Friday, May 29, 2015 9:46 PM Local Time
Ruffino Caceres is involved in a three-way all-in confrontation, and his last 3,500 or so just barely has his two opponents covered.
Those players show down and , but Caceres has the big slicks in bad shape with his .
The final board runs out and Caceres' cowboys hold up for the triple, while also knocking two players out.
One of those players has just ordered a massage, however, and his exit from the table takes an extra moment or two.
"Well that was awkward," comments another player at the table. "Bad timing."
Friday, May 29, 2015 9:44 PM Local Time
George Danzer is in the most recent late wave of Flight B.
Danzer is looking to continue his momentum from last year after winning WSOP Player of the Year in 2014, when he cashed 10 times, made four final tables, and won three bracelets.
Friday, May 29, 2015 9:30 PM Local Time
In one of the last hands of Level 3, Arthur Morris contests a heads-up pot with more than 5,000 already in the middle.
The final board reads and Morris bets 2,725 out of the small blind - leaving himself just 2,100 behind.
His lone opponent thinks it over and then moves all in over the top, risking the aforementioned 2,100 and most of his own chips in the process.
This sends Morris into a lengthy tank, and he talks himself through the hand while mulling his options.
"Could you really be turning kings or aces into a bluff here?" he asks, more to himself than to his opponent. "That's the question..."
Finally, after four to five minutes have elapsed, the raiser calls for a clock. This seems to prompt Morris, and after a few more seconds he flings the last of his stack forward for the call.
His opponent instantly tables for trip tens and a great kicker, but Morris simply scans the cards and says "no good" while revealing .
"You slowrolled him!" bellows Will Failla in the next seat over, his tone a mixture of anger and bemusement. "Tell him that one, all ya need to say there. Ya slowrolled him!"
"Yeah, that was a nitroll," is Morris' addendum, clarifying that he did not mean to commit poker's cardinal sin, but was guilty rather of nothing more than overly cautious play. "Definitely a nitroll."
Friday, May 29, 2015 9:28 PM Local Time
There are officially 804 players who survived Flight A. The chip leader is Ty Durekas, with 179,100.
Further down the list, six-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Val Vornicu is in 11th place with 115,100. Fellow ring winner Ryan Van Sanford (who also has a WPT victory under his belt) is in 35th place. Dan Heimiller is in 73rd place, just ahead of Kevin O'Donnell in 74th.
Complete chip counts and seat assignments are available
here.
Friday, May 29, 2015 9:22 PM Local Time
| Level: | 4 | | Blinds: | 100-200 | |
Friday, May 29, 2015 9:14 PM Local Time
Just before the break Brasilia was cleared of players to make way for the first of two potential late waves in flight B. As the players began to take their seats it was announced that play will begin when there are two registered players at the table.
Players joining now have the same 5,000 starting stack so action is likely to be hot and heavy as these late entrants look to spin up a stack.
Friday, May 29, 2015 9:02 PM Local Time
As the clock winds down in level 3, players are headed on their first 20 minute break of the day. The second flight of Colossus has lived up to it's name as the record breaking tournament continues to shatter attendance records. We have seen top pros from all over the world as well as thousands of amateurs take their shot here in Day 1B.
The first three levels of play have provided us with plenty of action as we have seen big names such as Antonio Esfandiari, Soi Nguyen, Billy Pappas, Richard Seymour, Greg Raymer, Aaron Massey, Sorel Mizzi, Leif Force, and Christian Harder all hit the rail.
However there are still plenty of season veterans are still battling it out including Scotty Nguyen, and last year's $25,000 Mixed-Max Champion Vanessa Selbst.
Play resumes at 9:20pm.
Friday, May 29, 2015 9:00 PM Local Time
It was folded to the player in the small blind who raises to 400. John Dolan takes a quick look at his cards and calls from the big blind. The flop is and Dolan's opponent says "400" as he tosses out a pink 500 chip. Dolan casually tosses a chip out indicating a call.
The turn is the and this time Dolan's opponent doesn't verbally indicate his wager as he instead tosses out a yellow 1,000 chip. Dolan thinks for a moment and calls.
The river is the and both players are quick to check and both turn over the same hand, queen-jack, and split the pot with their pair of queens. Dolan ends the hand with a comfortable stack of 10,700.
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:50 PM Local Time
Matt Salsberg opens to 350 from early position and finds two callers in the blinds.
The dealer fans the and all three players tap the table, with the falling on fourth street.
