We saw more than 5,500 in the pot and no flop to be found, with Brain Rast facing what looked to be an all-in bet of 11,625 by Ben Hamnett. Rast stood to count out the wager, and cut the appropriate amount of chips from his already doubled stack.
After a minute or so of thought, Rast plunked in the excised stack turned over his . That's when Rast discovered that Hamnett, who you may remember as the winner of the 2012 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event ($818,847), still had a thousand or so chips remaining behind his water bottle.
"I put him all in then," said Rast, apparently having placed more than enough in the pot for such a raise anyway. "I didn't see the extra chips though."
With Rast's overpair already tabled, Hamnett could not have liked calling off with his , but he was pot committed at this point and his last chips went into the middle.
Flop:
Just like that, the deck delivered for Hamnett, and when the turn () and river () brought no third ten on board, Rast was forced to ship half of his stack across the table.
We happened to catch the action at Daniel Negreanu's table where he and two other opponents were involved in a three-way pot on the flop. The board read .
The first opponent bet 575, and the second opponent folded the action to Negreanu. The first opponent almost threw his cards into the muck, thinking that the action was over and that he had won the hand. Negreanu immediately spoke up.
"Hey, hold on, I'm still in the pot...and I'm gonna raise you," announced Negreanu, taking advantage of the awkward moment and getting a few laughs from the crowd.
He must have known his opponent was weak, and Negreanu took down the pot while flashing a red queen.
The board read by the turn, and Mizrachi had all of his chips pushed to the front for an all-in bet. Radoja snap-called and revealed his for a set on the turn, which had Mizrachi looking pained as he flipped over an inferior set in . The on the river changed nothing, and Radoja doubled his 13,675 through Mizrachi.
Back from the recent break, Michael Mizrachi has tangled once again with Mark Radoja, and this time it was "The Grinder" who came out on top.
We caught the action on the flop, with the board reading and the action on Mizrachi after Radoja checked.
Mizrachi splashed a bet of 575 into the pot, and Radoja called to see the arrive on the turn. He then check-called another bet, this time for 1,800, and the completed the board on the river.
After checking for a third time, Radoja was faced with a bet of 3,300 by Mizrachi, and he went into the tank for a minute or so while studying his opponent.
Something must have convinced Radoja that Mizrachi was on a bluff, because he eventually made the crying call, and mucked when "The Grinder" turned over just . With the win, Mizrachi reclaimed some of his chips from Radoja, and reestablished his footing midway through the first day of play.
With the final field tallied in at 516 players, the total generated prize pool was $2,425,200. The top 54 spots will be paid out, with 54th place earning $9,240 for the cash. The top spot will be worth $606,317 and the World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
We noticed the seat formerly occupied by Erik Seidel had been filled by John Juanda, meaning the eight-time WSOP bracelet winner has moved on to the next tournament on his schedule.
. That's when Rast discovered that Hamnett, who you may remember as the winner of the 2012 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event ($818,847), still had a thousand or so chips remaining behind his water bottle.
, but he was pot committed at this point and his last chips went into the middle.
) and river (
) brought no third ten on board, Rast was forced to ship half of his stack across the table.
.
by the turn, and Mizrachi had all of his chips pushed to the front for an all-in bet. Radoja snap-called and revealed his 
for a set on the turn, which had Mizrachi looking pained as he flipped over an inferior set in 
. The 
![[user68268]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. With the win, Mizrachi reclaimed some of his chips from Radoja, and reestablished his footing midway through the first day of play.
