Anton Allemann raised from the hijack to 500 and was called by both John Monnette from the button and Steve Sung from the big blind. Sung drew two while both Allemann and Monnette drew one.
Sung and Allemann both checked the action over to Monnette who bet 925. Both of the other players called but the only hand revealed was the of Allemann. Both the other players mucked and Allemann scooped the pot.
Mike Matusow raised to 425 from under the gun and Chino Rheem then re-raised to 1,200. Justin Bonomo was in the hijack and decided to call while Matusow got out of the way. Both Rheem and Bonomo stood pat and checked. Bonomo mucked his hand when Rheem revealed his .
Rheem now has 16,000 (plus two add-on chips) and Bonomo is down to 5,000 (plus two add-on chips).
Doug Booth raised from the hijack only to have Yan Chen re-raise to 1,650. Booth then made it 4,000 to go and Chen re-raised all in for around 9,000. Booth called and both players stood pat. Booth revealed the and Chen mucked his hand and was left with 10,000 (plus one add-on chip). Booth's stack grew to 25,000 (plus two add-on chips).
We expect to see a lot of big moves from both these players today as Booth finished in 5th place in this event last year and Chen won a bracelet in the $1,500 NL 2-7 Draw event last year.
Just to make things crystal clear, each player started the event with 10,000 in chips and two add-on chips. Each add-on chip is worth 10,000 meaning the players started with a "total" of 30,000.
Players can opt to use their add-on chips at any time during the first four levels. If they haven't used them by the end of level four, the extra chips will be added to their stacks at that time.
Some players prefer to use their add-on chips to save them in case of an all-in situation gone wrong, while others have already added the extra 20,000 to their stacks.
As we cover hands in this event we will be doing our best to report chip counts of players and noting whether or not they still have add-on chips as well.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan raised from under the gun and was called by Tom Schneider from the big blind. Schneider drew one while Dwan drew two. Schneider checked action to Dwan who then bet 650. Schneider made the call but mucked his hand after Dwan revealed his .
After the hand Dwan had 7,000 plus two rebuy chips and Schneider had 9,000 with two rebuy chips.
of Allemann. Both the other players mucked and Allemann scooped the pot.
