With approximately 12,000 already in the pot the chips started flying on the flop. Greg Merson started it off with a 7,400 chip bet which was met with resistance from his opponent, Orson Young, when he made it 17,500 to go. The World Series of Poker Main Event winner from 2012 moved all in for 31,150 total and was called quickly by Young. The hands:
Merson: for top pair
Young: for a gutshot straight draw and the nut flush draw
The turn was the and the river was the and Merson survived the draws to double up to 70,000 in chips. Young is still in good shape with 80,000 after the hand.
"I probably should have folded pre-flop," Young told Merson after the hand "but I really liked that flop."
Woroch was all in and at risk for his last 20,000 or so with , but unfortunately he was crushed by Micah Raskin's . The board came , and Woroch hit the rail.
We caught the beginnings of a bit pot brewing and headed over to take a look.
Tony Dunst had opened for the standard raise to begin the action, a move which prompted the Shannon Shorr to three-bet, making it 3,300 to play from the button. The small blind then four-bet to 7,500, and Ryan Eriquezzo defended his big blind with a five-bet shove to just about 32,000. Dunst got out of the way and Shorr deliberated for a few seconds before moving all in himself, with the big six-bet to 60,000 or so covering the small blind player. He quickly beat a retreat as well, leaving Eriquezzo and Shorr to showdown.
Shorr:
Eriquezzo:
Eriquezzo had gone for the gusto hoping to fold the table, but his face-card hand was crushed by Shorr's pocket rockets. The flop came down because everybody loves a good sweat, and the came on the turn to give Eriquezzo a puncher's chance at turning bullets into blanks, but the river bricked off coming . Eriquezzo hit the rail midway through the day while Shorr chipped up in a major way after dodging the deck on fifth street.
When Level 6 began a total of 103 players had ponied up for Day 1A, with the late registration period remaining available until the dinner break ends at around 8:30 p.m. local time. Although this WPT World Championship is a reentry event, players can only enter the tournament once per starting flight.
The dinner break is scheduled to last 75 minutes and will begin at the end of Level 6, with play rolling on until the end of Level 8 - or about 11:00 p.m. local time.
Matt Waxman opened the action to 1,400 and Ryan Riess raised out of the small blind to 4,200. Waxman made the call and the flop came .
Riess checked and Waxman thought for a few seconds before making a bet of 5,000. The reigning World Series of Poker Main Event Champion was quick to check-raise to 25,000, which essentially set Waxman all in. Waxman moved all in, for a total of 27,075, Riess called, and the cards were flipped over:
Matt Waxman for bottom set
Ryan Riess for a double gutter straight draw
Waxman's tournament life was on the line and he would survive when the turn was the and the river was the .
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flop. Greg Merson started it off with a 7,400 chip bet which was met with resistance from his opponent, Orson Young, when he made it 17,500 to go. The World Series of Poker Main Event winner from 2012 moved all in for 31,150 total and was called quickly by Young. The hands:
and the river was the 
and Merson survived the draws to double up to 70,000 in chips. Young is still in good shape with 80,000 after the hand.
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