A player from early position limped into the pot. The table talk during the hand was about how "sick it would be if you did it again". They were referring to Jason Duval's recent win in a large-field $1,500 buy in. As if on cue, Duval raised to 5,400 and the player from early position came along.
Duval continued for 4,500 on the flop and his opponent called. Duval bet 8,000 on the turn and his opponent called again. Finally, Duval bet 13,000 on the river and put his opponent to the test. After quite some time, his opponent begrudgingly folded to the pressure.
After Devvrat Himatsingka opened to an unknown amount from the cutoff seat, Jason Duval reraised to 14,000 from the button. Action folded back to Himatsingka, and he called to see the flop come down .
On the flop, Himatsingka led for 20,000, but Duval decided to play for it all and shoved all in for 49,200. After a bit of tanking, Himatsingka folded, and Duval won the pot.
Shortly after the hand, Himatsingka went for a walk. When asked where he was going, he responded, "I'm going for a walk. I can't take this s*** anymore!"
Action folded to Jamie Rosen from middle position, and he opened with a raise to 5,000. In the next seat, the hijack seat, Tom Alner reraised to 13,600. Play folded back to Rosen, and he thought for a minute. Then, Rosen reraised to 31,000. Alner took a few moments, but in the end he gave it up, and Rosen won the pot.
We came to the action with the on the board. Tolagsou, under the gun, raised to 6,500and the button reraised to 15,700.
Both players checked the turn. Tolagsou led for11,000 on the river and her opponent raised to 38,000. Tolagsou made the call with and her kicker played againt her opponent's for a nice sized pot.
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The player on the button raised to 6,500 and Devvrat Himatsingka called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop. Himatsingka led for 9,000 on the turn and his opponent called. Himatsingka continued to apply pressure by raising to 21,000 on the river. His opponent seemed to have a tough decision and went into the tank for a solid two minutes, he ended up folding and Himatsingka took the pot.
With just 60 players remaining and a little over an hour left to play today, the small stacks are looking to get healthy and the big stacks are looking to gobble them up. What that means is, play is proceeding cautiously as the next milestone for these players is to make day two.