Hasan Habib wasted little time in getting involved here at the main feature table. He was all in on is first hand for 1.13 million. Matthew Jarvis called from the button. Habib held the and Jarvis the .
The board ran through , missing Jarvis and doubling up Habib. He's now up to about 2.4 million in chips.
Mads Wissing is probably going to have nightmares tonight about jack-trey suited. He checked his big blind option after William Thorson, in the small blind, was the only player to limp into the pot pre-flop. Thorson checked the flop, then moved all in after Wissing bet 175,000. Wissing called all in with top pair, . He saw that he was up against Thorson's bottom pair, . The crowd let out a collective groan as the turn came a gut-punching to give Thorson two pair, jacks and treys. The river was salt in the wound for Wissing, giving him a useless two pair of his own.
Wissing has been eliminated. Thorson, meanwhile, is up to almost 7.0 million in chips.
Matt Affleck raised to 270,000 and Matthew Jarvis called from the next seat. The two saw the flop come down and Affleck was first to act. He checked and Jarvis checked behind.
The turn card paired the board with the . Affleck fired 450,000 and Jarvis called.
The river completed the board with the . Affleck fired 650,000 and after few minutes in the tank, Jarvis folded his hand.
Robert Pisano raised to 290,000 from late position, and both blinds came along with him -- Adam Levy in the small and Benjamin Statz in the big.
The three of them check-check-checked through the flop to bring them to the turn. Levy took control with a leading bet of 475,000, and Statz tank-folded. Pisano skipped the tank part and just quickly uncapped his cards and flicked them back to the dealer with the chip.
With the stacks deep at the secondary feature table we're seeing a fair number of flops. Scott Clements has played a significant portion of them. He raised a recent pot to 305,000 from the ctuoff and was called by big blind John Racener. Racener checked and folded to Clements' bet of 365,000 on a flop of .
Robert Pisano opened to 295,000, and both Benjamin Statz and Soi Nguyen put in the calls from the small and big blind respectively.
The blinds checked the flop, and Pisano continued out with a 630,000-chip bet. Statz quickly ducked out while Nguyen made the call to see fourth street. It was the and he checked again. Pisano checked behind this time, and that brought them to the river. Nguyen took the lead now, firing out 900,000 at the pot. Pisano tanked and eventually called to see what was what.
Nguyen showed that his had turned a straight, but it was second-best. Pisano called him down with , and his baby full house was plenty good enough to drag the pot.
"Nice call!" one of his railbirds yelled.
"I knew it," Pisano replied. "Soul read."
That soul read has moved Pisano to about 10.6 million, while Nguyen is back to 20.85 million and still shaking his head back and forth slowly as the dealer prepares for the next hand.
David Baker opened the pot from middle position to 260,000. Jason Senti three-bet from the small blind to 675,000 and Baker called. The flop came down and Baker called a bet of 685,000 from Senti.
The turn card brought the and Senti checked. Baker bet 1.18 million. Senti tanked and then made the call.
The river card was the and Senti checked. Baker checked behind. Senti showed the and Baker mucked his hand.
Senti improved to about 14.8 million while Baker dropped to 4.4 million.
Maybe Scott Clements is getting cards. Maybe he's out-playing his opponents. We haven't seen too many showdowns from Clements, so it's hard to know. But he was at it again, calling a raise to 310,000 made by early-position player John Dolan. Clements acted first on an all-club flop, . He checked to Dolan, then raised to 855,000 after Dolan bet 350,000. Dolan thought about things for a while before surrendering his cards.
Filippo Candio raised before Ronnie Bardah moved all in. Candio snapped him off when action got back to him. Bardah held the , but saw the bad news as Candio held the . Bardah went over to the stands where he was embraced by his friends as they rooted loudly for a bunch of hearts to fall.
The flop came down and Bardah only picked up one heart. He would need turn-and-river help in order to stay alive.
The turn card was the and that was it, there was no longer a sweat and Candio pumped his fist knowing he won the hand. The river completed the board with the .
Bardah finished in 24th place for $317,161, a very well-deserved payday for his first-ever cash in the WSOP Main Event.