Action folded to Andrew Bulliard on the button who moved all in. Aneris Adomkevicius was in the small blind and he had his head in his hands as he was short-stacked too. It was the first hand of the day and he agonized over his decision.
Eventually the clock was called and, as the countdown from 10 began, he went with his hand and moved all in. Another short stack in the big blind, Jonathan Alfonso, moved all in too.
Andrew Bulliard:
Aneris Adomkevicius:
Jonathan Alfonso:
The board ran out .
The tens of Bulliard took it to bust the other two players.
“Two seats open,” the dealer cried as dozens of players have bust out in the first few minutes of play.
From 364 to 496 they will collect $2,825 where the first pay jump is to $3,256.
Action folded around to the player in the hijack and he raised to 19,000. Mark Babekov called from the cutoff and Hunter Frey three-bet from the button to 67,000. The original raiser folded and Babekov called.
The flop came and Babekov checked. Frey bet 51,000 and Babekov check-raised to 250,000, putting Frey to a decision for the remainder of his stack. After a few moments of thought, Frey folded, and Babekov took the pot.
The queue for the payout desk is quite a long one already!
Some of the players that we have seen walking past are Mike Sexton, Greg Raymer, and Jason Wheeler.
Wheeler told us that he busted with against , pretty standard in his opinion. He was telling us that he just came back from playing a tournament in Sochi and did pretty well there. So he's hoping to do even better here in Las Vegas!
Jakobsson Lopez had 2,000 chips left, having just paid the 1,000 ante. He was staring intently at the tournament clock display as more and more people were eliminated and the pay jump approached.
The dealer reminded him to act when it was his turn and he apologised and explained what he was doing. The other players had no problem with him trying to creep up the ladder. “Hey, man. It’s worth a bullet,” one of them said.
Lopez folded that hand and on the next hand he was all in and got a call. “I've got queens,” Lopez said, and tabled . His opponent had .
The board ran out and Lopez got a tiny double-up and made the pay jump, banking $3,256 having fired one bullet worth $565.
Jeremy Joseph moved all in from the cutoff for about 80,000 chips from the cutoff and Scott Stewart reshoved for about 250,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and the two players tabled their hands. Joseph held and needed to improve against Stewart's in order to double up.
With approximately 35,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , the player in the big blind checked to Chris Moorman in the cutoff, and he bet 15,000. The big blind called.
The turn brought the and the big blind checked. Moorman bet 36,000 and his opponent called.
The river was the and both players checked. Moorman tabled for a pair of aces, his opponent showed for a missed draw, and Moorman took the pot.
A player in late position moved all in for his last 80,000 chips and Chris Horter reshoved from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and the two players tabled their hands.
Horter's opponent held and had the best of it by far, as Horter rolled over a smaller pocket pair: . The flop changed nothing, but the fell on the turn to give Horter a set. His opponent could still win the pot with a spade or eight on the river, but it was the , and Horter stacked the chips.
Schuyler Thornton moved all in and picked up a single caller, Frank Pavia, who had him covered.
Thornton:
Pavia:
The proverbial coin flip. Let the cards decide your fate.
The board ran out .
Ace on the flop for Pavia who collected the chips while Thornton had to settle for a place at the back of the snaking queue for the pay-out desk, and the satisfaction of making Day 2 in Colossus III.
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against 
, pretty standard in his opinion. He was telling us that he just came back from playing a tournament in Sochi and did pretty well there. So he's hoping to do even better here in Las Vegas!
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and Lopez got a tiny double-up and made the pay jump, banking $3,256 having fired one bullet worth $565.
and needed to improve against Stewart's 
, the player in the big blind checked to Chris Moorman in the cutoff, and he bet 15,000. The big blind called.
and the big blind checked. Moorman bet 36,000 and his opponent called.
for a missed draw, and Moorman took the pot.
fell on the turn to give Horter a set. His opponent could still win the pot with a spade or eight on the river, but it was the 
, and Horter stacked the chips.
