With the blinds low to start the day, most of the action is pretty slow. But occasionally the deck forces matters. We recently heard a call of "all in," and approached the table to see Tony Romano push his stack toward the middle on a flop of . His all-in bet was for about 4,500. His opponent tanked for about a minute, then called and turned over for bottom set. Unfortunately for him, Romano held for top set, and Romano was in great shape to win the hand. The turn and river came , , no help for Romano's opponent.
Romano won the pot, and when the stacks were officially counted, he had his opponent slightly outchipped. He nearly doubled up, and sent one player to the rail.
Players are in the black and yellow sections today. With the exception of Adrienne Rowsome and Jenifer Tilly who happen to be in Brasilia, here are some familiar faces from across the hall.
Our first pass through the Brasilia room returned a few notable players in the field. Players are still filing in and the registration line is quite long, so expect more names to follow.
Today marks the last low buy-in of the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Last year, the last low buy-in event was a $1,000 tournament and attracted 4,620 players. Expect many familiar faces, as well amateurs in the field today. Many of them will be using this tournament as a primer for the Main Event, which has one more starting day scheduled after this event concludes.
The cards will be in the air at noon today and eleven levels will be played in both Brasilia and Pavilion Rooms. Players will begin with 4,500 in chips and you can expect a flurry of action early on as players work to build a big stack. We will make sure and make note of the notable players in the field and bring you live reports from the tournament floor. Keep it on PokerNews for our live coverage and all the latest news from the WSOP.
While you are waiting for the event to get underway, get caught up to date with Lynn Gilmartin who has your July 5th Update.