A player opened to 600 in early position and the cutoff three-bet to 1,700. The 2004 Main Event Champion Greg Raymer, who defeated a field of 2,576 to earn $5,000,000, was on the button and put in the four-bet to 5,000. The original raiser folded and the cutoff made the call.
When the 9♦5♣3♠ flop hit the felt, the cutoff quickly check-folded to a continuation bet of 4,000, sending the pot to Raymer.
John Duthie raised to 600 from the cutoff and was called by the button and the big blind.
The A♣Q♠6♣ flop was checked to the button and he bet 1,100. The big blind called and then Duthie check-raised to 7,000.
Both players quickly folded and Duthie collected the pot.
Martin Kabrhel raised it up to 1,200 from the cutoff, with the minimum raise being 1,000 according to his rules. Michael Demarco called from the big blind which got Kabrhel excited.
"I only want your chips, Michael," Kabrhel rambled. "You took my t-shirt and you don't even wear it."
The flop came 8♠3♠3♥ and both players checked to the Q♠ on the turn. Demarco led out with a bet of 3,000 and Kabrhel stuck around for the J♥ on the river. Demarco fired out another bet of 7,000 and Kabrhel quickly called. Demarco turned over 3♦2♠ for trip threes and Kabrhel couldn't beat it.
"Smile for me, Martin," Demarco said as he snapped a photo of his winning hand with Kabrhel in the background.
Dietrich Fast has been active in the early going, collecting quite a few chips in the first level of the day. He was back at it again with a completed board of 10♣9♠2♣3♥8♣ and around 15,000 in the middle.
The cutoff led out with a bet of 5,600 and Fast raised to 30,600 on the button. His opponent thought for a minute before flicking in a call. Fast flipped over A♣J♣ for the nut flush and his opponent showed Q♥J♠ for only a straight.
When the action was caught there were four hearts on the board of 4♥Q♥K♥J♥. Jimmy "D" D'Ambrosio made a bet of 6,000 from under the gun in a pot with around 7,500 chips in it.
His opponent was in middle position and thought it over while D'Ambrosio engaged in some table talk. Eventually, his opponent folded, prompting D'Ambrosio to show his 6♥.
"I had eight outs," his opponent claimed.
"A value bet with a six-high flush," D'Ambrosio proudly exclaimed.
The first hand PokerNews walked up on at Isaac Haxton's table involved a large pot with over 32,000 in the middle on a heads-up river of 10♣3♠K♦K♠7♥. Claudia Crawford-Stein checked to her opponent, Farhad Jamasi, who checked back.
"I got nothing," Crawford-Stein admitted as she tabled A♥8♣ for ace-high.
"Yeah that's good," Jamasi replied as he showed Q♦J♥ for a missed straight draw and Crawford-Stein was shipped the pot.
When asked how the pot got so large, she said that Haxton had opened, Jamasi three-bet, then she four-bet and Jamasi called. Then she check-raised the flop and then action checked through the river.
Then the very next hand, the following happened:
After an open and a call multi-way, five players went to a flop of 3♦10♣8♥. The early position player led out for 2,200 and everyone made the call to see the 9♣ on the turn. The action then checked through to Jamasi in late position who then bet out 10,500. The early position player called while two players got out of the way, but then Peter Placey raised it up to 25,000 and the action was back on Jamasi.
Jamasi moved all in for a total of 42,900 and the early position tanked for a good while before he made the fold. Placey went into the tank himself to ponder the 17,900 raise he was facing. After a minute or so, he also decided to make the lay-down, at which point Jamasi showed the nuts with Q♦J♥, true redemption for the previous hand.
Matt Glantz raised to 600 from middle position and was three-bet to 2,000 by Gaston Gurevich on the button. Action folded back to Glantz, who called.
Glantz check-called a 2,000 bet from Gurevich on the 8♥2♦4♠ flop and then both players checked on the 8♣ turn.
Glantz checked once more when the 3♥ completed the board, prompting a 6,000 bet from Gurevich. Glantz looked him up and Gurevich tabled 10♣10♥, which got a muck from Glantz.
Two players went to the flop, which fell 10♠8♦2♣. The player sitting under the gun checked to Jeff Fenster on the button who bet out. His opponent called.
The turn came 10x. It was checked to Fenster who bet once more. The under the gun player folded J♣J♥ face up.
Action was picked up with Martin Kabrhel betting 10,000 into a pot of about 6,000 on a board of 10♦8♠2♦J♣ from the hijack. The button tanked for a moment before putting in the call.
The river brought a J♠ and Kabrhel went into the tank for over two minutes before putting out a green 25k chip and announcing "Nineteen thousand six hundred."
The button thought it over for a long time before eventually laying it down.
"I never bluff. I play safe poker. I would never bluff on Day 1. Wait 'til Day 4 and bluff my stack." Martin said as he dragged the pot. "I had the nuts, Jack-ten" he remarked, but no one will ever know.
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