Following a flop, Max Heinzelmann checked from under the gun, Yann Dion fired a bet the cutoff seat, and Heinzelmann called to build a total pot of about 15,000.
Both checked the turn card. Fifth street then brought the and another check from Heinzelmann, in response to which Dion bet 12,400. Heinzelmann paused for just a few seconds before letting his hand go.
Taylor Paur, who won his first bracelet earlier this year in one of the most bizarre heads up matches we have ever seen, came into the day with 70,000 even, and it didn't take him long to put those chips to work.
We caught up with the action on the flop, which showed . Paur's opponent fired out 5,600, and Paur made the call on the button. Both players knuckled when the hit the turn, and the fell on the river. It was checked to Paur again, and he went deep into the tank. For about three minutes, he stared back and forth between the board and the pot, before he eventually grabbed chips. He toss 13,200 in the middle, and his opponent thought it over for a minute before calling.
Paur showed for a busted straight draw, and his opponent showed a better ace high, to take down the pot. Despite taking that hit, Paur is still up on the day, as he is sitting on 73,000.
The flop was on the board and a bet of 1525 was in front of Eric Baldwin who was sitting on the button. The big blind raised to 19,500. This gave Baldwin some pause as he took the time to count his chips and debate his options.
Baldwin eventually put his chips in the middle and tabled . Someone at the table said he had to call that, Baldwin's response, "Yeah, but it's the Main Event" indicating how important this tournament is to him.
His opponent turned up and Baldwin found help when the turn came . As if often the case, it is never easy and Baldwin needed to avoid another heart. He did just that as the river was the . Baldwin gets some chips but still has a lot of work to do.
We found Marcel Luske contemplating a bet of 11,000 from an opponent on the end with the board reading . Luske thought for about a minute before finally folding, kissing the chips he had presumably saved in the aftermath.
After several raises on a board, both Stephen Chidwick and Frank Gu waited to see the river fall. The completed the board, and Gu bet out 7,200. Chidwick thought for a moment, before raising it up to 44,400. Gu tanked over his decision, before finally making the call.
Chidwick then tabled his for the nut straight, as Gu’s hand flew into the muck.
Sands just now opened with a raise to 1,200 from middle position and got two callers, one behind her and the other playing from the big blind. All three checked the flop. The fell on the turn and it checked around to the player on Sands's left who bet 3,000, and only Sands called.
The pair then checked the river, and when Sands showed her opponent mucked.
There was a loud CLAP that came from Table 434, and when we arrived was getting pulled into the muck while Mario Vojvoda was exiting the table. The board read , and was sitting in front of the man who clapped, Alan Jehamy.
"I folded an ace too," a player at the table said after the hand.
According to Todd Chamberlain, the money went in on the turn, and the rest as they say is history. Jehamy now sits with 90,000 chips.
Short stacks have been very active in early going in the Brasilia Room, often trying to get into all-in confrontations to double up. But the hands don't always go as planned.
Michael Yniguez and Qinghai Pan got all their chips in the middle preflop. Yniguez showed , and was behind Pan's . The flop came , giving Yniguez a set and the lead. Pan was the all-in player, and he would need help to stay alive. The turn and river came , , missing both players, and knocking Pan to the rail.
David "Doc" Sands came into the day with just 3,325, and with the big blind starting at 500, we knew he would be getting it in rather quickly. Sure enough, on the fourth or fifth hand of the day, we saw Sands raise it up to 1,750 in early position. It folded around to Jeremy Druckman in the big blind, and as soon as he peeked down at his cards, he put out a stack of yellow T1,000 chips for a raise. Sands tossed in the remainder of his stack, and saw that he was in trouble.
Sands:
Druckman:
Sands was looking for a king to win the the hand, and he got a piece of the flop. Sands could now catch a king or a three for the win, or running clubs would get him a chop. The on the turn ended his hopes for that, and the on the river sealed the hand. Sands wished the table luck before grabbing his stuff, and heading for the rail.
As our PokerNews reporter walked past table 422 we heard a ruckus about a player not in the right seat.
Timothy Cramer had taken a seat in Dave Plaskett's seat and had already lost some chips. They were onto the third hand, so Plaskett's stack was missing the 150 in antes but also 2,200 that Cramer had lost after he raised preflop and continuation bet before folding.
Cramer was then moved to his seat - the one located four seats to the right - and forced to give up the 2,200 that he had lost. Plaskett was able to sit down with his starting stack - minus the three antes - and play the third hand dealt of the day (which he folded).
flop, Max Heinzelmann checked from under the gun, Yann Dion fired a bet the cutoff seat, and Heinzelmann called to build a total pot of about 15,000.
turn card. Fifth street then brought the 
and another check from Heinzelmann, in response to which Dion bet 12,400. Heinzelmann paused for just a few seconds before letting his hand go.
hit the turn, and the 
fell on the river. It was checked to Paur again, and he went deep into the tank. For about three minutes, he stared back and forth between the board and the pot, before he eventually grabbed chips. He toss 13,200 in the middle, and his opponent thought it over for a minute before calling.
for a busted straight draw, and his opponent showed a better ace high, 
to take down the pot. Despite taking that hit, Paur is still up on the day, as he is sitting on 73,000.
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flop was on the board and a bet of 1525 was in front of Eric Baldwin who was sitting on the button. The big blind raised to 19,500. This gave Baldwin some pause as he took the time to count his chips and debate his options.
and Baldwin found help when the turn came 
. Luske thought for about a minute before finally folding, kissing the chips he had presumably saved in the aftermath.
board, both Stephen Chidwick and Frank Gu waited to see the river fall. The 
completed the board, and Gu bet out 7,200. Chidwick thought for a moment, before raising it up to 44,400. Gu tanked over his decision, before finally making the call.
fell on the turn and it checked around to the player on Sands's left who bet 3,000, and only Sands called.
river, and when Sands showed 
her opponent mucked.
was getting pulled into the muck while Mario Vojvoda was exiting the table. The board read 
, giving Yniguez a set and the lead. Pan was the all-in player, and he would need help to stay alive. The turn and river came 
, 
, missing both players, and knocking Pan to the rail.
