Lauren Kling raised to 300 and only the player on the button in Seat 2 made the call. The flop came and Kling bet 450. The button called as the fell on the turn.
Kling decided to slow down and checked, prompting the button to bet 650. Kling carefully counted out the chips and made the call. The dealer burned and revealed the on the river. Kling quickly checked and the button bet 1,100. Kling began to fiddled with her, perhaps contemplating a raise, but she opted just to call.
The player on the button didn't want to show his cards but Kling waited patiently for him to do so. Eventually he turned over the for a missed flush and straight draw; meanwhile, Kling revealed for two pair. With that win, Kling is up to 34,000.
Facing a raise to 250 preflop, Neil Channing made the call from the hijack before calling a 450-chip bet on the flop and a 1,150-chip bet on the turn as the final board was spread .
The river went check, check, and Channing was unable to best his opponent's to see him slip below his starting stack by a few big blinds.
Leo Margets made some small waves last year as the woman to make the deepest run in the Main Event. She's off to a strong start today with a set that held up. After a player opened for 300 and was called by another player, Margets raised her button to 1,025. Both other players called. Margets continued for 2,200 on a flop of . The initial pre-flop raiser folded, but the player in between check-raised to 5,000. Margets called.
Both players checked the turn. When the river fell a blank, the , Margets' opponent bet 7,000. Margets quickly called. Her set of aces, , was the best hand against her opponent's .
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Three players saw a flop of with Kristian Lunardi leading the betting from middle position for 600. A young online qualifier with six to eight poker room patches on his person made the call from the hijack position as the player on the button folded.
The turn was the and Lunardi fired another 1,600. His opponent called and the river brought the . Lunardi released a third barrel worth 3,300 but his opponent raised it up, making it 8,575 to go. Lunardi considered his options and decided to let it go. He's down to 26,000.
Jason Gray raised to 300 from the hijack seat, but that wasn't going to get him anywhere. The cutoff immediately reraised to 900, and Dan Harmetz went ahead and four-bet to 2,800 from the button just as quickly. That folded Gray, but the cutoff proceeded to reraise once again, 14,000 total to go. Harmetz tanked and moaned for a little while, and he eventually folded pocket kings face-up!
The cutoff said he had aces but didn't show; the rest of the table seems to believe his story though. In any event, it's quite possible that Harmetz has saved himself from an early exit, laying down his kings and deciding to wait for a spot when he wasn't running into pocket aces.
On a board of , Pieter de Korver checked from middle position and his opponent bet 2,000. De Korver made the call and the came on the river. De Korver bet out 3,000 and was raised by his opponent to 8,000.
"If you have eights, you're good. Otherwise . . . " responded de Korver as he made the call and showed . His flopped set was good enough to take down the hand and bring his stack up to 43,000.
Facing a raise from middle position to 350, Christian Harder made the call from the button before Scott Fischman three-bet to 1,750 from the small blind.
Both players made the call as Fischman led out for 3,100 on the flop. The original raiser made the call as Harder passed to see the land on the turn and Fischman fire out 6,100.
His opponent made the call before the landed on the river and Fischman check-called a 6,200-chip bet.
Fischman mucked however at the sight of his opponent's , to see the multiple bracelet winner slip to just 10,000 in chips.
With about 3,000 in the pot on the turn on a board of Jennifer Leigh raised her opponent's bet of 2,700 to make it 7,000 to play. Her opponent made the call before both checked down the river.
Leigh opened for top pair to collect the pot. She's up to 39,000.
and Kling bet 450. The button called as the 
fell on the turn.
on the river. Kling quickly checked and the button bet 1,100. Kling began to fiddled with her, perhaps contemplating a raise, but she opted just to call.
for a missed flush and straight draw; meanwhile, Kling revealed 
for two pair. With that win, Kling is up to 34,000.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
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to see him slip below his starting stack by a few big blinds.
. The initial pre-flop raiser folded, but the player in between check-raised to 5,000. Margets called.
turn. When the river fell a blank, the 
, was the best hand against her opponent's 
.
with Kristian Lunardi leading the betting from middle position for 600. A young online qualifier with six to eight poker room patches on his person made the call from the hijack position as the player on the button folded.
and Lunardi fired another 1,600. His opponent called and the river brought the 
, Pieter de Korver checked from middle position and his opponent bet 2,000. De Korver made the call and the 
. His flopped set was good enough to take down the hand and bring his stack up to 43,000.
landed on the river and Fischman check-called a 6,200-chip bet.
Jennifer Leigh raised her opponent's bet of 2,700 to make it 7,000 to play. Her opponent made the call before both checked down the 
river.
for top pair to collect the pot. She's up to 39,000.