John Monnette raised to 125 in the hijack and the player in the big blind called. Both players drew one card and the player in the big blind led out for 300. Monnette raised to 1,100 and his opponent quickly called.
Monnette tabled , besting his opponent's holdings to win the pot.
The field just got a bit tougher as two recent bracelet winners joined the field. They were already among two of the games' best players, but George Danzer and Calvin Anderson lacked the WSOP hardware until recently. Danzer earned a victory in the $10,000 Seven-Card Razz Championship, while Anderson took down the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low tournament yesterday.
The show gets off to a bumpy start with thanks to a few technical difficulties, but a great story about a David Williams bluff and another about "hood" poker get the ball rolling again. Dan O'Brien then joins the program to talk about his jet ski accident, his Me vs. U challenge against Danielle Andersen, and more.
Joseph Cheong raised to 250 in the cutoff, Eli Elezra reraised to 615 on the button and Cheong called.
Cheong drew one card, Elezra stood pat and Cheong checked. Elezra bet 700 and Cheong took a final look at his hand. He smirked and folded for a straight, prompting Elezra to let out a good chuckle as he showed while he collected the pot.
The player in the hijack raised to 200, Brandon Del Nano three-bet to 600 on the button and Brandon Shack-Harris four-bet to 1,700 in the big blind. The original raiser folded and Del Nano took a few moments before five-bet shoving for 4,180. Shack-Harris called and immediately stood pat.
Del Nano went into the tank for about 90 seconds before also standing pat.
Shack-Harris tabled , but was was bested by Del Nano's . Down to just 175, Shack-Harris busted shortly thereafter.