Burger Fills Up With a Flush
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
A pot of 18,000 had already built up between Christian Burger and Shimon Nahmani, and the complete 
board was already out on the felt. Nahmani bet 3,600 from the small blind once the river fell, and Burger quickly called, tabling 
as he did.
Nahmani went to muck, but a player at the table requested to see Nahmani's cards. After some confusion, the dealer tabled Nahmani's 
before pushing the pot to Burger.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | |
|
50,000 |
and the big blind checked. Ahmed made a continuation-bet of 1,200 and the player on the button called. The big blind folded and the two went heads up to the turn card, which was the 
. Ahmed continued again for 2,500 and the player on the button called.
and Ahmed checked. The player on the button fired 5,400 into the pot and Ahmed went into the tank for over two minutes before eventually calling. As soon as he called, his opponent shot his cards from the three seat straight into the muck. Ahmed followed suit as the pot was shipped his way.
flop as the 
landed on the turn.
. Weller barreled 3,000, which Rakower quickly called. The river was the 
.
, and action checked to Hui who continued for 1,200. Hansen called, and Leng popped it up to 7,300.
and Leng bet 16,000. Hui deliberated for about a minute and then folded.
board from middle position, and last year's $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em bracelet winner Jeremy Wien bet 8,100 into a pot around 12,000 from the button. Koppel called.
river, and Koppel showed 
for a king-high straight and Vitch tabled 
for a full house, queens full of jacks, good to take down the pot, bringing his stack over 80,000 early into Day 1b.