Within a five minute span Frank Kassela won two big all-ins and advanced to the second round. The first one was all-in pre flop when Jones held against Kassela's . The board ran out giving Kassela the win and Jones was down to his final lammer.
Moments later the match was over and Kassela told us what happened in the final hand. Kassela had min-raised pre flop and Jones called. The flop came down and Jones check-raised all in. Kassela called with and he was up against . Kassela's hand held up and we will see him at 4pm when the second round kicks off.
Jason Koon, runner up in the $3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha event, just lost his first round match against Brian Green. Was was kind enough to give us the details of the match that almost went his way. Koon explained he was down early but managed to chip up giving him a 42,000-18,000 chip lead on the 400/800 level.
"I min-raised to 1,600 on the button and that sweetheart called," Koon started his story of the hand that could've ended the match. The flop came down with two clubs and Green checked to Koon who bet 2,000. "He just moved all in for like 16,300," Koon laughed as he made the call with . He was up against and a hit the turn right away turning the tables on this match.
In the 500/1,000 level Koon was down to 18,000 and Green raised the button to 2,500. Koon moved all in and Green called with . Koon showed and didn't manage to survive. Green moves on to the second round.
After a series of raises Andrew Rosskamm faced an all in bet from his opponent Chris Moorman. Rosskamm quickly called and flipped over while Moorman exposed . Rosskamm was going to need some major help post flop. He received little as the flop fell out . Any club along with any king could save Rosskamm and prolong his day here in the first round.
A turn even gave Rosskamm a straight for an out, unfortunately he would need to hit one of the two remaining queens for that to work seeing as Moorman held two of his own. A river blanked out for Rosskamm and Moorman was awarded the pot.
Richard Lyndaker has advanced to the second round after beating Byron Kaverman, but it took a lot of work to do so, and some luck.
Kaverman took a slight chip lead on one hand where he reraised all in from the big blind for 15,500 after Lyndaker raised on the button. Lyndaker called with the and was up against Kaverman's . The board ran out and Kaverman doubled up.
Shortly after that, Lyndaker raised to 2,400 on the button and Kaverman reraised to 6,400 from the big blind. Lyndaker shoved for 27,800 and Kaverman called. Lyndaker held the and was dominated against the for Kaverman. A board of gave Lyndaker a flush and doubled him up to leave Kaverman short.
On the final hand, Kaverman was all in with the against the for Lyndaker. The flop, turn and river ran out and Lyndaker won the match.
Eric Froehlich who was down early in his match against Ronald Crabtree but recently he retook the lead. Froehlich started a recent hand by putting his opponent all in from the big blind. After a few minutes Crabtree opted to call and put himself at risk.
Froehlich:
Crabtree:
With a flop it looked like this match would be lasting a bit longer. A on the turn also gave credit to this theory, but a on the river sealed the deal in Froehlich's favor. Both players shook hands, but it appeared as if Crabtree didn't know he lost. Having not seen the Froehlich's straight he thought he had doubled up, after quickly being corrected Crabtree was sent on his merry way.
Down to 16,000 chips Isaac Haxton just raised to 2,400 from the button. Daniel Morgan put him all in and Haxton snap-called.
Haxton showed while Morgan was marginally in front with . The board ran out giving Haxton a double up and the lead in the match. He is slightly in fron against Morgan in the final first round match. The second round will start at 4pm local time in the Brasilia Room.
Upon winning his match, Eric Froehlich had a suggestion for the tournament staff on how to handle the fact that so many players have been getting byes in these heads-up events. Here's what Froehlich suggested and we'll use this event for an example.
With 152 players signing up for the event and 128 needed for the next round, 104 players were granted first-round byes and 48 players had to play what was essentially a "play-in match" into the tournament. Froehlich suggested that those 48 players each get a $5,000 refund (half of their buy-in) because they are stuck playing an extra match. This makes this extra match a satellite of sorts into the tournament.
Another thing this would do is allow a smaller percentage of the field to be paid out. In this case, 32 players are going to be paid and some of the players feel a min-cash just isn't worth it. If Froehlich's suggestion was used, the real field size would be 128 and thus 16 players paid out, making the money mean a lot more when you get there and also more up top for the winner.
The tournament director on site that Froehlich voiced this suggestion to seemed very receiving and mentioned he'd pass on the word to the appropriate authories, which is World Series of Poker Tournament Director Jack Effel. We'll let you know if anything comes of this in the future.
We are down to 128! The final first round match just finished with Isaac Haxton beating Daniel Morgen. In the final hand Morgan min-raised from the button and Haxton moved all in. Morgan called and after counting down the stack both players were dead even in chips. This was gonna be the final hand no matter what! Well, they could still chop of course but that's not a very likely scenario.
Haxton showed against Morgan's and the board ran out giving Haxton a pair of aces and the win. "Good game man, you played well," Haxton complimented his opponent who said, "Cheers man," as he walked away.
Play will resume at 4:00 PM local time with the second round. We are going to play three rounds today getting the field down to 32 players. Players who survive this day will be in the money.
The first round of Event 12: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em has been completed and there are 128 players remaining. The second round will be held at 4:00 PM. Shortly we'll be posting the bracket of the remaining matches.
. The board ran out 
giving Kassela the win and Jones was down to his final lammer.
and Jones check-raised all in. Kassela called with 
with two clubs and Green checked to Koon who bet 2,000. "He just moved all in for like 16,300," Koon laughed as he made the call with 
. He was up against 
. Koon showed 
and didn't manage to survive. Green moves on to the second round.
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while Moorman exposed 
. Rosskamm was going to need some major help post flop. He received little as the flop fell out 
. Any club along with any king could save Rosskamm and prolong his day here in the first round.
turn even gave Rosskamm a straight for an out, unfortunately he would need to hit one of the two remaining queens for that to work seeing as Moorman held two of his own. A 
river blanked out for Rosskamm and Moorman was awarded the pot.
and was up against Kaverman's 
. The board ran out 
and Kaverman doubled up.
and was dominated against the 
gave Lyndaker a flush and doubled him up to leave Kaverman short.
against the 
flop it looked like this match would be lasting a bit longer. A 
on the river sealed the deal in Froehlich's favor. Both players shook hands, but it appeared as if Crabtree didn't know he lost. Having not seen the Froehlich's straight he thought he had doubled up, after quickly being corrected Crabtree was sent on his merry way.
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