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SeongUk Huh opened to 6,000 from under the gun, and Thomas Boivin three-bet to 24,000 on the button. After using a time bank card, Huh four-bet to 60,000 and Boivin called.
Huh checked the J♠8♥8♦ flop, and Boivin took the betting lead by sliding out 40,000. Huh called, and checked again on the 9♠ turn.
Boivin needed more than the 30-second clock to settle on a bet of 80,000, claiming the pot as Huh let his hand go.
Ana Marquez checked the 7♥K♠9♣ flop from the big blind, making the call after Daehyung Lee fired a bet of 25,000 from the cutoff.
Marquez checked again on the Q♦ turn, with Lee checking back to see the 2♦ river.
One last check from Marquez was met with a bet of 50,000 from Lee. That was enough to claim the pot, as Marquez slid her cards into the muck.
Alex Kulev opened to 7,000 from under the gun and Sebastian Gaehl called in the cutoff before Frederico Nizzato three-bet to 35,000 in the small blind. Both opponents folded.
WSOP app ambassador Sam Abernathy is in the Day 1b field, as is her husband, pot-limit Omaha (PLO) crusher Lautaro Guerra, who last year won the $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller here at WSOP Paradise.
Check out this PokerNews Life Outside Poker interview with Abernathy from this summer's WSOP festival about her journey from the poker circuit to motherhood.
Eduard Rau and Andrew Chen got in a blind versus blind raising war.
Rau had raised to around 55,000, and Chen put in a reraise to 105,000. Rau laid it down.
Evgenii Fidchuk opened to 7,000 from the cutoff, and Nick Marchington three-bet to 33,000 in the small blind. Both players checked the J♦7♣10♥ flop, and the 9♠ turn was flipped over.
Another pair of checks led to the 2♦ river, and both players opted to tap the table one last time.
Marchington showed A♥7♥ for a pair of sevens, while Fidchuk tabled K♥J♥ for a pair of jacks to take the pot.
Level: 2
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Masato Yokosawa opened to 5,000 on the button, and Eric Yanovsky three-bet to 32,000 in the big blind.
"Why so big?" asked Yokosawa, who is celebrating his birthday. The Japanese vlogger then called.
Both players checked on the 10♥10♦Q♦ flop and again on the 9♥ turn. Yanovsky then bet 45,000 on the 2♣ river to bring a fold from Yokosawa.
"You're too good!" said Yokosawa.