Jason Somerville is back in today's Day 1a flight and is seated on a table featuring Nick Aguilera, Mario Lopez, and Candace Collins.
Jason Somerville is back in today's Day 1a flight and is seated on a table featuring Nick Aguilera, Mario Lopez, and Candace Collins.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/400
Ante: 100
Following a limp, Alex Lavinthal made it 3,500 to go before Jason Somerville three-bet to 11,000 leaving himself just 1,000 behind.
The limper folded and Lavinthal put Somerville all in. Somerville called, and the cards were tabled.
Somerville: ![]()
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Lavinthal: ![]()
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With Somerville trailing, he flopped a gutshot to broadway but was unable to improve after that and headed to the rail.
Steve Brecher has just been eliminated when his ![]()
were outdrawn by an opponent's ![]()
for a set.
On a flop of ![]()
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, Nick Aguilera bet out 2,500 following checks from three opponents.
The small blind called, Candace Collins in the big blind folded, and the under the gun player called before all three players checked the
on the turn.
The river landed the
and the small blind led out for 5,000 with Aguilera calling.
The small blind tabled his ![]()
for a full house as Aguilera flashed his ![]()
for trips and mucked.
Mario Lopez has doubled through to roughly 41,000.
Lopez held ![]()
and was all in on the ![]()
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flop against a player holding ![]()
.
The turn landed the
to ensure Lopez of a double with the nut flush as the
completed the board on the river.
On the last hand before break, Tyson Apostol was eliminated from the tournament.
With play now back underway, Apostol has decided to re-enter; firing his third $565 bullet of the day.
Jaime Staples has finally taken his seat in today's flight following this earlier tweet.

Today has to be my lucky day! On route to the #RIUReno main event. Gl us! https://t.co/yTnjbXLD4sFollow @jaimestaples
The cards are back in the air!
There are three more levels of late registration and reentry for Day 1a.