Defending champ Chad Holloway raised to 125 from middle position and only the big blind called. The flop was and the big blind bet 125. Holloway called. The turn was the and the big blind fired again with a bet of 500. Holloway quickly tossed in raising chips, making it 3,000.
His opponent thought for a moment before mucking is hand. Whether it is pushing his stack all in or pushing players around, Holloway has been aggressive early.
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On the turn with the board reading , Peter Alba faced a bet of 400 from the woman seated to his left. He popped it up to 1,600, she made the call, and they saw the river bring the .
Alba announced he was all in and his opponent quickly made the call. Alba turned over for a full house, and it took a few seconds to see his opponent's for a losing straight. Having fewer chips than Alba to start the hand, she was eliminated just before the end of the first level.
While walking through the massive tournament area in the Brasilia room, we noticed a very familiar face to the PokerNews family. At Table 34, Kristy Arnett has taken a seat here in the Casino Employees Event and is already off to a good start. In a recent hand one of her opponents tried to bluff her on all three streets, but Arnett didn't go anywhere and scooped a pot worth about two-thirds the starting stack.
Soon after that hand, the gentleman whose chips Arnett had claimed was reraising all in from the small blind for less than 1,000 chips. Linda Cao in the cutoff made the call with and it was the godfather of coin flips versus . The flop delivered one of the overcards to pair Cao, and after the turn and the river we've had another early elimination.
UK PokerNews Editor Matthew Pitt is holding steady so far. According to him no one else has had a hand when he has raised, although he did get some value from a flopped set of threes when his opponent folded to a turn bet. He also folded to a three-bet in one hand telling PokerNews, “I don’t like folding. I generally don’t make a habit of folding.”
Pitt also informed this reporter that he is in desperate need of bathroom break but is determined to hang on until the first break which is in an hour.
In a hijack-versus-cutoff battle, the opponent of Neil Krajewski was all in for his last 725 chips with and Krajewski made the call with .
The board provided Krajewski the nut flush while eliminating his opponent. Krajewski has doubled up his starting stack already and is up to 6,000 in chips.
We joined the action as the board was almost rushed away, but could still see the spread and in front of Jason Boucher. His opponent shook hands with Boucher and left the table, having gotten it in with on the flop for top pair, top kicker. There was no runner-runner miracle, and Boucher is up to almost three times the starting stack.
The screens in the Brasilia room show 859 players registered and that means we are only 40 entries short of beating the attendance from last year when 898 played this event.
With registration open for another two-and-a-half levels, we may get close to that number again. But keep in mind that players enter with 30 big blinds only at 50-100 if they join the action right now.
Chad Holloway completed from the small blind and the big blind checked. In fact it was checked all the way down to the river whereupon Holloway threw out a black T100 chip and got a call.
Holloway’s was good enough and a baby pot was pushed his way to keep chipping up.
On another table Ty Stewart, who has a last longer bet with Holloway, isn’t looking too happy as he nurses his remaining 1,500.
Meanwhile the aggressive Cameron Tullis, about whom we wrote earlier, is steadily growing his stack and appears to have broken the 10,000-chip mark.
and the big blind bet 125. Holloway called. The turn was the 
and the big blind fired again with a bet of 500. Holloway quickly tossed in raising chips, making it 3,000.
, Peter Alba faced a bet of 400 from the woman seated to his left. He popped it up to 1,600, she made the call, and they saw the river bring the 
.
for a full house, and it took a few seconds to see his opponent's 
for a losing straight. Having fewer chips than Alba to start the hand, she was eliminated just before the end of the first level.
and it was the godfather of coin flips versus 
. The 
flop delivered one of the overcards to pair Cao, and after the 
and Krajewski made the call with 
.
board provided Krajewski the nut flush while eliminating his opponent. Krajewski has doubled up his starting stack already and is up to 6,000 in chips.
spread and 
on the flop for top pair, top kicker. There was no runner-runner miracle, and Boucher is up to almost three times the starting stack.
was good enough and a baby pot was pushed his way to keep chipping up.
