A raising war resulted in the all-in of Zachary Groseth-Harris. The full action was unknown, but Mark van der Loo had squeezed to 3,875 from under the gun before Ben Laska reraised to 16,050. Groseth-Harris moved all in for what appeared to be 32,000, and van der Loo folded. Laska called after around 15 seconds.
Zachary Groseth-Harris:
Ben Laska:
The board ran out , and Groseth-Harris was drawing dead on the turn to join the rail.
David Greenberg raised from middle position and picked up three callers to see a flop. At that point, things got hectic, as Chris Hunichen, in the big blind, and Matthew Kelly got into a raising war with the latter at risk for 14,625. Hunichen called, and Greenberg got out of the way, adding that he folded pocket aces.
Matthew Kelly:
Chris Hunichen:
After the turn, Kelly led out a loud, "Got himmmm," that the entire Brasilia Room could hear, and the river was a blank.
"I would have won," Greenberg added, while Hunichen dropped just below the starting stack.
Nadar Kakhmazov opened for 800 in the hijack and got three callers. He continued for 2,000 on the flop, and the player in the big blind called after the other two folded. Both the big blind and Kakhmazov checked the turn and the river, and the big blind won with .
Kakhmazov was left with less than 8,000 chips, so the $5,000 Six-Max champ can ill afford any missteps now.
According to the official records, 795 players entered Day 1a of the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Day 1a is traditionally the smallest of starting days. Not only do many players prefer to not have two full days off before restarting, there are also several other tournaments still going on today and tomorrow.
With 795 players, this is the biggest Day 1a in recent years.
Germany's Sebastian Langrock has had quite the week, as he just won his first WSOP gold bracelet after taking down Event #64: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha - 8 Handed for $268,555.
In the heads-up match, Langrock defeated well-known pro and WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Laplante, who has a title from winning the $565 Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2015. Langrock is a pro himself and has spent the last two years specializing in pot-limit Omaha, learning from some of the top players in the industry.
Back in 2013, Langrock won the German version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and explained that he used that money as his poker bankroll and has been making a living playing poker ever since.
Langrock has taken his seat in the Main Event today and will be making a run at the most prestigious title in poker.
Chris George raised to 1,000, and Ming Leung three-bet to 3,000, which Tara Snow, in the cutoff, and George both called.
On the flop, George checked, and Leung continued for 3,000. Snow and George both called, and the turn was checked to Snow, who bet 6,000. George check-raised to 20,000 with the biggest stack of the trio and claimed the pot after Leung and Snow let it go.
Former Main Event Champion Jerry Yang raised to 1,400 from the hijack, and Jon Turner three-bet from the button to 3,300. Yang went into the tank briefly before sending his cards into the muck.
, and Groseth-Harris was drawing dead on the turn to join the rail.
for a pair of sevens. The big blind showed an unpaired king-high, and Bohn showed 
for ace-high. 
flop. At that point, things got hectic, as Chris Hunichen, in the big blind, and Matthew Kelly got into a raising war with the latter at risk for 14,625. Hunichen called, and Greenberg got out of the way, adding that he folded pocket aces.
river was a blank.
river, and the big blind won with 
. 
turn was checked to Snow, who bet 6,000. George check-raised to 20,000 with the biggest stack of the trio and claimed the pot after Leung and Snow let it go.
