Laurence Wolf was the first player to act, and he raised to 25,000. Andy Spears called on his direct left, and the action folded to two-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Madsen, who put in a three-bet to 109,000 from the small blind.
Wolf considered the bet then upped the ante, re-raising to 295,000. Spears quickly got out of the way and the action was back on Madsen, who entered the tank.
After no longer than two minutes, Madsen flicked his hand into the muck, and Wolf revealed . Madsen rapped the felt, pleased at his fold.
"I was happy with winning the pot there," Wolf admitted.
Four players - Laurence Wolf, Andy Spears, Jewook Oh, and Paul Spitzberg - saw a flop of . Wolf led out for 65,000, only Oh called, and the turn brought the .
Wolf led out again, firing out 102,000, and Oh studied the bet for around 90 seconds before flicking in a call.
The completed the board, and Wolf opted to check for the first time. Oh knuckled behind, and rose from his chair when Wolf showed for eights and kings.
Oh took his two cards, rubbed them together, then revealed for bricked flush and straight draws.
On an adjacent table, Shankar Pillai was eliminated by Charlie Hook with unknown action.
Michael Nye was just eliminated over on Table 3 with unknown action. When we arrived, Nye's hand was being scooped into the muck, was in front of Miguel Borrero, and the board was completed .
It looked as if Nye had a wired pair as well, and the money went in preflop.
Just before the level change, Shankar Pillai, William Bariban, and Robson Barbosa were three handed on a board of . Pillai fired out 50,000, only Bariban called, and the river was the .
Pillai checked, and Bariban checked behind, revealing for a flush. It was good.
Chris Csik open-shoved for around 150,000 from under the gun, and Andy Spears re-shoved in late position. The players in the blinds released.
Csik:
Spears:
Csik failed to improve enough as the board came , and exited in 27th place.
An orbit later, Jewook Oh put in a standard raise from middle position. Shawn Busse three-bet on his direct left, and the action folded back to Oh, who four-bet shipped for effectively 300,000 or so. Busse snap-called.
Busse:
Oh:
It was a major misstep for Oh, but Lady Luck came to the rescue. The flop gave him a gut-shot straight draw, and the on the turn gave him said straight. Busse could chop the pot with a on the river, but the sent him packing.
Abraham Korotki raised to 24,000 in early position, David Tuthill put in a re-raise to 51,000 from the cutoff, and Dave Stefanski tanked for a bit before folding his big blind. Korotki called.
The flop fell , both players checked, and the turn was the . Korotki check-called a half-pot bet, and the river was the . Korotki check-called another bet of 117,000, then mucked when Tuthill showed for queens and fives.