Saturday, May 19, 2018 11:36 PM Local Time
Peter Vitantonio
The second of two Day 1 flights for the $1,675 Harrah's New Orleans Main Event drew 438 entries. Combined with 239 Day 1A entrants, the 677 total field easily beat the $750,000 guarantee for a $1.015 million prize pool to pay out the top 72 finishers. Peter Vitantonio ended the day leading the 77 surviving players with 388,500 and the overall lead.... READ MORE
Saturday, May 19, 2018 11:06 PM Local Time
Day 1B comes to an end with 77 players remaining. Combined with the 43 survivors from Day 1A, that means there will be 120 players in action tomorrow for Day 2. Stay tuned for official chip counts and a recap of Day 1B.
Saturday, May 19, 2018 11:01 PM Local Time
After a flop of , Blake Baker moves all in from UTG+1, and Ben Mintz thinks for a while before he calls all in from the button for 62,100 with for a pair of queens. Baker turns over for a heart flush draw with a gutshot straight draw, and Mintz needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Mintz wins the pot with trip queens to double up in chips.
Ben Mintz - 160,000
Blake Baker - 180,000
Saturday, May 19, 2018 10:57 PM Local Time
Ashly Butler is all in from the button for 47,300 with , and he needs his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Jim Brinkley in the small blind.
The board comes , and Butler flops a set of nines and turns a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.
Ashly Butler - 103,500
Jim Brinkley - 26,000
Saturday, May 19, 2018 10:37 PM Local Time
The staff paused the clock with 10 minutes left and they will play seven more hands before bagging up the chips for the night.
Saturday, May 19, 2018 10:35 PM Local Time
We missed the action of the hand but Sean Moore's incredulous reaction caught our attention. Pete Walsworth is all in with pocket eights and Moore calls with pocket nines and is covered.
The board runs and Walsworth hit the one outer on the river to make quads after they both flopped a set. Moore was unhappy, voiced his dissatisfaction and was eliminated.
Pete Walsworth - 162,000
Saturday, May 19, 2018 10:35 PM Local Time
Danny Doucet limps, Blake Baker raises to 6,000, and Doucet calls. The flop comes , Doucet checks, Baker bets 17,000, and Doucet calls. The turn card is the , and Doucet moves all in for 33,000. Baker calls with A-9 for quad aces -- the stone cold nuts. Doucet drawing dead, and he is eliminated when the meaningless river card is a .
Blake Baker - 277,500
Danny Doucet - Eliminated
Saturday, May 19, 2018 10:33 PM Local Time
The following players are on the top of the leader board.
Jamie Linebaugh - 300,000
Blake Baker - 265,000
Peter Vitantonio - 255,000
Corey Bierria - 235,000
Mike Monaghan - 230,000
Brandon Caputo - 180,000
Saturday, May 19, 2018 10:25 PM Local Time
The player in early position raises to 9,500 and John Dollinger defends his big blind. They both check a flop of and the 9c comes on the turn.
Dollinger bets 8,500 and his opponent moves all in. Dollinger calls and is all in for 44,700. Dollinger shows and has his opponent's drawing dead.
The river is and Dollinger doubles up.
John Dollinger - 110,300
Saturday, May 19, 2018 10:23 PM Local Time
Michael Monaghan and Ari Engel put in a raise and a reraise to see a flop of . Engel bets from the small blind, and Monaghan calls. The turn card is a , Engel checks, Monaghan bets 18,000, and Engel calls.
The river card is a , Engel checks, Monaghan bets 42,000, and Engel tanks for a while before he calls. Monaghan shows to win the pot with a king-high straight, and Engel mucks, leaving himself with about two big blinds. Engel is eliminated a few minutes later.
Michael Monaghan - 240,000
Ari Engel - Eliminated
Saturday, May 19, 2018 10:16 PM Local Time
After a flop of , Corey Bierria bets 4,100 from the big blind, and Pete Walsworth raises from the cutoff to 13,500. The small blind folds, and Bierria calls.
The turn card is the , Bierria bets 8,200, and Walsworth calls.
The river card is the , Bierria bets 12,400, and Walsworth calls. Bierria shows to win the pot with a pair of kings, and Walsworth mucks.
Corey Bierria - 171,000
Pete Walsworth - 68,000
Saturday, May 19, 2018 10:15 PM Local Time
Corey Harrison opens to 5,300 in late position and TK Miles calls on the button. The flop comes , Harrison bets 6,000 and Miles raises to 15,000.
Harrison's face goes cross, he sits for a minute and then mucks his hand.
TK Miles - 100,000
Saturday, May 19, 2018 10:07 PM Local Time
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Saturday, May 19, 2018 9:55 PM Local Time
Timothy Miles opens to 5,500, a short stacked player moves all in for a touch over 20,000 and Walter Rodriguez calls. Corey Harrison calls, Miles folds and the flop comes . Rodriguez and Harrison check to the river, the board completes with and the cards are tabled.
Unknown Player:
Walter Rodriguez:
Corey Harrison:
The all in player was eliminated and Harrison chipped up to 120,000.
Saturday, May 19, 2018 9:53 PM Local Time
Saturday, May 19, 2018 9:49 PM Local Time
Lara Eisenberg moves all in under the gun for 21,600, and the player on the button calls with . Eisenberg turns over , and she needs to improve to stay alive.
The board comes , and Eisenberg pairs her ace on the flop and her king on the river to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.
Lara Eisenberg - 48,000
Saturday, May 19, 2018 9:36 PM Local Time
George Pardalis raises under the gun to 1,600, Michael Monaghan calls UTG+1, and a player in middle position moves all in for 47,800. Pardalis folds, and Monaghan calls with . The middle-position player turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.
The board comes , and Monaghan pairs his ace on the flop and his king on the river to win the pot with two pair and eliminate his opponent.
Michael Monaghan - 104,000
Saturday, May 19, 2018 9:25 PM Local Time
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Saturday, May 19, 2018 9:25 PM Local Time
Cory Bierria opens to 4,500 from the cutoff, Ellen Lambeth calls on the button and the blinds release. The flop falls , Bierria bets 6,400 and Lambeth calls. The turn comes , Bierria bets 8,200 and Lambeth insta-folds.
Corey Bierria - 115,000
Ellen Lambeth - 60,000
Saturday, May 19, 2018 9:24 PM Local Time
There is about 25,000 in the pot on the river with a completed board of . The player in the small blind checks and Ellen Lambeth bets 13,000 from early position. Sean Moore moves all in from the cutoff for 47,200.
The small blind quickly folds and Lambeth spends several minutes in the tank before eventually calling the extra 34,200. Moore quickly tables , giving him the nuts, and Lambeth tries to muck her hand, but since it is an all in pot, the dealer exposes her .
Sean Moore - 112,000
Ellen Lambeth - 31,000