With about 14,000 in the pot and the board reading a player in early position led out for 4,000. Maurice Hawkins called in the hijack seat. The river was the and the player that led on the turn, checked. Hawkins quickly fired out a bet of 6,000 sending his opponent into the tank. After taking his time to assess, he elected to fold and showed Hawkins pocket jacks. Hawkins said, "Nice fold, I had you," reassuring his opponent. Hawkins has been in complete control as a player at his table was overheard saying, "This is his table, we just fight for the hands he doesn't want to play." Seems like a good image to have.
A player in the hijack raised to 1,600. Ben Taylor was on the button and called, as did the small blind and Jamie Gold in the big blind.
The flop was and everyone checked to the turn which was the . The small blind checked and Gold fired out a bet of 2,000. The initial raiser folded and Taylor raised to 7,000. The small blind folded and Gold called.
The river was the and Gold checked to Taylor. Taylor fired out a bet of 10,000 and Gold snap-folded.
Igor Yaroshevskyy was in the hijack and raised to 1,500. A player in the small blind three-bet to 5,000, Yaroshevskyy immediately four-bet to 21,500. The small blind tanked and then moved all in for roughly 26,000 and yaroshevskyy called.
yaroshevskyy tabled and his opponent showed and was at risk.
The board ran out and yaroshevskyy vaulted into the top three stacks in the room.
Play has concluded and final numbers are being tallied. A recap will be following up shortly with all the end of day information and we thank you for joining us. Stay tuned for the rest of this event and the entire 2017 WSOP updates brought to you by PokerNews.
The first day of Event #23: THE MARATHON - $2,620 No-Limit Hold’em is over. The new event attracted 1,646 entries, but registration is still open until the start of play Tuesday at noon. This event offered a starting stack of 26,200 chips and 100-minute levels. The day ended with 806 players who will return for Day 2, together with any players who decide to register late.
The Day 1 chip leader is Igor Yaroshevskyy (292,600), but there are other big stacks in the running, including Rigoberto Rodriguez (280,600), Maurice Hawkins (263,000) and Bill Germanis (214,300).
Other notables in the field are Dietrich Fast (170,400), Matt Stout (98,000), Thomas Muehloecker (78,500), Bruno Politano (58,300) and Charlie Carrel (43,700).
Day 2 starts at noon. The total prize pool will be announced after play has started, so be sure to keep your eyes on PokerNews to find out what the winner will take home.