There were 2,250 chips in the pot when John Juanda bet 1,650 on the turn, . His lone opponent called. Both players checked down the river.
"One pair," said Juanda. He showed down a pair of treys, . The player in Seat 4 started muttering to himself and rattling off a bunch of hostile-sounding words in a foreign language. He flashed and mucked.
Donnie Peters
Keith Lehr and Steve Dannenmann took a flop together with 1,750 chips in the middle. The dealer put the in the middle of the table and both players checked. The turn brought the , putting four hearts on board. Both players checked again. The river was the , pairing the board. Lehr fired 775 and Dannenmann raised to 3,000. Lehr folded his hand, giving Dannenmann the pot.
Amnon Filippi opened the pot to 800 from the button. The small blind re-raised to 2,800 and was called by both the big blind and by Filippi. On a flop of , the small blind bet 4,500 and only Filippi called. Action checked down from there, with the turn coming and the river falling . Filippi showed down , besting his opponent's to take the pot.
"Rather be lucky than good," Filippi's opponent said a bit derisively. Filippi is up to 50,000.
Donnie Peters
The under-the-gun player limped in and then Steve Topakas raised to 1,350. The limper made the call. The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and action checked again.
The river produced the and Topakas fired 1,300 after his opponent checked. The player made the call. Topakas tabled for the winning hand and his opponent mucked.
Donnie Peters
Ken Aldridge was all in preflop with pocket queens -- -- against his opponent's pocket kings -- . The flop came down , spiking Aldridge quads and putting his opponent all but out of here.
The turn brought the and that ended things. The river completed the board with the .
Aldridge was the winner of the first six-handed event of this year's WSOP, earning over $400,000 for his victory. He is wearing his bracelet around his wrist and one of the other players in the tournament at an adjacent table saw the hand go down and commented, "That's how you win bracelets?"
When we were down at the Aussie Millions this past January, we became well-acquainted with young Christian Heich. Heich is in today's Day 1c field. He's sitting behind 33,000 chips after a recent hand in which he bet 2,000 on the turn and 4,500 on the river of a board. Heich's opponent check-called each bet but couldn't beat Heich's trip fours, .
Jeff Lisandro
We picked this hand up on the turn when Jeff Lisandro bet 2,100 on a board of . His opponent made the call, and Lisandro bet 4,000 more when the landed on the river. He got called again, and Lisandro scooped the pot after showing .
The hand brought his chip count to approximately 80,000.
Steve Diano limped from under the gun and action folded around to the small blind who completed. A women in the big blind raised to 1,000 and Diano moved all in for 1,950. The small blind got out of the way and the big blind called.
Big Blind:
Diano:
The board came giving Diano a straight on the river to double up to 4,200.
Donnie Peters
The flop was between Liv Boeree and Troy Hamilton. Hamilton was first to act out of the small blind and checked. Boeree checked behind from the cutoff seat.
The turn brought the and Hamilton checked again. Boeree fired 1,100 and Hamilton called. The river was the and Hamilton led out with a bet of 4,000. Boeree questioned, "You realize that's more than pot, right?" She also gave Hamilton a long stare down. She eventually made the call, but rolled her eyes and mucked, after Hamilton showed for the wheel.