The player in the hijack made it 3,000 and his neighbor Jason Wheeler three-bet to 7,500. One position down it was Michel Abecassis on the button jamming for 17,000. Both blinds and the hijack folded, Wheeler added the needed chips to make the call.
Jason Wheeler:
Michel Abecassis:
The dealer quickly dealt and Abecassis doubled up.
The clock now mentions 320 entries into the main event. That's a little down compared to last years 341, but in 2015 players were able to up to 5 entries into the event, and this year a maximum of 3. 150 players remain, making for an average stack of 64,000.
As we were standing close to the rail, Joost Oosterink walked past us and mentioned he had 200,000. Oosterink, while still on his way to his table, told us he had won aces versus queens to double up. We later learned that Dutch regular Jasper Wetemans was the one with queens, resulting in him busting out early on. Oosterink started out with 90,000, but after just a level and a half, he's amongst the chip leaders.
Jason Mercier joins Remko Rinkema to talk about prop betting at the World Series of Poker, his three-bracelet bet against Vanessa Selbst, and some of the high-stakes cash games he's dabbling in.
As we arrived, Ali Reza Kashtiaray had a bet of 3,700 in front of him on a flop of . From middle position Jack Salter had raised to 13,100 and Kashtiaray made the call.
The turn came the and Kashtiaray checked. Salter bet 24,000 and Kashtiaray check shoved. Salter called.
Kashtiaray:
Salter:
"We need a five again!" said Salter.
It wouldn't come. Instead the completed the board and Salter left with a pout face.
We ran into Rob Strong as he was making his way to the exit. Strong told us he had folded for an hour and a half, only to find off suit and push all in from the hijack. Small blind Kees Alblas woke up with and busted Strong.
We moved over to the table of Alblas where both Raoul Refos and Marcel Goldenbelt praised Alblas' aggressive plays so far today. Alblas counted out his stack; 185,000.
and Abecassis doubled up.
. From middle position Jack Salter had raised to 13,100 and Kashtiaray made the call.
and Kashtiaray checked. Salter bet 24,000 and Kashtiaray check shoved. Salter called.
completed the board and Salter left with a pout face.
off suit and push all in from the hijack. Small blind Kees Alblas woke up with 
and busted Strong.
