After a series of raises preflop between Matt Matros and an unknown opponent it was off to the flop. With a flop exposed in the middle Matros placed a bet that would put his opponent all in. A call was made and cards were tabled.
Matros
Opponent:
With a and a making an appearance on the turn Matos' hand held true and he eliminated the short stacked opponent.
Aubin Cazals already has a bracelet to his name at this year's World Series of Poker after took down Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max. He will not be adding another from this event as he busted.
Christian Harder followed from the same table soon after.
With a board reading spread on the table Steve Zolotow was all in and at risk by an unknown opponent. Zolotow possessed and immediately started heading toward the door when he saw his opponent's for a straight. Nothing could come on the river to save Zolotow and he was eliminated when the landed down on the river.
Great start to no chips for Viktor Blom. Seat one at his table was the most likely destination for the Swede's chips.
Daniel Negreanu's on the up. He raised from under the gun and bet 350 and 800 on the flop and turn. The board read and the big blind stayed with the pace until the turn before ducking out.
Chris Moorman is up to 6,900. He opened to 250 from the cut-off and was called by the button and big blind. All three checked the flop. Moorman bet 525 on the turn, and 1,125 on the river. He got rid of one player with each bet to take down the pot.
A player from early position made it 250 to go preflop, and action folded around to Lars Bonding on the button who raised and made it 600. Next it was on to the small blind who made it 1,200. The early position player folded and Bonding moved all in for around 4,000. A call was made by the small blind and cards were turned over.
Bonding:
Opponent:
A flop prevented Bonding's opponent from hitting a winning flush as Bonding has already secured a full house, only an ace would do to deliver the knock out blow. A on the turn blanked out for both players, and a on the river finalized the double up. Bonding now sits with around 9,000.
Brandon Cantu found three streets on thin value in a hand versus Bart Hanson to move up to more than 9,000 chips.
Hanson opened to 275 from early position and was only called by Cantu on the button. The flop fell and Hanson check-called a 325 bet to see the turn. He checked once more to Cantu who fired 700. Call.
Hanson faced a 825 bet on the river when he checked for a third time. This decision took him the longest but he still called, and then mucked upon seeing Cantu's .