On a completed board of 
and with 5,700 in the pot, a big blind player had 6,000 chips committed and was facing a raise to 17,500 by Adam Richardson. The big blind thought about it and ultimately called.
Richardson showed 
for the nuts as his opponent sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
88,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
|
73,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
70,000
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
||
|
63,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
62,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
60,500
500
|
500 |
|
||
|
55,400
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
53,400
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
||
|
49,800
17,200
|
17,200 |
|
|
||
Peiwin Wang bet on the turn of a board showing 
and Noah Boeken called to see the 
river.
Boeken then led out for 1,800 and was called by Wang. Boeken turned over 
for a straight and Wang mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
42,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
A player in early position raised to 800. He was called by a player in middle position, Richard Geyer III in the cutoff, and both the blinds.
The flop came 
. The action checked to Geyer who threw out a bet of 3,000. He was called by the players in the small blind, early position, and middle position.
The action was checked to Geyer again when the turn brought the 
. Geyer sized up his bet to 12,000 to only be called by the player in middle position.
The completed the board. Geyer bet a third time for 13,000 when it was checked to him. His opponent took just a few seconds before he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
183,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
From the big blind, Alan Wentz three-bet to 7,600 from the big blind and Alberto Meran called from the button after having initially raised.
The flop came 
. Wentz led with a bet of 6,500, Meran called.
The turn was the 
. Both players checked to the river where they checked again.
Wentz showed the 
but Meran had that beat with the 
and collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
28,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Day 1a of the Main Event was off to a bad start for Calvin Anderson, who just earned some chips back. It started with an open-raise by Anderson from under the gun and Michael Johnson three-bet to 1,600, which was called by two opponents including Anderson. On the 
flop, only Anderson check-called a bet worth 1,300 by Johnson and they checked the turn.
Anderson then announced a bet of 5,000 on the river and used his T-25,000 chip he had left over. Johnson called and mucked when Anderson revealed the for a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000 | |
|
38,000 | |
|
|
||
With a pot brewed of about 21,000 the action was on the turn with a board of 
, and Kenji Yamase fired out a bet of 8,000. Luigi Curcio folded next to act before a player in the middle made the call and David Patent folded behind.
On the 
river, Yamase fired out a bet of 25,000 and after tanking for a little under a minute his opponent made the call. Yamase tabled 
for a full house and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
153,500
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
57,000 | |
|
41,300 |
Four ways to the 
flop with 1,000 chips invested each, no betting action took place. The 
appeared on the turn and Sam Grafton bet 800. That was enough to win the pot without resistance, as one opponent after the other folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
93,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
83,000 | |
|
|
80,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
78,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
69,000
19,200
|
19,200 |
|
|
||
|
58,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
56,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
56,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
56,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
55,000
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
54,000
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
52,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
51,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
49,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
32,300 | |
Doyle Brunson, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, has taken his seat in the Main Event.
Brunson faced a bet of 900 from Clayton Hamm on the 
flop with 3,000 in the middle. Brunson called to see the turn and called a bet of 1,200 when Hamm led again.
On the 
river, the action went check-check and Hamm tabled 
for top pair, while Brunson mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
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