Saturday, February 17, 2018 1:04 PM Local Time
There is about 7,000 in the pot on the river with a completed board of . Bracelet winner Alan Percal leads out for 3,000 from under the gun and Daryl Jace moves all in from the hijack for about 15,500, which barely covers Percal's remaining chips.
Percal tanks for a couple minutes before the clock is called on him. The staff comes over and begins his 30-second countdown. After a few seconds, Percal calls and Jace tables .
Percal mucks his hand and Jace wins the pot with quad sevens. Percal is eliminated, but still has several hours to fire his second bullet if he chooses.
Daryl Jace - 33,000
Alan Percal - Eliminated
Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:46 PM Local Time
Phil Hui (pictured) is all in while James Wang and another player are playing the board. Both remaining players check.
The river is the and Wang bets 6,000. His opponent calls. Hui is in third place with and is eliminated after flopping a set.
Wang has the best of it with for a king-high flush, just beating his opponent who holds for a queen-high flush.
James Wang - 32,000
Phil Hui - Eliminated
Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:31 PM Local Time
Ari Engel (pictured) check-raises the board, making it 3,700 to go. His opponent calls.
Engel bets again on the river, making it 6,100 when the completes the board. His opponent calls and Engel shows for a set, beating the of his opponent.
Engel is an eight-time WSOP circuit ring winner with over $800,000 in WSOP tournament earnings between the circuit and the summer series.
Ari Engel - 37,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:28 PM Local Time
The board reads and three-time WSOP circuit ring winner Mukul Pahuja checks. His opponent bets 1,000 and Pahuja makes a big raise. He makes it 6,400 into the pot which is currently 3,000.
His opponent thinks for a moment and says aloud to himself something about how big the bet is. He calls.
Pahuja shows for a straight and his opponent mucks.
Mukul Pahuja - 33,500
Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:25 PM Local Time
| Level: | 3 | | Blinds: | 75/150 | |
Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:25 PM Local Time
Mukul Pahuja (pictured) raises to 300 from the hijack and the player in the cutoff calls. They both check a flop of and the comes on the turn.
Pahuja bets 500 and his opponent calls. The river is the and Pahuja bets 1,000. His opponent calls and Pahuja tables . His opponent mucks his hand and Pahuja wins the pot.
Mukul Pahuja - 24,500
Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:24 PM Local Time
Staffan Lind raises from the big blind to 625 and gets one caller.
The flop is and Lind bets 1,000. His opponent calls. The turn is the and Lind bets again, this time making it 2,000. His opponent folds.
Lind is a one-time WSOP circuit ring winner with $52,566 in WSOP tournament earnings.
Staffan Lind - 23,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:20 PM Local Time
Daniel Jones raises to 300, the small blind calls and the big blind calls. They are three-handed to a flop of and action checks to Jones, who bets 425.
The small blind folds and the big blind calls. They both check the turn card and the comes on the river. The big blind checks and Jones bets 600. The big blind calls and Jones shows . The big blind mucks his hand and Jones drags the pot.
Daniel Jones - 26,500
Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:02 PM Local Time
Saturday, February 17, 2018 12:00 PM Local Time
Francois Zayas and Brian Hastings (pictured) are heads-up on the turn of an board. Hastings is first to act in the small blind, and he checks. Zayas bets 1,025 into a pot of about 2,000, and Hastings calls.
The river is the , and Hastings leads out with a bet. He announces something smaller than the 5,000 chip he puts in there, but it's too quiet for reporters to hear. Either way, Zayas promptly raises to 8,200. Hastings tanks and calls, and Zayas shows him for sevens full of jacks. It's good.
Hastings mucks with a scowl, dropping down to about a quarter of his starting stack.
Brian Hastings - 5,500
Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:58 AM Local Time
Justin Harvell is heads up with the board reading and his opponent check-raises to 1,250. Harvell three-bets to 3,200 and his opponent calls.
The turn is the and his opponent leads for 6,000. Harvell calls. The river is the and it's another 6,000 lead into Harvell. He calls and shows , which is good against the of his opponent.
Justin Harvell - 32,500
Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:52 AM Local Time
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek gave away three free seats to this Main Event through promotions on property. One of those giveaways was based around the $135 Nightly events, with a series-long leaderboard that awarded seats to the top two players.
Ellen Lambeth (pictured) finished second in that points race, so she's playing on Coco's dime this afternoon.
Typically active early, she's involved in this pot on the turn of a board. Gilbert George bets 1,500 from the big blind, and Lambeth calls in the cutoff. The river is the , and George bets another 3,300. Lambeth calls him down.
George shows to win the pot with a flush, setting Lambeth back just a bit in the early going.
Ellen Lambeth - 15,500
Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:41 AM Local Time
| Level: | 2 | | Blinds: | 50/100 | |
Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:41 AM Local Time
The player in the small blind completes and Alex Beece raises to 250 out of the big blind. The small blind calls and the flop is .
The small blind checks and Beece bets 200. The small blind calls and the turn is the . The small blind checks and Beece bets 525. The small blind calls again and the river is the . The small blind checks and Beece bets 1,600.
"You just don't stop, huh?" asks the small blind. "A three is definitely in my range and you still don't stop. Problem is, I don't have much."
The small blind laughs and then decides to fold. Beece allows him to pick one card to see. He picks the card on the left and tables the .
Alex Beece - 22,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:40 AM Local Time
Thomas Henderson (pictured), a former Super Bowl Champion with the Dallas Cowboys, is in the field today.
He is heads up with the board reading and bets 200 after Nashaat Antonious calls.
Antonious and Henderson both check the river and Henderson wins the pot with for trips.
Henderson is sporting his championship ring and, if things go well, he might be able to add a WSOP circuit ring to his collection.
Thomas Henderson - 20,500
Nashaat Antonious - 19,500
Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:35 AM Local Time
On a flop of , Russ Head bets 300 from under the gun and the player in the hijack calls. The turn is the and Head bets again, this time 700.
The hijack calls and the river is the . Head checks and the hijack bets 2,100. Head grimaces, takes a minute of thought and then tosses his hand into the muck.
Russ Head - 18,500
Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:34 AM Local Time
The board reads and Hyndi Khomutetski checks to Kharlan Sued who bets 1,200. Khomutetski check-raises to 4,400 and Sued takes a moment before folding.
Hyndi Khomutetski - 24,500
Kharlan Sued - 18,500
Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:14 AM Local Time
Neil Blumenfield was in the field for Day 1A and is at is again at the start of play today. Blumenfield has eight WSOP cashes, but his most notable score would be his third-place finish at the WSOP Main Event in 2015, which Joe McKeehen eventually won. Blumenfield took home $3,398,298 for his finish.
The second-place finisher in the 2015 Main Event, Joshua Beckley made an appearance yesterday as well and will likely be in the field today.
Blumenfield ran into a bit of trouble yesterday when he got all in against Travis Moss with pocket jacks. Moss turned an ace and doubled through Blumenfield and took a pretty significant bite out of his stack. Blumenfield has a max of two more chances to bag for Day 2, since each player is allowed only one reentry per flight.
Neil Blumenfield - 20,000
Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:00 AM Local Time
Day 1B is underway.
Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:00 AM Local Time
| Level: | 1 | | Blinds: | 25/50 | |