A player opened to 700 from early position and Jamie Gold three-bet to 2,200 from the hijack. Action folded back around to the original raiser, who called.
The flop came 2♥J♣4♥ and Gold fired 3,500 into the middle after being checked to. His opponent quickly folded and Gold turned over Q♥Q♠ before dragging the pot.
With 2,600 in the middle, the flop read A♣6♥5♦, and Benjamin Luber checked to Manuel Barcelona who bet 700. Matt Stout was next to act and made the call, followed by Luber doing the same.
The 7♣ landed on the turn, and once Luber checked, Barcelona fired a bet of 2,000 which was enough to force both opponents out of the hand.
Knowlton Atterbeary bet out 3,000 from under the gun on a flop of 6♥2♠Q♥. Adam Ross was in middle position and folded before Billy Baxter made the call from the hijack.
On the J♠ turn, Atterbeary slowed down with a check and Baxter took the opportunity to bet 5,000 chips. Atterbeary made the call and then led out for a small 3,000 when the 9♦ river hit.
This bet puzzled Baxter, who eventually put in the calling chips. Atterbeary showed down K♥K♦ and the overpair was good enough to take the pot.
After two heartbreaking coolers during Level 2, Israel's Idan The One has been eliminated from his first WSOP Main Event.
As recounted to PokerNews, there were two limps before Ruben Correia raised to 1,500 from the cutoff. The button called before The One, who earlier in the level lost a heap of chips in a kings versus aces confrontation with Correia, three-bet to bring folds from the limpers.
Correia four-bet to 16,000 and the button folded before The One five-bet all in for his tournament life. Correia called with a bigger stack.
The One had KxKx only to once again be against the AxAx of his opponent and couldn't improve to go out in devastating fashion in just the second level of play.
The One appears to still be processing his defeat as he sits in the back of the tournament area with his face buried in his hands.
The action got started with a raise to 1,100 from Toni Bisconti and she was called by the player on her left. Gary Knechtel made it 6,000 to go on the button and Dae-Hyung Lee ripped all in from the small blind as the big stack at the table. Nawaung Maran woke up with a monster in the big blind and stuck in the last of his 80,000 chips as well. The action folded back to Knechtel on the button who was unable to lay his hand down as he called off his last 64,000 chips.
Gary Knechtel: KxKx
Nawaung Maran: AxAx
Dae-Hyung Lee: JxJx
The flop came 10x9x8x which made things sweaty for Maran who was holding the pocket aces. Lee was looking to score an early double knockout with an open-ended straight draw. However, the 2x and 4x runout bricked out and Maran held on to score a huge pot in just the second level of Day 1a.
Jesse Yaginuma raised 800 in late position and Ercan Hasan defended the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of A♦8♦3♦, and Hasan check-called a bet of 500 from Yaginuma.
The 5♦ fell on the turn before both players checked and the A♥ completed the board on the river.
Hasan led for 1,500 and Yaginuma instantly tossed his hand away.
James Jarvis checked from the big blind on a board of 3♣Q♦2♠9♣. Hamza Wajahat was in the cutoff and also checked before Richard Scardina bet 2,100 from the button.
Jarvis responded with a small raise to 4,500 before Wajahat three-bet it to 10,000.
This was too much action for Scardina, who now folded to let the other two players battle it out. Jarvis, however, made the call and saw the 8♦ river.
This prompted him to lead for a sizable bet of 15,000. Wajahat thought it over for a bit before putting in the call. Jarvis showed Q♥9♥ for top two pair and Wajahat tabled an insufficient A♠Q♠ for just top pair.
This pot elevated Jarvis stack to over 100,000 chips. "We've got to stop him," someone at the table commented while Jarvis was organizing his new six-figure stack.
On the turn of A♠K♣8♠7♥, Kevin Gerhart led for 1,600 and Wagner Wysotchanski tossed in a call.
The 6♦ hit the river before Gerhart checked. Wysotchanski announced a bet of 5,500 as he tossed a green chip across the line and Gerhart took about 20 seconds before slamming a call in the middle.
Wysotchanski tabled 10♥9♠ for a straight on the river and Gerhart mucked his hand.
A player in middle positon limped and Wendeen Eolis raised to 1,200 from the hijack. The player in the cutoff three-bet to 3,000 and the player in the small blind called cold. The initial limper folded and Eolis called for a three-way pot.
Everyone checked on the 4♣3♥5♥ flop, but Eolis fired 10,000 into the middle after being checked to on the 6♥ turn. Both of her opponents folded and Eolis added to her stack.
Eolis, who was the first woman to cash the Main Event, is below a starting stack, but still has plenty of chips with 45,000.
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