Level 8 (Blinds 300/600/75) A common crux for tournament players, especially in the early levels of tournaments is getting paid off when they make nut hands. Players are constantly running numbers, trying to figure out the correct value of each bet and raise on each street. But, as every player knows, sometimes their opponents just […]
Level 8 (Blinds 300/600/75) With the transition to Level 8, the dynamic of the tournament has slightly changed as some players with below a starting stack are opting to get it all-in, sometimes without the best holdings, simply so they can get back to the registration cage and re-enter. Players looking to do so and […]
Level 7 (Blinds 250/500/50) Players are just now taking their second break and will return to Level 7. Since the last update, there have been a few more familiar faces that have taken their seats and there is one player who is looking to improve on recent Borgata Poker Open and WSOP Main event success […]
Level 18 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500) Total Day 1A Entries: 502 Players Remaining: 55 After 18 levels of play and nearly 11 hours of play, 55 players have made it through Day 1A and have advanced to Day 2 of the Event 1 – $500 + $60 Big Stack NLH RE $2,000,000 Guaranteed tournament. There are many […]
Level 18 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500) Total Day 1A Entries: 502 Players Remaining: 70 When you’re Richard DeVivo, all you need to do to get a hand, is complain to whatever blogger will listen to you about how “card dead” you’ve been for the last few hours. While most players complain until they are blue in the […]
Level 17 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500) Total Day 1A Entries: 502 Players Remaining: 90 The action was picked up with two of the bigger stacks in the room heads-up and all-in before the flop, both with monster holdings. John Cevallos had the best of it at the moment, but his {Qs}{Qh} held only a slight advantage as […]
Level 17 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500) Total Day 1A Entries: 502 Players Remaining: 100 The action was picked up with Dan Wach all-in and at risk and behind the pocket pair of Pabhu Dyal. The table all laughed when Wach said, “I have a big pocket pair.” before revealing his pocket {8x}’s, crushed by Dyal’s {Qx}’s. When […]
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/400) Total Day 1A Entries: 502 Players Remaining: 100 The action has been crazy at Table 9 as shorter stacked players are forced to make moves and players are chasing chips as Day 1A closes in on it’s final color up break of the day as there are five minutes remaining in […]
Level 14 (Blinds 1,200/2,400/300) Total Day 1A Entries: 502 Players Remaining: 150 The action was picked up on the board of {Jc}{3s}{7c}{7s} with Jacob Smith leading into Jeff Phan and another unknown player for 20,000. Phan then moved all-in for close to 15,000 more and the unknown player who was last to act was wrestling […]
Level 13 (Blinds 1,000/2,000/300) Total Day 1A Entries: 502 Players Remaining: 210 The action was picked up at one of the most recognizable tables as Joe Reddick was involved in a hand with probably the only unknown player at the table. On a flop of {7d}{Kd}{6d} Reddick led into the unknown player for close to […]