With the board showing and a considerable pot already built, Wade Speaks made a bet that forced his opponent into the tank, then saw him emerge to make a call.
Speaks showed for trip queens, and his opponent nodded in recognition as he mucked his hand and departed.
"You got lucky," said David Fox from across the table who had earlier been involved in the hand. "You made a good flop bet… I turned a set of sevens," he explained as Speaks collected the chips.
That hand boosts Speaks up around 55,000 as we begin Level 5.
Jeffrey Gurfinkel, winner of WSOP-C Atlantic City Event No. 4 ($365 NLHE) has arrived and is playing at one of the most-recently started tables. So, too, is Feming Chan here. Chan just won his first Circuit ring last night in Event No. 7 ($1,125 NLHE).
We also just took a walk over to Christopher Leong's table to see how he's doing so far today. Leong has made a name for himself this week at Caesars Atlantic City, winning two gold rings in Event No. 2, a $365 NLHE Re-Entry, and Event No. 6, a $365 NLHE 6-max. tourney.
Noticing our presence, Leong's opponents wondered aloud who at the table had drawn our attention. Subsequent conversation finally got around to the topic of Leong's recent feats.
"Is it really true he won two rings this week?" one of his opponents asked. "It's okay… you won't be giving anything away. He's wearing the rings!"
The table exploded in laughter. Leong — who isn't really wearing the rings — just smiled in response, continuing to focus on trying to become the first player ever to win three rings at a single WSOP Circuit stop.
Going through the floor just now, we also spotted Kyle Bowker and Alex Cordero, along with a few rings winners we will talk about shortly.
Also, we saw that it was an early exit for Ting Ho, as her seat was recently filled. She will have the option to return at 7 for Day 1b, or enter tomorrow morning at the start of Day 2. She can only do one of these however.
We made our first round through the tables after the break, and we saw a familiar face who wasn't there before: 2011 bracelet winner Mitch Schock. Schock won the $2,500 buy in Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha bracelet, pocketing over $300,000 for his efforts.
A player in early position raised to 400, a middle-position player called, then Terry Grimes reraised to 1,500 from late position and both of his opponents called.
The flop came , and when checked to Grimes continued for 2,000, getting just one caller from the original raiser in early position. Both players then checked down the turn and river.
Grimes's opponent showed , and Grimes winced as he folded.
Following a button raise, Kim Findura defended her big blind then saw a flop come . Findura checked, her opponent fired 1,500, and she called. The turn then brought the and a bet of 2,100 from Findura. Her opponent raised to 5,000, and after a pause Findura called.
The river was the , and this time Findura waved her hand to signal she was checking. Her opponent bet 3,500 and Findura called. Her opponent showed for a flush, and Findura mucked.