Mamouni Mohamed opened with a raise in early position and the player on the button three-bets to 4,300.
The blinds folded, and Mohamed opted to four-bet to 14,500.
The button thought for a little, and then decided to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000 | 15,000 |
The action folded around to Matt Berkey in the small blind who opted to just limp in. Maurice Hawkins raised to 1,900 from the big blind and Berkey called to see a flop of 
.
Berkey check-called a bet of 3,000 from Hawkins and then another 5,000 on the 
turn card. The 
paired the board on the river and Berkey checked for the third time. Hawkins sized up a bet of 22,500 this time and Berkey went into the tank for a couple of minutes before finally sending his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
189,000 | 9,000 |
|
27,200 | -32,800 |
Brendon Rubie opened to 1,300 from middle position and was met with a call from the small blind.
The flop landed 
and after the small blind checked, Rubie bet 1,300 and the small blind folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
123,000 | 33,000 |
As recapped to us by his table, Max Altergott was on the winning end of a cooler.
The board was 
, and a three-way all-in ensued with Altergott holding , leading one opponent's but trailing another's 
.
A paired the board on the turn and Altergott wound up more than doubling up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | 190,000 |
In a three-bet pot, the flop came down 
and Mike McDonald, the original three-bettor, bet 8,000 on the button. His opponent check-called the bet before checking the 
turn. McDonald now checked behind.
The river brought the 
, putting a straight on the board as well as completing the flush, and both players checked again. McDonald's opponent rolled over 
for the highest possible straight, while McDonald flashed his 
before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
244,000 | 9,000 |
A player opened to 1,500 from under the gun, and the button called. Chris Moon three-bet shoved for 14,900 in the small blind, which chased the big blind and under-the-gun player away pretty quickly.
The button was less quick to release his hand, looking over his own stack for a bit, before sighing and finally sending his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,100 | -17,700 |
On the turn, Jonas Lauck called a bet of 10,000 from his opponent to see a river. The river was a fourth club on a wet board.
Lauck bet close to 20,000 and his opponent called after a few moments of thought. Lauck turned over the nut flush with the 
while his opponent had the . "Almost a straight flush" said his opponent as he only missing the 
to complete it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 105,000 |
Following a middle position raise to 1,500, John Phan called in the hijack.
The flop landed 
and the original raiser continued for 1,500 and Phan folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
79,700 | -2,300 |
Ping Liu has just been eliminated from Day 1c of the Main Event.
The player that did the damage detailed that he held 
and made two pair against a short-stacked Liu's top pair.
When Liu was unable to improve, he was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Loni Harwood sat on the button and she saw a flop with Shirley Turner from the hijack. They saw the 
getting spread out and both checked.
They checked again on the turn and both put in another 6,000 on the river.
Turner opened up 
for a full house and Harwood mucked her cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
99,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
74,000 | 74,000 |
