A player in early position open-raised for 300 and was called in three places from the cutoff, Tony Dunst from the button and the big blind.
The flop brought and the big blind checked, prompting a 600 c-bet from the original raiser. The cutoff called but "Bond18" squeezed to 1200 on the button. The original raiser folded out of turn, after which the big blind overcalled and the cutoff folded, sending two players to the turn.
The turn came and the big blind checked. Dunst bet 4,300 and the big blind player wasted little time going all in for 11,450. Dunst made the call with and found himself in bad shape against the big blind player's for a flopped set.
The river came an innocuous , doubling the big blind up and leaving Dunst sitting just under 10,000.
Reigning Champion of this very event has finally been spotted in today's field.
Jason DeWitt has taken his seat in the secondary area of the tournament floor and has Kevin Saul seated to his direct right. DeWitt's table however will be one of the first to break, so Saul won't bother him for too long.
Maria Ho opened the action from the hi-jack to 250 and found a caller in the big blind to see a flop fall.
Facing a check from her opponent, Ho continued for 200 only to be check-raised to 500. Ho made the call as the landed on the turn and the big blind tossed in a 1,000-denomination chip.
Ho made the call as both players tapped the table when the completed the board on the river.
Being shown the of her opponent, Ho tabled her to see the pot chopped up.
On a board of a player opened the betting to 1,250. Vanessa Selbst raised all in for her final 2,650. After a third player folded, her opponent called. Selbst showed for a flush draw and two over, slightly behind the of her opponent.
The turn was the , the river the and Selbst will have to wait for the next event to earn another braclet.
We caught up with the action just as both players were all in on the river. A player on the button revealed against Dan Harrington's on a board of for a top two vs. set cooler. The player on the button had Harrington slightly covered and sent the hall-of-famer to the rail.
As we mentioned in our original opening post, today was a true test on how Black Friday would affect the preliminary events of this year's WSOP.
With a few more players committing $5,000 to the prizepool, today's number now sits at 805 entrants; an increase from the 792 of last year.
Although Jason DeWitt pocketed a handy $818,959 in prizemoney, it is unlikely that this year's Event #4 winner will take home substantially more, but an $850,000 first prize is not out of the question as registration is still open for a further two hours!
and the big blind checked, prompting a 600 c-bet from the original raiser. The cutoff called but "Bond18" squeezed to 1200 on the button. The original raiser folded out of turn, after which the big blind overcalled and the cutoff folded, sending two players to the turn.
and the big blind checked. Dunst bet 4,300 and the big blind player wasted little time going all in for 11,450. Dunst made the call with 
and found himself in bad shape against the big blind player's 
for a flopped set.
, doubling the big blind up and leaving Dunst sitting just under 10,000.
flop fall.
landed on the turn and the big blind tossed in a 1,000-denomination chip.
completed the board on the river.
of her opponent, Ho tabled her 
to see the pot chopped up.
a player opened the betting to 1,250. Vanessa Selbst raised all in for her final 2,650. After a third player folded, her opponent called. Selbst showed 
for a flush draw and two over, slightly behind the 
, the river the 
against Dan Harrington's 
on a board of 
for a top two vs. set cooler. The player on the button had Harrington slightly covered and sent the hall-of-famer to the rail.
and roughly 2,000 in the pot, we found Tommy Vedes tossing out a bet of 1,675.
completed the board on the river.
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for bottom set to collect the pot as Vedes slips to 24,000 after peaking at over 30,00 already today.
