We picked up the action after a flop of and Aaron Wallace led for 2,500 and received one caller. The turn was the and Wallace continued for 4,500. His opponent called and the on the river brought an all-in bet from Wallace, having his opponent covered at around 10,000.
Wallace's opponent would let it go and Wallace is trying to follow up his PLO bracelet at this past year's WSOP with a deep hold'em run.
Ryan Parker limped from middle position as did the player in the cutoff. Michael Hahn raised to 3,800 from the small blind and only Parker made the call. The flop came and Hahn check-called a bet of 7,000. The turn brought two checks and the fell on the river.
Hahn checked and Parker bet 6,000. Hahn made the call and Parker turned over . Big slick was not enough to beat the of Hahn, however, and he gathered the pot.
Jeff Goodrich opened to 2,500 from under the gun, Richard Pflum called from the button and Brandon Wetzel called from the big blind. The flop came and Wetzel checked. Goodrich bet 3,500, Pflum called and Wetzel folded. The turn was the and Goodrich bet 4,500. Pflum called and they saw the fall on the river.
Goodrich again threw out 4,500 and again Pflum called, tabling . Goodrich had him outkicked with , though and the players are going in opposite directions.
81 is the official number of entries for today and, with a recent elimination, that number has been more than halved and Day 1a is down to four tables of nine.