On a flop both blinds checked to Heinz Kamutzki who bet out 275 from middle position. The small blind was the only one calling, the big blind folded. The turn brought the to the felt and the small blind now all of the sudden bet out 525. Kamutzki thought about it for a little while, before raising it up to 1,300. The small blind called and checked to the German player on the -river. Kamutzki bet out 1,900 with 1,400 behind. Eventually the small blind called, but he mucked as Kamutzki showed .
Barry Hutter (6th), Jacob Bazeley (7th), Thomas Hall (13th), Orjan Skommo (14th), Marcus Aurelius (19th), Gabriel Nassif (23rd), Matt Salsberg (31st), Amanda Musumeci (39th) all placed in the top-40 of that event, earning between $8,614 and $77,685 for their efforts depending on their finish.
After weaving through a massive field to make the final five tables just a few days ago, these players are trying to turn the trick again, and with thousands of runners already entered here today, the seven will definitely have their work cut out for them if they hope to best their Event #54 finishes.
Steven van Zadelhoff has doubled his stack in the first couple of levels. One of the hands that that got him there was pocket kings. With that power house he made top set and his opponent paid him off on all streets.
Van Zadelhoff told us earlier that if he would bust early, he would re-enter, but if he would bust in the fourth level he wouldn't bother and just try again tomorrow. With an 8,000 stack his position is pretty good right now, so re-entering or not doesn't seem like an issue at the moment.
We caught the tail end of a massive cooler, with Duck-Sin Jong coming up on the right end of a quads vs. boat confrontation.
The final board read , and Jong got it all in against an opponent who stood to triumphantly table his for a boat on the turn.
Only two possible hands had him beat ( and ), so the player can be forgiven for his premature celebration, but when Jong smoothly revealed his , the news came as a shock to the entire table.
The man holding the inferior full house circled the table for a minute or so, collecting himself before returning to a ravaged chip stack. Although he had been coolered in one of the worst spots in poker, he was gracious enough to offer Jong a sincere "nice hand" after retaking his seat.
When we walked up to his table in Brasilia Silver we just witnessed Josh Brikis getting eliminated. His was no match for his opponent's . It was a pre flop all in and, according to former table neighbor Rob Salaburu, Brikis was all in blind. For how much it was exactly we don't know. The board didn't help Brikis: | | . "I guess I'll stand in line again" Brikis said as he made his exit. For now we have Brikis at 0 chips, but you might see him back with 4,000 in the counts in a little bit.
We didn't quite see all the action but we're pretty sure Justin Schwartz had three bet Jospeh Cheong's early open to 700 and someone in the blinds had called. "It's a charity, so I'll gamble" said Joseph Cheong as he put in his 7,750 stack. Schwartz immediately called and the player in the blinds gave it some thoughts. The dealer thought he was out, but he called eventually.
Cheong wasn't shooting an angle with his line as he tabled . Schwartz showed his and unfortunately for him, the player in the blinds also had ace-queen: . The flop was save for everyone with but after the on the turn it looked like Cheong was going to scoop the whole pot. The on the river brought salvation for Schwartz and the player in the blinds though as they chopped up the main pot.
With Twitter fast becoming the preferred venue for professional players to update their progress, here are some choice tweets from those playing in today's Little One for One Drop.
flop both blinds checked to Heinz Kamutzki who bet out 275 from middle position. The small blind was the only one calling, the big blind folded. The turn brought the 
to the felt and the small blind now all of the sudden bet out 525. Kamutzki thought about it for a little while, before raising it up to 1,300. The small blind called and checked to the German player on the 
-river. Kamutzki bet out 1,900 with 1,400 behind. Eventually the small blind called, but he mucked as Kamutzki showed 
.
, and Jong got it all in against an opponent who stood to triumphantly table his 
, the news came as a shock to the entire table.
was no match for his opponent's 
. It was a pre flop all in and, according to former table neighbor Rob Salaburu, Brikis was all in blind. For how much it was exactly we don't know. The board didn't help Brikis: 
| 
. "I guess I'll stand in line again" Brikis said as he made his exit. For now we have Brikis at 0 chips, but you might see him back with 4,000 in the counts in a little bit.
and unfortunately for him, the player in the blinds also had ace-queen: 
. The flop was save for everyone with 
but after the 
on the turn it looked like Cheong was going to scoop the whole pot. The 
on the river brought salvation for Schwartz and the player in the blinds though as they chopped up the main pot.
