This tournament has a shot clock, meaning players have 30 seconds to act on their hand. Here's some more information on that:
Every player has 30 seconds to act on their hand. If not acted within that time, the action is ruled as a check (if there's no action in front of the player) or a fold (if there's a bet in front of the player).
Every player receives 2 time breaker chips per day. If a player needs more time, he or she can toss a time breaker chip in and receive one minute of additional time to ponder.
Time breaker chips can not be accumulated or saved. If a player hasn't used their chips at the end of the day they are confiscated.
The dealer counts the first ten seconds in his or her head before he or she presses a button on the timer on the table. The timer will then count down from 20 to 0.
The dealer will announce the last 10 seconds for each player out loud to remind players they're on the clock.
Brian Rast and Antonio Esfandiari have jumped into action, which has required the opening of a third table. In the first hand of that table, Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 1,100 from the button and Esfandairi, who was in the big blind, called to see a flop.
Both players checked, as they did on the turn, and then Esfandiari led out for 1,500 on the river. Lichtenberger released.
Jeff Rossiter opened for 1,000 from the hijack and received calls from Ben Tollerene and Phil Ivey in the cutoff and button respectively. Mike "Timex" McDonald came along from the big blind and four players saw a flop of .
One by one action checked around to Ivey, and he bet 2,000. McDonald folded, Rossiter gave it up, and Tollerene followed suit. With that, Ivey's flop bet got the job done.
As Dario Sammartino was being seated up at the feature table, Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened for 1,000 from the cutoff and Phil Ivey defended his big blind to see a flop, which they both checked. After the dealer burned and turned the , Ivey checked and then folded when Troyanovskiy bet 1,100.
Not much of a hand, but as you can see, both Ivey and Troyanovskiy are up a bit from the starting stack here in Level 1.
Phil Ivey is off to a red-hot start here in the $100,000 Challenge!
In a recent hand, Ben Tollerene raised to 900 from the cutoff and Ivey responded by three-betting to 3,000 from the button. The blinds both folded, Tollerene called, and it was heads-up action to the flop. Tollerene check-called a bet of 4,000 and then checked for a second time on the turn.
Ivey bet 11,000, Tollerene called, and the completed the board on the river. Tollerene check yet again and Ivey tossed out a hefty bet of 25,000. Tollerene took his time, and as the shot clock neared its expiration he tossed in a single chip to indicate a call.
Ivey tabled the for a well-disguised straight, and Tollerene sent his hand to the muck.
We picked up the action on a board of as Brian Rast had just checked from the hijack. His neighbor Andrew Lichtenberger made a bet of 6,600 from the cutoff and Martin Jacobson called on the button. Rast came along to see a river as well.
On the river Rast bet out 20,500. Lichtenberger folded but Jacobson made the call. Rast showed and Jacobson tabled for the winning rivered set.
In one of the last hands of Level 1, there was approximately 10,000 in the pot and a board reading when Connor Drinan checked from the big blind and Ting He bet 3,400 from the button. Drinan made the call and then turned right around and led out for a modest 3,000 on the river. It did the trick as He released.
Drinan is still hovering around the starting stack while He lost 20% of his starting stack in that first level.
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flop.
turn, and then Esfandiari led out for 1,500 on the 
river. Lichtenberger released.
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flop, which they both checked. After the dealer burned and turned the 
, Ivey checked and then folded when Troyanovskiy bet 1,100.
flop. Tollerene check-called a bet of 4,000 and then checked for a second time on the 
turn.
completed the board on the river. Tollerene check yet again and Ivey tossed out a hefty bet of 25,000. Tollerene took his time, and as the shot clock neared its expiration he tossed in a single chip to indicate a call.
for a well-disguised straight, and Tollerene sent his hand to the muck.
river Rast bet out 20,500. Lichtenberger folded but Jacobson made the call. Rast showed 
and Jacobson tabled 
when Connor Drinan checked from the big blind and Ting He bet 3,400 from the button. Drinan made the call and then turned right around and led out for a modest 3,000 on the 
