Helstern Flops the Nuts and Wins a Small Pot
Ryan Phan was in the cutoff and raised to 3,000. He received a call from Jorden Helstern, who defended his big blind to take action heads up to a flop of 
. Helstern led out, betting 4,000, and Phan called.
Both players checked the turn 
and the river came 
. Helstern reached for chips and went to bet 1,000 before realizing that such an amount would not work. He pulled his hand back and grabbed 200 more to make a minimum-bet of 1,200. Phan quickly called.
Helstern showed 
for a straight and earned the pot, making a light gesture to Phan with his hands that mimicked pushing a stack of chips all in as if he wished Phan had shoved on him. Nonetheless, Helstern now finds himself back over 80,000 after dipping below the starting stack for a bit of time earlier in the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
196,000 | -2,000 |
|
82,200 | 47,400 |
. Action checked to Anthony Pitesa in middle position and he bet 4,000. Josh Bobrosky called on the button and a fold came behind, taking action heads up to the turn 
. Pitesa dropped in a pile of chips that was more than enough to put Bobrosky all in, and Bobrosky quickly called.
filled up the draw to do just that. Bobrosky's elimination all but confirms he will be taking his stack of just 5,000 into Sunday's Day 2 after failing to bag a bigger stack than his Day 1a total.
and both Java and Zedo checked. Wong bet 2,500 and got a quick fold from Java before Zedo put out chips to match.
. Zedo sat for a second and then reached for chips, betting 3,000.
