Denis Strebkov: XxXx/7♦A♦A♣Q♠/Xx
Brian Hastings: XxXx/2♥7♠3♥9♦/Xx
Denis Strebkov bet on fifth street and Brian Hastings called.
Strebkov bet again on sixth and Hastings called. Strebkov fired out another bet on seventh and Hastings again called.
Strebkov then showed A♠8♣4♦ for trip aces and Hastings mucked.
Xixiang Luo: 9x9x/7x8x6xQx/5x
Xixiang Luo has gotten off to a solid start as he made a bet on seventh street and was called by Karl Tretter.
Luo tabled a straight which was good enough to take the whole pot as Tretter's hand was discarded quickly before it was recorded.
William Coren shared a touching story of how he came to be in the field today.
"My brother was a very wealthy man. He knew I could play in these 10Ks, he could put me up. He died three years ago, and I found an envelope with $10,000 in it," Coren said.
Coren added he used that money to enter his first event but didn't cash. He then entered a second time and finished in the money before being eliminated early on his third attempt.
"I was like, I was one out of three, I was even. So I wasn't sure I was going to come back. My wife is like, of course you're going to play. It's your brother's legacy," he said.
Esther Taylor: XxXx/9♣K♦5♥7♥/Xx
Owais Ahmed: XxXx/2♥7♣8♣9♠/Xx
Thomas Argyros: XxXx/5♦A♦J♠10♥/Xx
Four-handed on fifth street, Esther Taylor bet and was called by Owais Ahmed and Thomas Argyros. "Stay strong one time, Brian," Taylor said to tablemate Brian Yoon.
"It's your best best. If it was your third-best game, it would be different," Yoon said as he folded leaving the pot three-handed.
Taylor continued betting on sixth as both opponents called. Another bet on seventh was called by Ahmed, while Argyros gave up his hand.
Taylor showed K♣K♠ for trip kings and Ahmed had K♥4♥3♣ for a low to chop the pot.
Allen Kessler: XxXx/4♠7♦5♣9♦
Calen McNeil: XxXx/4♥5♦K♠Xx - folded on sixth street
Calen McNeil bet on fourth street before Allen Kessler raised. McNeil and another opponent called to fifth, where Kessler bet again.
Only McNeil called down to sixth as Kessler continued betting. "No mas, Allen. No mas," McNeil said as he snap folded.
William Coren: 6♠4♣/5♠7♠K♣3♣/5♦
Brian Yoon: XxXx/3♠8♥10♥Q♠/Xx
Action was captured at the end of a hand on seventh street as William Coren tossed out a bet and Brian Yoon called.
Coren tabled the best low as well as the straight to collect the whole pot as his nice start continued.
Level: 2
Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 600
Limits: 600-1,200
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/7♦2♦6♥J♥/Xx
Bryan Pimlott: XxXx/6♠3♦2♣Q♠/Xx
Thomas Taylor bet on fifth street and Bryan Pimlott called.
Taylor bet again on sixth and Pimlott called to see seventh, where Taylor put out another bet. Pimlott snap-folded and Taylor took down the pot.
Jake Schwartz, Michael Estes, and Tim Frazin have recently joined the field.
Patsy Altomari: XxXx/Q♥7♠K♥10♦/Xx
Thomas Argyros: XxXx9♦7♥2♣9♣/Xx
Brian Yoon: XxXx/3♠5♥9♠6♣/Xx
William Coren: XxXx/3♦8♣Q♣8♥ - folded on sixth street
"Biggest pot of the tournament so far," tablemate James Cheung said as four players went to fourth street. According to Cheung, it was a four-bet pot on third street.
Brian Yoon then bet and Thomas Argyros raised. Patsy Altomari and William Coren called, while Yoon reraised. All three opponents called.
Argyros bet on fifth, Altomari raised, and everyone called to sixth. Altomari bet again and Yoon and Argyros called, while Coren got out of the way.
Altomari bet on seventh and Argyros called, while Yoon folded. Altomari turned over K♦K♠K♣ for quad kings and Argyros flashed a pair of aces as he mucked.
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