double, the board ensured Italiano scooped a monster pot to climb to 170,000 as Ferraro slipped to roughly 56,000.
A short-stacked Chane Kampanatsanyakorn moved all in for what looked like 13,000 from the button and Sam Higgs tossed in three T-5,000 chips out of the small blind whereas the player in the big blind folded.
Higgs:
Kampanatsanyakorn:
The flop had something for both players but Higgs stayed ahead and did so until after the turn and the river as well.
Kahle Burns raised to 3,400 and got two callers before Chun Lee moved all in from the big blind for 21,600. Burns isolated to scare off the two other players and then tabled . It was a flip against the of Lee and the latter held up on a board of .
Dylan Hortin opened to 3,500 from early position and Scott Calcagno moved all in for 17,600 from the cutoff. Hortin made the call and the cards were tabled.
Calcagno:
Hortin:
The board ran out and Calcagno headed to the rail.
Another level is in the books, and that means it's time for another 15-minute break. Just one more 90-minute level will be played here on Day 2 before players bag and tag for the night.
flop against Henry Szmelcer.
turn completed the said flushes, but of course Szmelcer's was best. The 
river was put out on the river, and Steicke wished the table luck, packed up his things, and then exited the tournament area.
failed to improve against Dejan Boskovic's 
.
of Yu Kurita. The Six-Max finalist from Japan found a jack on the turn to score a vital boost to her stack.
flop to Frank Kassela, and he bet 4,000. Little check-raised to 11,000, and Kassela made the call to see the 
land on the turn. Little bet 18,000, and Kassela immediately moved all in. Little had approximately 30,000 behind and tanked before calling it off with the 
for a combo draw. Kassela had bottom pair with the 
.
, and Little was eliminated. Kassela increased to 255,000 in chips.
, Michael Guttman found himself all in for just above 50,000 in chips with 
. Ryan Hong looked him up with the 
for trips and stayed ahead until after the 
on the river.
, and all three players checked to see the 
, but then Leas showed the 
and Calcagno headed to the rail.
