Players have just returned from their first break of the day, and while they were away from the tables we were able to determine that local player Dean Murphy has taken the early lead in Day 1c, with over 73,000 in chips. Mike Dentale has also managed to build up a pretty solid early stack – he’s already playing about 67,000.
Everyone in the room heard when Dean made his most profitable hand so far – he got it in preflop holding pocket Aces against a player holding pocket deuces – and the player with the 22 flopped his set. Dean managed to river an Ace to give him the biggest set – which is actually quite an accomplishment in the sense that Dean is also the player who, a couple of years ago, was eliminated in the first level playing Quads…
Update: Dean just shared that the dealer of this hand was actually the SAME dealer who gave him his Quad 6s while his opponent made their Royal flush in that hand from the past.
