We reported shortly before the break that Andrew Moreno busted but that we missed the hand. Well Moreno gave us the pretty brutal details of how he lost.
Moreno raised under the gun and called after he got three-bet. On the flop, Moreno bet 2,100 and got raised to 6,000. Moreno then shoved for his 24,000 and got called. He held against his opponent's and was in solid shape to double up. Unfortunately for him, the turn was the to give his opponent tens full of nines and Moreno was drawing to only the case seven for quads. The river bricked though and Moreno was eliminated in cruel fashion.
Team PokerStar Pros suffered their first victim of the day as Andre Akkari was sent to the rail during the second level of play. He was short stacked from an earlier hand with Mike Matusow that left him with around 12,000 in tournament chips. Another Pro struggling early on is Dario Minieri who is down to 10,000 chips.
While Akkari didn’t fare too well in the Main Event other Team PokerStars Pros are building up their chip stacks. Richard Toth is up 37,000 chips. He recently picked up an 8,000 chip pot where the board ran out and he turned over to take it down. Eugene Katchalov and Maxim Lykov each have over starting stack with 36,400 and 45,200 respectively.
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Dario Minieri saw the flop of from the button with the player in the small blind. The small blind fired out a bet of 3,000 and Minieri made the call. The turn fell and the small blind checked. Minieri decided to check behind and the came on the river.
The small blind rapped the table once more and Minieri fired out 8,000. The small blind quickly made the call, but was disheartened to see that Minieri made two pair on the river. Minieri's was the winning hand, and allowed him to drag a sizable pot.
A middle position player raised to 700 and was called by both Thayer Rasmussen in the cutoff and Justin Bonomo from the big blind. The flop came and action checked to Rasmussen who bet 1,200. Bonomo called while the other player folded. The turn brought the inducing a check from both players and the river was the . Bonomo bet 3,000 and Rasmussen opted to fold.
Bonomo was up to 36,000 after the hand while Rasmussen was left with 16,000.
Tyler Box opened to 700 from middle position, Chris King called out of the small blind, and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi defended his big. The dealer fanned , and all three players checked. The turn was the , King checked, Mizrachi tossed out 900, and only Box called.
The river was the , and Mizrachi led for 2,425. Box raised enough to put Mizrachi all in, and he folded.
Edwin Kim, at table 370 in Purple looks to be the early chip leader for Day 1b, sitting with a sizeable stack next to former main event winner Carlos Mortensen. He just won a pot off Danny Ryan, the latter check-folding to a 6,000 bet on the river of a board.
It's been a tough day for Ryan after losing a huge pot with the nut flush to a full house. "It was my first nut flush of the series," he explained, "and I lose half my stack from making it..."
An early position player made a raise to 775 and Mike Matusow made the call. The flop fell and Matusow's opponent continued out for 1,400. Matusow riffled his chips a couple of times before tossing a raise out into the middle, making it 3,100 to go. His opponent quickly called and we were off to the turn.
Fourth street came the and Matusow's opponent checked. The Mouth checked behind and they saw the fall on the river. Once again Matusow's opponent checked, and Matusow fired out a bet of 9,000 chips. Matusow remained emotionless as his opponent sat thinking. Finally his opponent polished off his Red Bull and tossed his cards into the middle. Matusow didn't speak a word as he scooped the pot and continued to pad his growing stack.
Kevin O'Donnell has been knocked out after he was all in for 14,075 with against on a flop. The turn and weren't enough help as O'Donnell whiffed his flush draw, which ended the main event dreams for yet another player.
Roland de Wolfe can't seem to get much going so far - and it's showing in his general demeanor.
In a recent hand, two early-position players limped and the small blind completed. De Wolfe, who had been reading a magazine, took a quick peak at his cards and checked his option.
The flop came and action checked around to the second early position player, who led out for 600. De Wolfe was her only caller.
The turn brought a and De Wolfe again check-called a bet from his opponent - this time for 3,000.
A completed the board and De Wolfe checked once more. This time his opponent checked behind and showed for kings-full. De Wolfe nonchalantly flipped over for king-full as well and the two split the pot.
De Wolfe immediately went back to reading his magazine and is currently sitting on approximately 29,000.
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flop, Moreno bet 2,100 and got raised to 6,000. Moreno then shoved for his 24,000 and got called. He held 
and he turned over 
to take it down. Eugene Katchalov and Maxim Lykov each have over starting stack with 36,400 and 45,200 respectively.
from the button with the player in the small blind. The small blind fired out a bet of 3,000 and Minieri made the call. The turn fell 
and the small blind checked. Minieri decided to check behind and the 
came on the river.
was the winning hand, and allowed him to drag a sizable pot.
and action checked to Rasmussen who bet 1,200. Bonomo called while the other player folded. The turn brought the 
inducing a check from both players and the river was the 
. Bonomo bet 3,000 and Rasmussen opted to fold.
, and all three players checked. The turn was the 
, King checked, Mizrachi tossed out 900, and only Box called.
board.
and Matusow's opponent continued out for 1,400. Matusow riffled his chips a couple of times before tossing a raise out into the middle, making it 3,100 to go. His opponent quickly called and we were off to the turn.
fall on the river. Once again Matusow's opponent checked, and Matusow fired out a bet of 9,000 chips. Matusow remained emotionless as his opponent sat thinking. Finally his opponent polished off his Red Bull and tossed his cards into the middle. Matusow didn't speak a word as he scooped the pot and continued to pad his growing stack.
against 
turn and 
completed the board and De Wolfe checked once more. This time his opponent checked behind and showed 
for king-full as well and the two split the pot.