There were roughly 2,000 chips in the pot on a board of 2♠J♦9♠5♣, Troy Otto who was under the gun checked to Abhisek Banerjee in the cutoff and he bet 3,000, Otto called.
Both players checked on the 3♣, Otto tabled 4♠3♠ for a pair but could not beat the top pair of Banerjee with K♠J♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
102,000 | |
|
|
24,000 |
Action was picked up on the turn in a pot between Elvis Reyes in late position and Brent Barby in the cutoff with 4,300 in the center.
On the board reading K♦J♣J♠Q♣ Reyes checked to Barby who bet 2,100 and Reyes called.
The river peeled off a 9♠ and Reyes checked over to Barby who bet 5,000 and Reyes called.
Barby tabled 6♥6♠ for jacks and sixes, but it was no good against Reyes' A♣J♦ for three jacks and an ace.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
106,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
73,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Stefan Jahn opened from middle position, but Yibo Song in the cutoff three-bet to 3,000. The button and the blinds folded to Jahn who four-bet to 8,700.
Song went into the tank and five-bet to 19,000, so the decision was now on Jahn who didn't seem happy about this raise. After a minute, he eventually moved all-in for 54,500.
Song folded pretty quickly and Jahn breathed a sigh of relief while dragging the pot towards him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | |
|
43,000 |
Steven Phillips made it 800 to go from under the gun before Mark Epstein three-bet to 2,400 from the next seat. Phillips called when it folded back around to him.
Two checks followed the 2♥K♣9♥ flop to see the Q♠ appear on the turn. Phillips led out for 3,200, which Epstein called.
The J♣ dropped on the river and both players checked. Phillips showed A♣J♥ for a pair of jacks, but was second best to the A♥K♠ of Epstein for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
With about 8,000 in the pot, hijack Paul Richardson checked the Q♥9♣4♥2♥ turn over to Franklin Yao. Yao bet 4,500, which Richardson called after some debate.
Richardson also checked the 6♠ river, after which Yao flicked in a single T-25,000 chips for an over-bet.
Richardson took a few minutes to puzzle the hand together, eventually tossing in a call.
"Good call," Yao said as he showed 8♣5♣ for pure air. Richardson had called with 9♠7♠, second pair, and he raked in the pot as he neared a six-figure stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
99,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
45,500
45,500
|
45,500 |
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
With two players seeing a board of 2♥A♣4♦9♦ and around 3,000 in the middle, Dimitrios Kilintaris checked from the big blind and Adrian State bet 2,000 from the button. Kilintaris called before both players checked the 7♠ river.
Kilintaris had K♦6♦ for king-high and a missed flush draw while State had a pair with 8♦8♣ to win the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | |
|
62,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
David Wintersberger raised to 800 in the hijack, and Sergii Ulitskyi responded with a three-bet to 2,400 on the button. Zack Marshak cold-called from the big blind, and Wintersberger completed the preflop action by calling.
All three players checked the 6♥6♣9♥ flop, which prompted Marshak to take over the betting lead on the 9♠ turn.
His wager of 4,200 was too rich for both of his opponents, as they quickly mucked their cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
59,500
11,700
|
11,700 |
|
48,700
2,500
|
2,500 |
There were roughly 2,000 chips in the pot on 7♠8♦Q♥6♠, Vanessa Selbst from early position bet 1,200 but got raised by Sung Yun in the big blind to 3,500, Selbst called.
Yun did not slow down on the 5♥, and he bet 3,500 again on the river, Selbst thought about her decision for a short while and made the call.
Yun tabled a turn set with 6♥6♣, Selbst mucked her hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
49,600 | |
Robert Varkonyi opened to 900 from early position and was called by Jamie Harding in middle position and Aaron Gunn in the big blind.
It was checked to Harding on the A♥6♦4♥ flop and he bet 1,500. Gunn called, but Varkonyi folded.
Gunn check-called a 4,300 bet from Harding on the 7♣ turn and checked a final time on the 10♠ river, prompting a 9,600 bet from Harding.
"I hope you didn't hit a set of sevens on the turn," Gunn said as he stuck in a call.
"I did," Harding said as he revealed 7♥7♦.
Gunn showed he held 6♥6♠ for a flopped set and Harding was sent the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
87,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
60,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
||
|
46,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
With almost 20,000 in the pot already preflop, Towa Shibata checked first from early position on a flop of 5♣A♠5♠. Shibata's opponent in the hand was Wendeen Eolis, who was the first woman to cash in the WSOP Main Event back in 1986. Eolis opted to fire out a bet of 12,000, and Shibata responded by instantly folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
51,000 |
