Kosei Ichinose raised to 2,000 from the button and Aymon Hata made the call in the big blind, going to a suited flop of . Hata checked and then called the bet of 1,600 from Hata.
The turn was the and both players checked, seeing a river card of . Hata led out for 3,600 and Ichinose called. Hata showed and Ichinose passed over his chips, mucking his cards.
Proving that it’s not just high roller events he’s good at Taiwan’s James Chen is stacking up pretty well in the Main Event and has just added some more ammunition to his chip arsenal.
Pre-flop it was France’s Ivan Deyra who kick-started the action with an early position raise to 1,800. Billy ‘the Croc’ Argyros tossed in the call before James Chen peeked down at his hole cards and then squeezed to 6,000 in total.
Deyra looked suspicious and made the call and after some deliberation so did the Croc and we go three-way to a flop of .
This brought checks from both Deyra and Argyros and Chen continued to sell the story of a strong hand with a bet of 11,500. That’s enough to get Deyra to give it up quickly but the Croc mulled it over for a bit.
“I guess you’ve got it, nice hand,” said Argyros, sliding his cards face down into the muck, leaving Chen to scoop a juicy pot.
On a flop of , Dan Smith bet 2,200 into a three-way pot. Dmytro Denysenko called and the third player folded. The turn was the and Smith continued for 3,000, getting a call.
The river was a third king: . Smith bet again, making it 11,000 and Denysenko immediately folded.
With about 15,000 already in the middle of a board, Gaelle Baumann check-called a bet of 6,500 from Daniel Dvoress.
A third ace, the , completed the board on the river and Baumann checked again. This time, Dvoress checked as well and mucked when Baumann tabled for a full house.
A little more than a min-cash will put Baumann over a million dollars in live-recorded tournament earning on the HendonMob. The native of France currently sits at $990,085 USD.
The 305 remaining Main Event players are headed off for their first 15-minute break of the day. Late registration closes at the end of this period so there may be a few late arrivals and we will be able to bring you prize pool figures and like when the final numbers are in.
. Hata checked and then called the bet of 1,600 from Hata.
and both players checked, seeing a river card of 
. Hata led out for 3,600 and Ichinose called. Hata showed 
and Ichinose passed over his chips, mucking his cards.
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and Smith continued for 3,000, getting a call.
. Smith bet again, making it 11,000 and Denysenko immediately folded.
board, Gaelle Baumann check-called a bet of 6,500 from Daniel Dvoress.
, completed the board on the river and Baumann checked again. This time, Dvoress checked as well and mucked when Baumann tabled 
