Matt Marafioti is struggling to gain any traction here on Day 1, and we witnessed two hands in which he was forced to fold to all-in pressure.
First, Marafioti raised to 1,550, and then went into the tank when a short-stacked opponent moved in for his last 5,150. Marafioti squeezed his cards dramatically, counting out the calling chips and cutting them from his stack, before finally folding.
On a subsequent hand, we missed the board cards, but caught Marafioti with a bet in front of him, and an all-in player across the table. Once again, Marafioti couldn't stand the heat, and his hand was tossed into the muck.
Jarred Solomon opened to 1,100 from middle position, before waiting for his opponent on the button to make a decision. He eventually made the call, as both saw the flop come . Solomon paused for a moment, before placing out a continuation bet of 1,600, but it was met with an all-in for 7,650 in chips. It didn’t take Solomon too long to throw his cards into the pot, relinquishing the pot.
German Pro Marvin Rettenmaier (Seen Here in Earlier WSOP Play) Has Been Vanquished by a Frenchman
After a series of preflop reraises, Marvin Rettenmaier found himself all in holding . The German pro was in an unfamiliar position, however, as he was dominated by a Frenchman.
Maxime Conte called with the , and with the overpair the French pro was way out in front.
The final board rolled out , and despite every card resembling an eight finding the felt, Conte's tens held up for the double.
Mike Leah opened to 1,000 from the button, and was called by Sorel Mizzi on the big blind. Both players checked the flop, before Mizzi led out for 2,000 on the turn. Leah thought about his decision for over a minute, before making the call, as the completed the board.
Mizzi reached for his chips, and bet out 3,800, which was enough to take down the pot, as Leah’s cards went into the muck.
We heard David "Doc" Sands lamenting the tournament format after a particularly sick hand just went down.
The final board read by the river, and although Sands was not involved in the hand, he wishes he was.
"I swear to God I had the there," said Sands, staring down at all the chips that might have been his had he seen the flop. "I wish this was a cash game... would've been fun."
The winner of the pot tabled for the top full house possible, and if another player had entered, this monster would have actually rated as the third-best hand in a three horse race.
"I folded the ," said another player at the table. "Boat, quads, straight flush... sick."
With the board reading , the player in the small blind checked, before Chris Klodnicki bet out 3,000. He was called, and both players watched on as the dealer rolled over the on the river. The small blind checked once more, before Klodnicki threw in a bet of 10,000.
“I’m all in,” said Klodnicki’s opponent, noticing the two 25-chips that his opponent had behind. Klodnicki threw in the last of his chips, before his opponent tabled his for a full house.
Klodnicki mucked his hand, and proceeded to gather all his belongings, before exiting the tournament floor.
We caught an enormous pot developing on the turn, with the board reading . Steve Brecher had moved all in over the top of a 5,500 bet, and a third player shoved as well.
With the action back on the original bettor, he agonized over his decision for thirty seconds or so before mucking his face up.
Brecher then rolled over the , which was crushed against the tabled by his opponent. The player had turned the low end of the straight, with flush and straight flush redraws, and the on the river only strengthened his hand.
Meanwhile, the player who mucked the nut flush draw was understandably distraught, shooting out of his seat to commiserate with his friends on the rail, before returning to sound the clarion call of his generation of poker players.
"Who was that?," he exclaimed, when a tablemate asked if he knew who Brecher was. "That was a fish! Dude played that hand terrible from start to finish..."
Apparently, for the next generation of poker players, a man with nearly $3 million in live tournament earnings, a WPT title, and a vital role in the creation of online poker programming rates as a fish. The man who mucked the winner, however, remains a living legend... at least in his own eyes.
We arrived at the table, just as Lauren Kling was checking her option on a board. Her opponent in the big blind then moved all in, and was snap called, as both players tabled their cards.
Kling:
Opponent:
Kilng had turned the straight and needed to dodge a diamond to win the pot. The on the river secured her the pot, as she moves up to 30,000 in chips.
Both players in the cut-off and on the button limped into the pot, before David Vamplew put out a bet from the small blind. Eddy Sabat made the call from the big blind, as did the limpers, as all four saw the flop come down . Vamplew threw out a continuation bet of 2,500 which only Sabat called. The came on the turn, and another bet of 3,900 from Vamplew was enough to see Sabat muck his hand, after a short pause.
The trend of short-stacked players making moves after the dinner break continued, with Aaron Massey the latest pro to hit the rail.
Massey got his chips into the middle holding the , but fellow pro Darryll Fish put him at risk with . The final board ran out , and Massey offered a quick round of "good games" before heading for the rail.
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. Solomon paused for a moment, before placing out a continuation bet of 1,600, but it was met with an all-in for 7,650 in chips. It didn’t take Solomon too long to throw his cards into the pot, relinquishing the pot.
. The German pro was in an unfamiliar position, however, as he was dominated by a Frenchman.
, and with the overpair the French pro was way out in front.
, and despite every card resembling an eight finding the felt, Conte's tens held up for the double.
flop, before Mizzi led out for 2,000 on the 
turn. Leah thought about his decision for over a minute, before making the call, as the 
completed the board.
by the river, and although Sands was not involved in the hand, he wishes he was.
on the river. The small blind checked once more, before Klodnicki threw in a bet of 10,000.
for a full house.
on the river secured her the pot, as she moves up to 30,000 in chips.
. Vamplew threw out a continuation bet of 2,500 which only Sabat called. The 
, but fellow pro Darryll Fish put him at risk with 
. The final board ran out 
, and Massey offered a quick round of "good games" before heading for the rail.
