The player under the gun limped. Chance Kornuth, in the hijack, raised to 700. Gaelle Baumann, in the hijack called, along with the limper.
A flop reading was dealt and checked through to the turn. The original raiser and Baumann checked again. Kornuth fired 1,200. Both his opponents check-called. The river completed the board and was checked around. Baumann showed . The player under the gun tabled and Kornuth revealed to take down the pot.
Mark Griffin and his opponent were heads-up on a board and there was 6,500 in the pot. Griffin checked and his opponent moved all in. Griffin thought it over for a few moments and announced "fold" showing for middle set.
"Good fold, I just wanted to take the pot right there" his opponent said turning over for a flopped flush proving that Griffin did indeed make the correct laydown.
In a three-bet pot to the flop, the Ken Yamamoto bet 800 out of the small blind into what appeared to be 2,000 and Aymon Hata in the cutoff called. The fell on the turn and Yamamoto checked to Hata, who bet 3,200 and received a call.
On the river, the Yamamoto check-called another bet of 7,100 and Hata rolled over the for a set of sevens to scoop a nice pot early on and boost his stack. Marius Pospiech can also be found in the Amazon Gold section and shares a table with Victor Ramdin.
Slowly but surely all the seats are getting filled in the Amazon Orange section. The latest additions to the field include 2016 Main Event November Niner Gordon Vayo.
In the very first hand off the deck for Victor Ramdin, a player raised to 400 from early position. Ramdin re-raised to 1,500 from the button and the original raiser called. They went heads-up to the flop and the player continued with a bet of 4,000.
Ramdin called and the dealer burned and turned the and the player led out with a bet of 13,000. Ramdin raised to 26,000 and with the action back on his opponent, she moved all in for 44,500.
Ramdin snap called turning over for top set and his opponent showed for an open-ended straight draw. The river card sealed the deal for Ramdin who earned the double up and the knockout.
A player in the cutoff opened to 400 and Wolfram Liebold three-bet to 1,600 from the big blind. The initial raiser called and the flop fell .
Liebold threw out a bet of 2,000 and the opponent in the cutoff quickly folded. Liebold smiled as he flipped over his hand to show for a nice pair of bullets early in the day.
We're only at Level 1 of Day 1a of the Main Event but many notables have already taken their seats including Jason Koon. Koon has already secured three cashes this summer including two final tables. He got 7th in Event#5: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller for $372,894 and 5th in Event#42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller for 295,606. He will be looking to make another final table, and add another big score to his summer.
Chance Kornuth was one of four players in a limped pot to the flop of . The action checked to Kornuth and he bet 400 to claim the pot uncontested. After the hand, Kornuth glanced over to Gaelle Baumann, who was in the small blind in the hand, and asked "are you Gaelle?"
Baumann asked back "Are you Chance?" and Kornuth then smiled. "Your hair is different, but now I hear it."
Baumann replied "Congrats, by the way," referring to Kornuth's victory in the $3,200 Online Event that earned him the second WSOP bracelet of his career two days ago.