Nicholas Hobbs raised in the cutoff for 500 and the big blind defended. The flop came down with a lovely monotone board of K♥7♥3♥. Hobbs placed a continuation bet of 1,500 and the big blind made the call.
Both players checked the turn J♦ and the river 8♣. Hobbs turned over J♠Q♥ and, although he missed his flush, he was still good with second pair. The big blind mucked, while stating, "Good hand."
Action was caught after the flop of 5♥J♥A♠ and the small blind led out for 4,100. Cory Sams made the call from under the gun.
The turn peeled off the 3♦ and the small blind fired for 6,500. Sams again made the call.
When the 10♠ came on the river, the small blind was quick to check to Sams. He bet for 6,500 and his opponent contemplated what to do. They folded and revealed A♣Xx as Sams scooped the pot.
Tsugunari Toma opened to 500 from the hijack and was three-bet to 1,400 by Andrew Butler on the button. Action folded back to Toma and he four-bet to 5,100. Butler called.
Both players checked on the 8♠7♣2♥ flop and then Toma fired 12,200 into the middle on the J♥ turn. Butler called.
The 8♦ completed the board and Toma bet 14,400. Butler thought for a while and decided to look Toma up with a call. Toma tabled A♥Q♥ for a whiffed flushed draw and Butler turned over 7♥6♥ for eights and sevens, which was enough to drag the large pot early in Day 1d.
Jason Alvarez checked from the big blind to Susan Choi on a board of 10♦7♦7♣2♥, and Choi fired for 1,200.
When Alvarez checked again on a K♦ river, Choi, wearing a Minnie Mouse hat to represent her home near Disneyland in Orange County, California, calmly threw two red 5,000 chips in the middle.
"Wow, that's a lot," said Alvarez, folding. "Nice hand."
Anas Benohod and an opponent went heads-up to the turn on a board of 9♥4♠5♣K♠ and around 6,000 already in the middle. Benohod, in the cutoff, bet 2,000 and his opponent called in middle position.
The river came the Q♣ and the middle-position player checked over to Benohod, who fired out another 4,000. His opponent called and Benohod turned over K♥9♦ for two pair to win the pot and climb near 100,000 on the first level of Day 1D.
Action was picked up on the turn in a brewing pot between four players including Maurice Hawkins in the big blind and Forrest Raleigh in first position.
Action checked to Hawkins who bet 2,800 on a board reading 10♥7♠9♦Q♥ and only Raleigh called.
On the river 7♣, Hawkins bet 3,000 and Raleigh wasted little time in letting his hand go.
"Bargain shopper," Hawkins said after the hand "Bargain shopper getting a little bit of value!"
The 2023 WSOP Ladies Championship Event runner-up Shiina Okamoto opened to 700 from middle position. A new player seated on her left was the only one to call.
The dealer fanned a flop of 9♦5♣Q♦. Okamoto checked and let her opponent bet 500. She called and the 10♠ came on the turn.
There was no more action on this street as both players checked. However, on the river 4♠, Okamoto bet 2,300. Her neighbor waited a few seconds and folded.
In a heads-up pot with 3,700 in the middle on a flop showing A♣Q♣10♠, Ramon Fernandez bet out 1,100 from the big blind and Darryll Fish came along on the button.
The K♣ hit the turn and both players checked their options to the Q♥ river. Fernandez announced a bet of 3,500 and Fish quickly slid his cards into the muck.
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