Per the WSOP Live app.
Per the WSOP Live app.
Poker is often described as a game of skill, psychology, and patience. Yet for many players, the toughest opponent they face is not the player across the table, but their own emotional state. Few concepts illustrate this better than tilt.
Tilt is responsible for countless blown sessions, early tournament exits, unnecessary bankroll damage, and talented players quitting the game altogether. Understanding what tilt is, why it happens, and how to control it is one of the most important steps a poker player can take toward long-term improvement.
The remaining 50 players are headed to a first 15-minute break of the day. Action resumes at 1:15 p.m. local time.
Roman Korenev went all-in for 335,000 from early position before Eun Park also shoved from the cutoff for 165,000 to be at risk.
Eun Park: K♥Q♠
Roman Korenev: A♥5♠
Park needed help, and the cavalry arrived on the flop when it fanned out 10♠Q♦8♦ to give Park the best hand with a pair of queens.
The 10♣ turn kept Park in the lead before the 2♦ completed the board to award Park the pot.
Action was picked up with a preflop all-in confrontation between hijack Kristin Bertilson and Misty Steiner on the button.
Misty Steiner: A♣K♠
Kristin Bertilson: 8♥8♣
The K♣10♠10♥ flop fired Steiner into an immediate lead. She made top two on the A♦Q♠ runout to secure a full double.
Action was picked up on a flop of 10♥A♣3♦ with Joseph Buonomo already all in from the big blind. Early position Nishant Sharma and cutoff Kfir Nahum were contesting a dry side pot, with the main pot standing at 500,000.
Action checked through, and the same happened on the 3♠ turn. Sharma checked for a third time on the K♣ river, before calling a bet of 200,000 from Nahum.
Nahum tabled Q♣J♥ for Broadway, and both other players mucked their cards.
Atanas Pavlov opened from the small blind before Roberto Betbese went into the tank from the big blind. The clock was called before Betbese three-bet to 315,000. Pavlov quickly shoved, and Betbese called to put himself at risk for 1,01500 total.
Roberto Betbese: 10♥10♣
Atanas Pavlov: A♥J♠
Betbese was best preflop, but he needed to fade the overcards of Pavlov to secure the double.
The flop had paint, but not the paint that compromised Betbese as the dealer fanned out 5♥K♦3♣ to keep the pocket tens of Betbese ahead with two cards to go.
The Q♣ turn gave Pavlov some additional outs, but the river was safe for Betbese as it came the 4♠ to award him the double-up.
The completed board read 9♣J♠K♥Q♥3♦ with over 1,000,000 already in the middle when this hand was picked up.
Christopher Selami went all-in from early position to put Agarwal to a decision for all his chips.
Agarwal went into the tank for a significant amount of time as he weighed his options with his remaining 415,000 behind.
Agarwal decided on a fold as Selami continued his strong start to Day 2.
This hand was picked up on the turn of a board that read A♦Q♣5♠6♦ with approximately 450,000 in the middle.
Ken Doi checked his option from early position before Jacqueline Rosen bet 240,000 from middle position in response.
Doi gave it some thought, but he chose to let this one go with a fold as Rosen was awarded the chips.