Day 1a of Event #74: The Little One for One Drop - $1,000 +111 No-Limit Hold'em has ended. The remaining 117 players will return Friday at 2 p.m. in the Miranda room at the Rio and merge with the players from Day 1b and Day 1c. Day 2 play will go for 10.5 levels with 15-minute break after every two levels. Players will also enjoy a 60-minute dinner break at about 8:30 p.m.
Ken 'Teach' Aldridge of the United States ended Day 1a as the chip leader with 199,000, but as there are two more Day 1s so the could shift before Day 2. Close behind Aldridge are Lawrence Engerman of the United States with 183,400 and Mark Jun from the United States with 181,200.
Other notables returning to Day 2 include recent bracelet winner Tom Koral (22,200) Adam Owen (92,800), Joe Elpayaa (75,600), Ray Henson (58,500), and Brian Hastings (16,800).
Jason Mercier (91,000), David 'ODB' Baker (59,300), Thomas Taylor (57,100), and Mike Leah (14,300) bagged for Day 2, and all four players are also playing in the Main Event Day 2c on Wednesday. If everything goes right they will be multi-tabling the two events on Friday.
The event attracted 687 entries with two more Day 1s to go that will add to the prize pool. Day 1b starts at 3 p.m. on Wednesday and is a $1,000 buy-in for 5,000 chips. Players can elect to give a $111 donation to One Drop and receive an extra 5,000 chips on top of their starting stack.
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With the board reading and about 25,000 in the pot, a player in early position bet 7,000. Action was then on Dan Heimiller who fired out a quick raise up to 16,000 and sending his opponent into the tank. After a couple of minutes his opponent folded and Heimiller instantaneously flipped over his pocket threes, showing the bluff and leaving his opponent shaking his head.
The floor was at the table sorting out an issue from the previous hand in which James Woods lost majority of his chips. Woods received an unfavorable ruling and was all in for his last 250 against Roman Valerstein.
Mike Leah called another players all-in on a flop, having him covered. Leah had , and the all-in player had .
The board completed with a and an , and Leah made two bigger pair than the all-in player to take down the pot and chip up nicely. The eliminated player then let his frustrations out on the dealer, cursing and swearing at her and suggesting she was to blame for his fate.
When Leah stood up for the dealer, the player then directed his anger at Leah, and a tournament staff had to summon security to escort the gentlemen from the table.
Leah calmly kept adding his new chips to his stack with a wry smile about his face.
Action has been slow out of the gates as players are feeling each other out and more late entries continue to arrive.
Ken Aldridge was one of the late comers and He is sitting next to Joe Mussat. Aldridge always wears his trademark yellow at events and is one of the most well-liked players on the scene. His nickname is "Teach" and you can always find him smiling and having a good time. The former high school teacher posed with Mussat's yellow troll doll for a quick shot as he got going today. Aldridge has 25 cashes, over three quarters of a million dollars in earnings, and the highly sought-after WSOP gold bracelet that he won in 2009 in a six-max no-limit hold'em event.
Capping off what has been one of the most memorable and exciting World Series of Poker festivals in recent years is Event #74: The Little One for One Drop - $1,000 +111 No-Limit Hold'em. Flight A kicks off today at 3 p.m. local time to get things going in this five-day event. Players can elect to give a $111 donation to One Drop and receive an extra 5,000 chips on top of their 5,000 chip starting stack. You can read up on the One Drop foundation and how to get involved by clicking here.
Day 1 will feature 10 60-minute levels of play and players will have a 20-minute break every two levels. Late registration will be available until the end of Level 6, roughly 9:40 p.m., and players can reenter as many times as they would like up until the end of late registration.
Th reigning champion of this tournament is Michael Tureniec, who bested a field of 4,360 players last year and came from behind in three-handed play to beat out two former WSOP bracelet winners in runner-up Calvin Anderson and Ryan D'Angelo. This was the Swede's largest recorded live cash of his career and 13th cash all time at the WSOP.
Numbers have been up overall this year and this event, in part for a great cause, looks to keep that trend going. Last time around, there were 754 entries on Day 1a and this year hopes to top that figure. The number of entries will continue to balloon on the following starting days and as the Main Event loses players. This tournament is the last shot at redemption for those that couldn't find bags deep into the Main Event and for those still looking to get their flags for the series.
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and about 25,000 in the pot, a player in early position bet 7,000. Action was then on Dan Heimiller who fired out a quick raise up to 16,000 and sending his opponent into the tank. After a couple of minutes his opponent folded and Heimiller instantaneously flipped over his pocket threes, showing the bluff and leaving his opponent shaking his head.
, and Woods was eliminated.
, and after the king hit the turn, Hastings secured the hand, moving over the 50,000-chip mark.
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