Fernando "waransan" Garcia raised under the gun to 600, and Daniel Negreanu called from the button. The flop was and Negreanu called a bet of 600. They both checked the turn, as well as the river, and Negreanu took it down with ten-nine of hearts against ace-queen of hearts for Garcia.
Wilson "@FickleFoxx" Lim raised to 500 under the gun, and Fernando "waransan" Garcia called the cutoff before Andrey "shahter98" Kotelnikov raised the small blind to 2,340. Only Garcia came along to the and they called a bet of 1,881 to see on the turn.
Garcia called again for 3,160, but folded to 5,309 on the river.
In the very first hand of the day, Daniel "angenit" Vicente raised to 500 under the gun, and Thiago "grigopoker" Grigoletti called the big blind, as did the player in the small blind. The flop came and it checked to Vicente, who vet 545.
Only Grigoletti called to on the turn, then check-called for 2,329. They both checked the river.
Thiago "grigopoker" Grigoletti:
Daniel "angenit" Vicente:
Board:
Neither player hit the board, so ace-high took it down.
Event #81: People's Choice Event [Spin the Wheel] employed a unique format to set up the game. With no preset format, they determined the structure of Event #81 based on random spins of a prize wheel. Once they were done, the format for #81 was set at 6-handed no limit hold'em bounty with a $1,050 buy-in.
With the format set, players are getting ready to go. They'll start the event with 25,000 in chips, and play 15 minute levels until a winner is decided later today.
With about an hour to go till cards go in the air, there are about 200 players waiting for the starter's gun. Among them are GGPoker ambassadors Pete Chen, Sergey Rybachenko, Daniel Negreanu, and Danny Tang, as well GGPoker streamers Niklas "NikkyMouse" Ehrenholz, Bluffpatrol_Rapha, Kevin Martin, Patrick "Egption" Tardif, and Henri Buehler.
Actions gets going at 2 p.m. eastern time, and PokerNews will be here all day to bring you the excitement as they play down to a winner.