Allen Kessler bet 1,200 when checked to on the 
flop and his opponent called.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked to the 
river. Kessler's opponent fired out 2,000 which Kessler called.
Kessler held 
for a pair of jacks but could not beat the 
flopped two pair of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
An early position player limped in, Ben Moon called from the small blind and the big checked his option.
Moon checked on the flop 
and the big blind bet 500. The early position limper called, and Moon raised it up to 2,500. Both players called.
The turn brought the 
and Moon continued for 6,000. Both players called again the 
hit the river.
Both Moon and the big blind checked, and the early position player moved all-in for 8,000.
"So you both were on spade draws," said the all-in player.
Moon made the call and revealed his 
pair of kings, which was enough to eliminate his opponent who actually held the missed spade draw himself with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
||
The cutoff min-raised to 800 and Phillip Pope called from the big blind.
The flop came . Pope checked and the cutoff bet 1,600. Pope took the opportunity to raise to 4,400 and his opponent called.
With the 
on the turn, Pope led out for 9,000 and the cutoff went all-in. Pope snap-called and showed 
for two pair, which was significantly ahead of the cutoff's 
.
The river was a safe and Pope earned the full double-up, nearly stacking his opponent in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 |
Wei Qiang has been spotted in the room with a massive chip stack of 135,000 as we enter the first break of the day.
Elsewhere, Laura Eisenberg has bounced back to return to 29,000.
Robbie Schiffbauer, Veronica Brill, and Cole Ferraro have all been felted within the first four levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | |
|
|
83,000 | |
|
|
82,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
63,000 | |
|
58,000 | |
|
|
55,000 | |
|
|
52,700 | |
|
|
42,000 | |
|
|
29,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Players are headed on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Two-time bracelet winner Timur Margolin is in the field as well as fellow bracelet winner Ryan Laplante.
Two-time WSOP champion Kevin MacPhee has more than doubled his starting stack.
Lena Evans is also in the Paris Ballroom and has started off well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | |
|
||
|
40,000
20,900
|
20,900 |
|
38,000 | |
|
||
|
31,000 | |
|
||
|
14,200 | |
|
||
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Scott Ball is in the house. Not only did Ball take home two gold bracelets last year in the Little One for One Drop and the No-Limit Hold'em $5,000 6-max, but he also won the WSOP’s new No-Limits VELO Leaderboard Championship for best no-limit hold'em player of the year.
Ball picked up an early pot when he and an opponent both put in 3,300 preflop to see the 
spread. Ball bet 4,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
Following two early position limps, the cutoff bet 1,800. The button called and Antonio Modacure moved all-in for his final 7,900 chips. Both limpers folded but the cutoff and button called.
The flop came 
and the cutoff bet 7,000. The button folded and the players flipped the cards on their backs.
Antonio Modacure: 
Cutoff: 
Modacure spiked the to improve to trips on the turn and the 
gave him the full pot and the triple up.
WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada, sitting to the direct right of Modacure, is up to 44,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000
14,300
|
14,300 |
|
||
|
27,500 | |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
