Joe Cada opened to 1,800 under the gun and got called by the button before James Calderaro three-bet to 8,000 out of the blinds. Cada made the call, and Calderaro potted all in for his last 6,100 on the flop. Cada snap-called, turning over for a set, while Calderaro needed runner-runner with . He was drawing dead after the turn.
On a flop Chino Rheem came out firing, making it 2,000. Heads-up opponent Kevin Stammen responded by making it 4,800 and Rheem made the call.
The turn went check-check, but when the river came down, Rheem bet out 12,200. Stammen made the call and Rheem showed for a turned set to take it down.
Barry Hutter, in the cutoff, check-called 11,400 from Antonio Esfandiari on a board of . The river brought a four-straight with the , but Esfandiari still was undeterred, as he fired 18,000 after Hutter checked. Hutter though for a bit before sliding forward a call, and Esfandiari tabled for top two. Hutter mucked.
A battle of the blinds turned almost deadly between Faraz Jaka and Timothy Adams moments ago.
We caught the hand on the river with the board reading and close to 60,000 in the pot. Adams pushed all in for 35,000 and Jaka sat mulling it over for a good two and a half minutes with about 45,000 behind.
Eventually he folded his hand and as Adams closes in on the 100,000-chip mark, Jaka has less than half that.
Kyle Julius made it 1,700 and Phil Galfond called on the button before Eric Froehlich made it 5,200 from the small blind.
Julius then potted it, Galfond begged out and Froehlich re-potted, moving all in. Julius called with but was well behind Froehlich's . Aces held on the run out.
In a battle of the blinds, Kathy Liebert and Alex Bilokur each put 3,700 in the pot on fourth street, and fifth street made the board . Liebert checked and called 5,200 and was shown for kings up on the river. She couldn't beat it, and Bilokur is among the leaders.
Erik Seidel was heads-up with 2013 WSOP $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em bracelet winner Davidi Kitai when he check-called a bet on the turn with the board reading .
Kitai checked the river, but called relatively quickly when Seidel made it 5,000 chips to see his hand. Seidel turned over and raked in the pot after Kitai mucked.
Dan Shak is running like a god and Jason Somerville just found out the hard way.
Somerville defended his big blind against a 1,500-chip open from Shak on the button, then check-raised for the rest of his chips when Shak fired 2,500 at the flop. Shak made the call with and Somerville's needed help.
"Do you ever not have a hand?" joked John Juanda, as the turn and river sent Somerville home.
We've been given the official numbers, and the total entrants stands at 160, with first place claiming just under $400,000, while a min-cash in 18th will be worth $21,341.
flop. Cada snap-called, turning over 
for a set, while Calderaro needed runner-runner with 
. He was drawing dead after the 
turn.
flop Chino Rheem came out firing, making it 2,000. Heads-up opponent Kevin Stammen responded by making it 4,800 and Rheem made the call.
turn went check-check, but when the 
river came down, Rheem bet out 12,200. Stammen made the call and Rheem showed 
for a turned set to take it down.
. The river brought a four-straight with the 
and close to 60,000 in the pot. Adams pushed all in for 35,000 and Jaka sat mulling it over for a good two and a half minutes with about 45,000 behind.
but was well behind Froehlich's 
run out.
.
river, but called relatively quickly when Seidel made it 5,000 chips to see his hand. Seidel turned over 
flop. Shak made the call with 
river sent Somerville home.
