A player raised to 250 from middle position and the player in the hijack called. Gavin Smith called from the cutoff and the button and big blind joined in as well.
The flop was and all five players checked their options. The was the turn and the big blind fired 650. Smith was the only caller and they were heads up to the river.
Fifth street was the and the big blind bet 1,400. Smith called but mucked his hand when his opponent showed for a full house.
We found Jonathan Lane and an opponent see a flop after a three-bet and a call before the flop.
The flop came down and Lane fired out 650. Lane's opponent moved all in and Lane eventually called for another roughly 2,000 more. Lane held only and was behind his opponent's .
The turn and river were the and the respectively and Lane was unable to improve. Lane made a quick beeline to the exit.
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We caught up with the action on the river to find Faraz Jaka looking down at a board of . With about 2,7000 in the pot the player in the small blind moved 2,500 into the middle.
Jaka thought for a while before folding face up, allowing the pot to be pushed the way of his opponent.
We came across Phil Collins sitting on a solid stack of about 10,500 here in the Brasilia room. Collins most recent notable finish occurred a few months back when he won the Heartland Poker Tour Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada for a score of $71,556.
While that was his latest score, Collins is probably best known from his impressive finish in the 2011 WSOP Main Event. Collins finished fifth place and took home a whopping prize of $2,269,599 for his efforts.
Collins has nine WSOP cashes under his belt but none so far this year. With a nice stack in his possession, however, Collins will be looking to run deep in this event.
We found action folded to Matt Matros who raised to 250 from the hijack. The player in the cutoff called and the rest of the players folded.
The flop came down and Matros continued out with a bet of 350. His opponent shook his head and placed his cards into the muck. Matros grabbed the pot. He's currently sitting on a stack of 5,700.
and all five players checked their options. The 
was the turn and the big blind fired 650. Smith was the only caller and they were heads up to the river.
and the big blind bet 1,400. Smith called but mucked his hand when his opponent showed 
for a full house.
and Lane fired out 650. Lane's opponent moved all in and Lane eventually called for another roughly 2,000 more. Lane held only 
and was behind his opponent's 
respectively and Lane was unable to improve. Lane made a quick beeline to the exit.
. With about 2,7000 in the pot the player in the small blind moved 2,500 into the middle.
and Matros continued out with a bet of 350. His opponent shook his head and placed his cards into the muck. Matros grabbed the pot. He's currently sitting on a stack of 5,700.
