We happened upon the action with the board showing and Sean Hegarty, in the big blind, called the 18,000 bet of Brent Hanks from the cutoff.
Hegarty checked the turn at which time Hanks moved all in for more. After a solid 4-minute tank, Hegarty made the call. Hegarty revealed for top pair and the winning hand against the of Hanks.
The big blinds are forcing the action, and as such the chips are flying. One man who is benefitting greatly is Mike Doucette, who appears to be our chip leader halfway through Level 14. We're not quite sure how he got them all, but we do know he is sitting on a stack of around 240,000.
The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.
A preflop raising war just broke out between Steven Kelly and Cole Jackson that resulted in the former being all in for roughly 65,000, which meant there was a monster 130,000 pot on the line!
Kelly:
Jackson:
The table was in awe of the two hands and at the size of the pot. As a few players from other tables surrounded the table the dealer burned and put out the flop. Kelly was way out in front and looking to dodge an ace. The dealer burned and turned the . The table reacted in disbelief as Jackson spiked his card to leave Kelly drawing to the case king. The dealer burned one last time and put out the on the river, the last card a clearly upset Kelly would see in Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
and Sean Hegarty, in the big blind, called the 18,000 bet of Brent Hanks from the cutoff.
at which time Hanks moved all in for more. After a solid 4-minute tank, Hegarty made the call. Hegarty revealed 
for top pair and the winning hand against the 
of Hanks.
flop. Kelly was way out in front and looking to dodge an ace. The dealer burned and turned the 
. The table reacted in disbelief as Jackson spiked his card to leave Kelly drawing to the case king. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
