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.
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.
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!
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.
On the last hand before the break, George Danzer and Mike Watson got involved in a pot that lasted a few minutes into the break.
Danzer kicked off the action with a raise to 450 from middle position, and Watson three-bet to 1,200 on the button. Play folded back to Danzer, and he called to see the flop come down . Both players checked.
The turn was the , and Danzer led with a bet of 2,200. Watson made the call, and the river was the . Danzer took a few moments to think and then checked. Watson took his own few moments and then slid all of his chips forward for 3,750. This sent Danzer into the tank, and tank is just what he did. Several minutes into the break, Danzer finally gave it up, and Watson won the pot.
After a player opened for 650 from the hijack and Ray Henson flatted from the button, Sam Mrad called from the big blind and three players saw a flop of . Two checks saw Henson bet 500, only Mrad called, and then the dealer burned and turned the .
Mrad check-called a bet of 2,175 and then both players checked when the river put four clubs on the board. Mrad rolled over the for a flush, and it was good as Henson sent his cards to the muck.
Stephen Lindeblad raised to 600 and got two callers before the action reached Peter Longmore. The latter three-bet quite large to 3,100 and only Lindeblad went along to see the flop of . Longmore bet 4,000 and had another 6,800 behind, which caused Lindeblad to move all in. Longmore called quickly and both turned over their cards:
Longmore:
Lindeblad:
It was a cooler for Lindeblad and he failed to improve on the turn and the river. Another player from a nearby cash table had some words and Lindeblad only threw back a "oh shut up." Let's see if he remains as talkative as he has been thus far.
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.
only to run it into another player holding 
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.
. Two checks saw Henson bet 500, only Mrad called, and then the dealer burned and turned the 
.
river. Another player from a nearby cash table had some words and Lindeblad only threw back a "oh shut up." Let's see if he remains as talkative as he has been thus far.