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Notes from Today’s First Level
The 135 remaining players started today with blinds of 6k/12k and an ante of 2k. The play continued to move fast, with frequent all-ins. In the two-hour level, 30 players busted, leaving us with 103 players. The average stack is now just over 800k.
Allen Cunningham, after flirting with the felt for hours yesterday, has managed to build his stack to over 900k. In today’s play, Allen was extremely quiet. He was involved in only a five pots and saw only two flops. He took both of those pots, one a blind-vs.-blind confrontation where he bet out the flop; in the other, he bet when an Ace appeared on the river.
I’ll be following Allen for the next levels and will give updates on his progress.
Sabyl Cohen, the Full Tilt qualifier, had dropped to under 500k. But she continued her game – playing tight and waiting for good opportunities. Then it came. She raised from late position and was re-raised from the big blind. She moved in and was called. Her Aces were up against Ace-King, and now Sabyl has nearly 1 Million.
Some stacks are still very short, and we can expect a number of all-in moves in the following levels.
