The tournament organization just announced that there will be 10 levels of play today. The last level today will be 800/1,600 with a 200-ante, the first level on Day 2 will be 1,000/2,000 with a 300-ante. An 80-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 6, around 6:50 PM.
The first break of the tournament has just commenced. The tournament is up to 54 entries right now, 53 players remain as just Justin Bonomo busted and reentered. Action resumes in 20 minutes.
Paul Newey opened the pot with a raise to 500 from the hijack. Adrian Mateos called from the cutoff, the big blind came along as well. Both the big blind and Newey checked on and Mateos bet 800. The big blind folded, Newey called.
The two of them checked the on the turn and the on the river completed the board. Newey checked and called Mateos' 2,000 bet. Mateos showed and Newey mucked.
With about 10,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Erik Seidel led out for 17,000 from the small blind.
Richard Dubini was in the big blind and thought for about two minutes before deciding to call.
The river was the . Seidel wasted no time and jammed his remaining 30,000 chips in the middle. Dubini thought about it for about three minutes before open-folding . Seidel quietly stacked his chips.
Action folded to Justin Bonomo in the cutoff and he raised to 450. Isaac Haxton was on the button and three-bet to 1,150. Bonomo called.
The flop came and Bonomo checked. Haxton bet 700, and after thinking for a moment check-raised to 2,700. Haxton took a look at Bonomo's stack and opted to call.
The turn was the . Bonomo thought for about a minute and eventually moved all in for his remaining 7,000 chips. Haxton took a quick look back at his cards and called.
Haxton:
Bonomo:
Haxton flopped trip eights, but Bonomo had some outs after flopping a flush draw.
The river was the and Haxton's trip eights held, sending Bonomo to the cage to re-enter.
Justin Bonomo opened his button with a raise to 500 and both small blind Isaac Haxton and big blind Ryan Riess called.
Haxton bet out 700 on and Riess was quick to fold. Bonomo called in position and called Haxton's 2,000 bet on the turn as well.
The river saw Haxton check. Bonomo bet what appeared to be 4,200, leaving himself just 50 behind. Haxton tossed his cards into the muck before Bonomo had even released his chips.