It was a five-way limped pot with Rory Young in the small blind and everybody checked the flop. On the turn, Young bet 650, and Stephen Lindeblad raised to 1,300. All other opponents got out of the way, leaving heads-up action to the river.
After the landed on the river, Lindeblad bet 2,200. Young called, and Lindeblad showed the . Young threw his cards to the middle of the table and got a "Should have bet the flop, huh"" from a cheering Lindeblad.
One hand later, Young three-bet an opening raise of 500 from Peter Lonemore to 1,800 on the button. Lonemore went along to see the flop and check-raised to 4,000 after Young immediately fired 1,600. Young mucked his cards, smacking them towards the table before checking his stack, and heading into the last break of the day.
Players are now on their last 15-minute break of the night. When they return they'll play two more one-hour levels before bagging and tagging. Stay tuned!
Jaime Kaplan late registered Day 1c, and his stay was short and not at all sweet.
Within minutes of sitting down, Kaplan got his starting stack of 3,000 all in preflop. We missed the hand, but Brandon Shack-Harris informed us Kaplan held only to run it into another player holding . On a side note, Shack-Harris pointed out a third player had folded pocket jacks. Whatever the case, Kaplan couldn't catch and his Day 1c was over in the blink of an eye.
We didn't catch the action until the turn of a board but Ryan Riess bet 700. One seat over, Srdjan Brkic raised to 2,500 and clearly sent a message to the defending WSOP Main Event champion that he was not going to fold anymore. Riess moved all in for slightly more than the raise and was snap-called.
Riess:
Brkic:
Only a club that didn't paid the board would save Riess, but the river was of no help. Brkic's brother Uros played in the second flight and got through with a stack of 6,800 chips., Srdjan is looking to advance to day 2 with more than that.
Action folded to current World Series of Poker Player of the Year frontrunner Brandon Shack-Harris in the small blind. He completed the bet, and then the player in the big blind raised to 850. Shack-Harris moved all in, and his opponent quickly called for around 5,000 total with the . Shack-Harris had two suited over cards with the .
The flop gave Shack-Harris the lead, and the turn kept him there. Shack-Harris just needed a dodge a nine on the river, and he was able to do so after the finished off the board.
With that pot, Shack-Harris increased his stack to approximately 13,500 in chips.
A short-stacked player moved all in for 650 and Yaxi Zhu isolated with a three-bet to 1,500. The rest of the field folded and the cards were flipped up.
Zhu:
Opponent:
Both players shared an ace, but Zhu's kicker had her well out in front. The flop was no harm to Zhu, and neither was the turn. All she needed to do to score the knock out was dodge a jack on the river, which is exactly what she did when the blanked.
Two players checked to Phil Hellmuth on the board, and the 13-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner fired a bet of 500. The first player folded, and then Ray Henson made the call to see the land on the river. Henson checked, and Hellmuth took his time before betting 1,400. Henson gave it a little bit of thought, but folded in the end, and Hellmuth won the pot.
Fellow POY contender George Danzer already had a nice stack from the first flight yesterday and sits at an average stack right now on day 1c. Brandon Shack-Harris was well below that but just doubled up after opening the action with a raise to 400. He got called by two players and then got it in with on a king high flop with two diamonds.
The player one seat over had him covered with for the flush draw but no further diamond showed up.
Heinz Kamutzki raised to 450 from early position and table chip leader Colin Galloway folded two seats over whereas the player on the button called. Until the river of a √, the heads-up action created a pot of 4,200 and the final community card was checked to the German.
Kamutzki moved all in for 2,650 and his opponent had a hard time to let go before eventually releasing his cards. They both then did some table chat still and the player on the button was convinced to have folded the best hand. Galloway chimed in and said that he had folded pocket deuces preflop.
Action folded to a short-stacked player on the button and he moved all in for 1,300. The small blind folded, and then Ray Henson thought for about 40 seconds before calling from the big.
Button:
Henson:
The short-stacked player got it in good, but Henson took the lead when the flop gave him two pair. The turn improved him to a full house, which left his opponent drawing dead. The meaningless was put out on the river for good measure, and then Henson was pushed the pot.
flop. On the 
turn, Young bet 650, and Stephen Lindeblad raised to 1,300. All other opponents got out of the way, leaving heads-up action to the river.
landed on the river, Lindeblad bet 2,200. Young called, and Lindeblad showed the 
. Young threw his cards to the middle of the table and got a "Should have bet the flop, huh"" from a cheering Lindeblad.
flop and check-raised to 4,000 after Young immediately fired 1,600. Young mucked his cards, smacking them towards the table before checking his stack, and heading into the last break of the day.
only to run it into another player holding 
board but Ryan Riess bet 700. One seat over, Srdjan Brkic raised to 2,500 and clearly sent a message to the defending WSOP Main Event champion that he was not going to fold anymore. Riess moved all in for slightly more than the raise and was snap-called.
river was of no help. Brkic's brother Uros played in the second flight and got through with a stack of 6,800 chips., Srdjan is looking to advance to day 2 with more than that.
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flop gave Shack-Harris the lead, and the 
finished off the board.
turn. All she needed to do to score the knock out was dodge a jack on the river, which is exactly what she did when the 
blanked.
, the heads-up action created a pot of 4,200 and the final community card was checked to the German.
