Wayne Kepfer raised in middle position, Phil Hui reraised in the cutoff, and Kepfer called.
Kepfer led out with a bet on the K♣9♥4♣ flop and Hui called. The turn was the A♦ and Kepfer bet again. Hui then raised and Kepfer called.
The river was the A♣ and Kepfer bet. Hui raised once again and Kepfer quickly called. Hui showed A♥K♦Q♥2♦ for a full house and Kepfer flashed A♠9♦ for a smaller full house before surrendering the pot.
WSOP bracelet winner Andrew Brown raised in the hijack which saw WSOP Main Event Champion Huck Seed call him in the cutoff, with Nithin Eapen on the button and Marc Wolenik in the big blind calling him.
The flop rolled out 6♠9♠2♣ and Eapen checked over to Brown who bet.
"I just don't believe you," whispered Seed as he called with the other two players calling behind him.
Brown bet the 3♦ turn into his four opponents when checked to and this time Seed folded with Eapen and Wolenik calling behind him.
On the river 7♦, Eapen checked a third time and Brown bet to receive two callers.
"Set of sixes and nut low," Brown said as he tabled A♠6♣6♥4♠ which was good for the pot as he climbed up above the 30k mark.
The floor had to be called over to Kyle Cartwright's table as the players debated how many bets capped the pot preflop. Edward Weisbaum in the big blind wanted to put in a raise and was informed by a tournament official he could make it four bets.
Cartwright then called under the gun, as did Zahra Hall in the hijack and Michael Wolff in the cutoff.
The flop came K♠J♦10♦ and Lall bet. All three opponents called and the Q♠ fell on the turn.
Action then checked to Wolff who bet, and only Cartwright and Lall called this time. Lall then bet on the 10♠ river and both opponents called.
Lall turned over K♥K♦6♥3♣ for a full house as Cartwright and Wolff both mucked.
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This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels (until about 8:45 p.m.). There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 40-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Last year's event saw a field of 928 entries generate a prize pool of $1,238,880. The winner was James Chen, who defeated Lewis Brant heads up to win $209,350 and his first WSOP bracelet.
“It was fun, cards were hitting. I made a lot of hands and it was great,” Chen told PokerNews shortly after his victory.
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2024
928
James Chen
United States
$209,350
2023
1,143
Jim Collopy
United States
$262,542
2022
1,086
Amnon Filippi
United States
$252,718
2021
607
Connor Drinan
United States
$163,252
2019
853
Derek McMaster
United States
$228,228
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