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.
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!"
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.
From early position, Jennifer Tilly opened with a raise to 5,000. Action folded all the way over to Aaron Massey in the big blind, and he made the call. The dealer then rolled out the flop, and both players checked to see the land on the turn. Massey checked, Tilly fired 7,000, and Massey called.
On the river that paired the board, both players checked again. Massey showed the , and Tilly mucked her hand.
Kyle Julius was all in against Marc MacDonnell. Julius held against MacDonnell's , but was unable to improve, and MacDonnell won the pot. Julius was eliminated while MacDonnell climbed to 129,000 in chips.
The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.