Oliver Gill Gaber got check-raised on the turn with the board reading . He immediately called. The river was a , which prompted his opponent to move all in right away.
"Wow," Gill Gaber said. "Can you beat the smallest full house out there?"
He announced a call, and his opponent turned over for aces full.
"Nice hand," Gill Gaber said, who then reaffirmed that he had a full house as well.
Olivier Busquet is up to 43,000 and is cruising in this tournament.
Our field reporter Matt Whitefield caught him in a hand where one player was all in for 6,400 with and Busquet called with . By the river the board read and Busquet's nines held.
A player in early position moved all in for 3,800. Eric Baldwin, in late position, asked for a count, then he moved all in over the top. Everyone else folded.
Baldwin:
Early position:
The flop came , and Baldwin's ace-high stayed in the lead. An on the turn left his opponent drawing dead, and Baldwin is now at about an average stack.
"You're getting pretty good at this," his neighbor remarked.
Eric Salinas got it all in with against Allyn Shulman's . The ladies weren't so lucky for her this time, as the board came , and Salinas got all of her chips. He's certainly among the top few stacks after breaking the 100,000 mark.
Former November Niner Phil Collins just lost a little ground, but still has 35,000 chips and has a stack that is almost 12,000 chips above average.
Collins attempted to open to 1,300 from the cutoff, but was informed a min-raise would be 1,600. Collins put in the extra chips to make the raise legal and he was called by the small blind.
The flop saw no action, but the turn saw the small blind lead for 2,000 and Collins quickly release his hand.
We are 108 players away from the money here in Event #28. With 324 players remaining and 216 spots paid we are not a million miles away from the money places. Whether we will get there before the end of the next level is anyone's guess, but by the time the curtain comes down on Day 1, we are going to be extremely close to the bubble.
Play is now nine-handed, which will please the players and increase the number of hands played per hour.
. He immediately called. The river was a 
, which prompted his opponent to move all in right away.
for aces full.
. By the river the board read 
and Busquet's nines held.
flop gave Welch a flush draw, and a 
, and Baldwin's ace-high stayed in the lead. An 
on the turn left his opponent drawing dead, and Baldwin is now at about an average stack.
, and Salinas got all of her chips. He's certainly among the top few stacks after breaking the 100,000 mark.
