Frederic Robert opened to 4,000 under-the-gun and was called by three other players to see a flop of K♦J♦3♣.
Robert then put out a continuation bet of 9,000 and each of his opponents tossed in their cards to award him the pot.
Tyler Schmidt had opened to 12,500 but then Valentin Oberhauser re-raised to 26,000 to his left. Then Camillo Baggiani decided this still wasn't enough and moved all in for around 65,000 and Schmidt went deep into the tank.
"Ughh, I'm gonna need a minute here boys, this is a tough spot," he groaned as he checked is cards again. "There's no way I can just fold this hand."
He then looked over and saw that Oberhauser had his covered significantly and this made him even more unsure of his decision.
"Ok, I fold," he finally said as he slid the cards into the muck as Oberhauser made the call to put Baggiani at risk.
"I folded two queens, I swear I folded pocket queens," Shmidt admitted as the cards were tabled.
Camillo Baggiani: 10♦10♣
Valentin Oberhauser: 6♣6♦
"ARE YOU SERIOUS!?" Schmidt nearly lost it as the players revealed inferior pairs.
The board ran out A♣4♥K♦K♠4♣ for Baggiani's tens to hold for the double-up against Oberhauser.
"It was a tough spot, man, its hard to call with someone behind," Baggiani tried to console Schmidt, who just kept shaking his head and muttering, "Wow, wow, wow".
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Veronica Brill bet 3,500 from middle position and was called by the cutoff and big blind.
The flop delivered a paired board of 6♣6♥3♦ and Brill continued for 6,500. Both the cutoff and big blind folded, and Brill moved into six figures for the first time today.
Earlier in the day Brill revealed to PokerNews her plan was to get her tablemates drunk with tequila. Perhaps the liquor is starting to hit the bloodstream of her fellow competitors.
Jared Stearns raised 3,000 under the gun, and the player to his immediate left three-bet to 8,000, which Stearns called.
The dealer fanned 5♠2♣3♣, which Stearns checked. His opponent bet 7,000, and then Stearns grabbed his attention with an 18,000 check-raise. His opponent looked at the board, and then put his tournament life at stake by pushing all in, which Stearns snap-called.
“Do you have kings?” Steans’ opponent asked.
He found the answer when the cards were tabled.
Opponent: J♣J♦
Jared Stearns: K♣K♦
The dealer ran out 7♣ on the turn and 3♦ on the river, giving Stearns the win and sending his opponent to the rail.
There were three players at the flop of 5♦3♦3♥, with 13,000 in the middle. Pavlos Xanthopoulos bet 3,500 from the cutoff and was called by John Bousfield in early positon and the middle position player folded.
Xanthopoulos continued on the J♥ turn for 6,000 which was enough to get Bousfield to fold. Xanthopoulos is looking to secure their second WSOP Bracelet after picking one up at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe.
The under-the-gun player opened to 2,500 and only Justin Kusumowidagdo called from middle position.
The flop came out A♦Q♣2♦ and the under-the-gun continued for 2,300 but then Kusumowidagdo raised it up to 6,900.
His opponent made the call and the duo went to the 3♠, which now saw a continuation from Kusumowidagdo for 16,000 which the under-the-gun player calls.
On the river 9♥, Kusumowidagdo fired again for 40,000 and his opponent went deep into the tank, saying that he missed diamonds but made the call anyway. He was then shown 2♦2♥ by Kusumowidagdo for a flopped set of deuces to scoop the huge pot, putting him over the 200,000 mark.
Peter Varga was in a hand that saw heavy preflop action.
A player in late position raised 3,000, and then Varga three-bet to 10,000. If that wasn’t enough to get the adrenaline pumping, the small blind four-bet all in for his remaining stack of 25,000.
The player in late position tanked and pondered his situation, while Varga was jovial about the situation, playfully inviting the player to come in the pot. The player, however, showed his cards to a person who was standing off to the side and mucked his hand.
Varga, who had the small blind covered, tossed in 15,000 and the action went heads up.
Small blind: A♠K♦
Varga: 8♥8♦
“No ace!” Varga said to the dealer.
He aslso had to dodge a king, but his wish was met because the dealer ran out 7♣4♣7♠9♥7♥ to give Varga the hand and send his opponent to the rail.
As the players got ready for the next hand, it was revealed that the original raiser folder pocket jacks.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
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