Law Curley limped in early position, followed by John Hiney in the cutoff and the small blind before the big blind checked their option.

The dealer spread a flop of and the action checked to Hiney as he threw out a bet of 25,000. The small blind hesitated and the big blind pushed his cards forward out of turn. Eventually, all three players folded and Hiney tabled for top pair.

Law Curley	140,000	34,000
John Hiney	98,000	98,000

Flight A had a total of 531 entries, creating a prize pool of $98,235. A total of 54 players will make the minimum cash of $500 and the final 27 will bag up for the Day 2 restart.

Players who double bag, meaning bag chips in two flights will surrender their shortest stack and collect $1,500.

Michael Frey limped under the gun and the small blind completed before the big blind checked his option.

The dealer fanned a flop of , the small blind checked and the big blind put out a bet of 15,000. Frey made the call and the small blind mucked.

Both players proceeded to check down on the turn and river. Frey tabled for ace-high to take down the pot as the big blind flashed .

Michael Frey

220,000

168,000

90 players remain as they reach another 15-minute break.

Ruben Vancelette has been spotted with a massive chip stack, coming close to the 600,000 mark.

Ruben Vancelette

595,000

595,000

Four players limped in before Matthew McGuire checked his option.

The dealer fanned a flop of and McGuire jammed for about 78,000. The player who limped in early position called off his stack of 56,000 and the rest of the table folded.

Early Position:
Matthew McGuire:

McGuire had flopped top pair and an open-ended straight draw and the board completed with the on the turn and the on the river, eliminating his opponent from the tournament.

Matthew McGuire

178,000

178,000

The tournament director has announced shuffle up and deal for the second flight of the day. There are currently 188 entrants.

Reporting for flight B will begin after Flight A wraps up.

The action folded around to Shade Edmonds on the button and he jammed for about 180,000. Rafael Jimenez was in the big blind and paused for a brief moment before calling off his stack of 165,000.

Rafael Jimenez:
Shade Edmonds:

Jimenez had Edmonds dominated and the flop of gave him a royal flush draw. The turn and river were both bricks and the ace-jack held to double through Edmonds.

Rafael Jimenez	345,000	32,000
Shade Edmonds	15,000	-86,000

Matt Bubelnik was seen with his entire 74,500 across the line and he had his opponent at risk for 71,000 before the flop.

Opponent:
Matt Bubelnik:

It was a classic race as the flop came , for the pocket threes to still be in the lead. The hit the turn, giving Bubelnik a few more outs as he could counterfeit his opponent and the hit the river, improving him to queens and fives.

"Good play, nice hand," his opponent said with sportsmanship as he left the table.

The action folded around to the hijack who put in a raise and Mikhail Patish three-bet to 25,000 on the button. The player in the hijack tanked for about 30-seconds before putting all of his chips across the line for roughly 40,000. Patish snap-called.

Hijack:
Mikhail Patish:

Patish had his opponent dominated and the board ran out for his ace-high queen-kicker to hold.

Mikhail Patish

239,000

41,000

With four players in the pot, the action checked to the river on the board, and the action checked to Shade Edmonds on the button with over 30,000 in the middle.

Edmonds fired out a bet of 20,000 and 2019 Bar Poker Open Champion called from the big blind before the other two players folded.

"You're good," Said Edmonds as he waited for Jimenez to show. Jimenez tabled for a pair of fives and Edmonds shook his head as he tossed his cards into the muck.

Rafael Jimenez	258,000	0
Shade Edmonds	101,000	101,000

A player jammed for their last 7,500 in early position and there was one call before Mikhail Patish three-bet to 20,000. The tabled quickly folded around and both hands were shown.

Early Position:
Mikhail Patish:

"Ace!" begged the all-in player.

Unfortunately for the player at risk the ace never came on the run out and Patish raked in the pot.

Mikhail Patish

198,000

198,000

The action folded around to Kevin Jones in the small blind and he limped before John Ryan raised to 13,000. Jones called.

The dealer fanned a flop of and Jones checked to Ryan who continued for 10,000. Jones check-raised all-in and Ryan quickly mucked his face up as the dealer shipped the pot to Jones.

John Ryan (BPO)	274,000	274,000
Kevin Jones	81,500	81,500