The small blind checks a second time, so the big blind pounces on the pot with a bet of 650. Salsberg calls, as does the small blind, and the threesome checks around on the river.
The big blind is the first to show, and when he tables queen-ten for top pair, Salsberg says "kings" in his signature deadpan. This elicits a little flinch from the big blind, but Salsberg never turns his hand over and cracks a slight smile while sliding his cards to the dealer.
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:49 PM Local Time
A player opens with a raise to 550 from middle position and action folds through to the small blind who calls. Greg Raymer announces raise and pushes forward 3,900 leaving himself a single 25 chip behind. The player in early position folds and the big blind raises to put Raymer all in. Raymer calls.
Small Blind -
Raymer -
The board runs out and the 2004 Main Event champion is eliminated.
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:43 PM Local Time
With a little over two levels played, for some players the time for seeing flops and floating turns is over for now as the dealers are increasingly tossing forward the all in button the conversations are turning to preflop shoving ranges.
On one table a player claims to have folded his pair of nines to a shove, saying he put his opponent on ace-king and he has a lot of history losing with nines to that hand.
On another table a player got the last of his chips in with a three-bet shove holding ace-jack only to run into a four-bet from a player holding ace-king. Despite calling for a jack on the river a blank board saw him heading for the exit and the original raiser bemoaning the fact that he would have won that pot against the all in player.
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:42 PM Local Time
With approximately 2,900 in the pot and the board showing , Chad Lewin checks the action over to Sorel Mizzi who moves all in for 3,050. Lewin shifts uncomfortably in his chairs, shuffling and slamming quietly a stack of chips in front of him. He studies the well-known pro for a moment and then says "alright, I call".
"Good call," responds Mizzi, as he turns over . Lewin reveals and Mizzi stands up and says to Lewin "win it" as he leaves the table.
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:38 PM Local Time
Antonio Esfandiari is joking around as usual as he straddles under the gun with his remaining three black chips (300). Andrew Black calls and another player goes all in. Black calls. Esfandiari shows only one card,
. The other player shows
. Black flips over
. The boards shows
. Black knocks out Esfandiari and the other player with trip tens putting him over 12,000 in chips.
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:37 PM Local Time
John Racener puts his remaing 1,700 chips in from early position. The action folds to David Levi. Levi calls the bet and the player in the big blind folds to leave Racener and Levi heads up. Racener turns over and Levy has .
The board comes out to give Racener a straight and 3,400 chips. Levi is left with 4,400.
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:34 PM Local Time
Last year Leif Force was a force to be reckoned with during the WSOP's premier tournament, as he ran deep in the Main Event en route to a 21st place finish.
Today though, Force has been rendered mortal, and his time in Day 1B of the Colossus has been cut short. Force was seen walking the halls, his eyes buried in a book, meaning he has been eliminated before the first break of the day.
Leif Force - Eliminated
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:27 PM Local Time
Action folds around to Fraser Short in the cutoff who moves all in for his last 600 and a player calls out of the small blind.
Short -
Small Blind -
The board runs out and the 21 year old Canadian is sent to the rail early here in his WSOP debut event.
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:22 PM Local Time
| Level: | 3 | | Blinds: | 75/150 | |
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:21 PM Local Time
Raymond Dandrea is heads up on a flop of with 1,200 already in the middle. Dandrea fires out 650, and his opponent quickly calls. The comes on the river, and Dandrea bets out 1,175. Again, his opponent nearly beats him into the pot with the call, and the comes on the river.
Dandrea slows it down with a check, and his opponent quickly follows suit. Dandrea tables for top set, and his opponent mucks his hand, jumping Dandrea's stack up to 7,000.
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:12 PM Local Time
With a board of , Samantha Abernathy's opponent moved all in for his last 2,900 in chips. Abernathy thought for a brief moment and then put out the chips to make the call. Her opponent turns over for queens and jacks with an ace kicker and Abernathy shrugs as she is dominated with her . She's essentially drawing dead and the dealer puts out the on the river. Despite doubling up her opponent, Abernathy still has approximately 3,800 in chips.
Friday, May 29, 2015 8:12 PM Local Time
Playing in his first World Series of Poker event - like thousands upon thousands of others here today - Arizona amateur Michael Zaun crosses the 10,000-chip mark midway through Level 2.
Zaun is on the right side of a cooler, holding pocket aces against pocket queens, and he manages to extract value on all three streets. While he doesn't double through entirely on this hand, thanks to his opponent playing the big pair cautiously, Zaun has won a few other small skirmishes and he now sits with a pair of starting stacks to work with.