After Robin Ylitalo opened from early position for 10,000, it folded to Iain Brassell a few seats over who set his remaining stack of 31,500 in the middle.
The table folded back to Ylitalo who after getting a count on Brassell's push kind of sheepishly made the call, turning over . Brassell showed his , and Ylitalo wished his opponent good luck.
The flop came to give pairs to both players, then the fell shockingly on the turn, improving Ylitalo to trips and causing Brassell to wince visibly. The river was the , and Brassell is out just a few spots shy of the money.
Melanie Weisner led out with a bet of 12,000 on flop of . Gad Morgenstern pushed out a call, and the dealer turned the . Weisner decided to check, and Morgenstern responded with a bet of 24,000. Weisner called, bringing the on the river. Weisner checked again, and this time Morgenstern bet 32,000. Weisner thought for a minute, then pushed out a call. Morgenstern turned over for top pair. Weisner silently slid her cards to the dealer face down, and Morgenstern took the pot.
Mark Nguyen open shoved his last 37,000 in early position with , and he was called in the big blind by Scott Dorin, who woke up with . Nguyen flopped an open ended straight draw, , but it never came, as the board completed and.
Dorin scored the knockout, while Nguyen is one of the last players in the main to bust before the money.
On the very first hand of the day, Blake Yu, a short stack at one of the televised tables, pushed all in from under the gun. Gutierrez Lebron asked for a count, and it turned out Yu had exactly 84,000. Lebron passed, however, as did the rest of the table, and Yu picked up the blinds and antes to boost his stack as the bubble approaches.
Jarod Ludemann committed his last 105,000 preflop with , and Jason Potter had him at risk with his . The board ran out , and Ludeman made his exit shy of the money.
Justas Vaiciulionis open-shoved for 54,000 from late position, and the action folded to Marc Emond, who called in the big blind.
Vaiciulionis:
Emond:
Vaiciulionis was in rough shape, and didn't improve on the flop. The on the turn gave him three outs to chop, but it also took away one of his scoop outs, the .
The river was indeed a red queen, but the spiked onto the felt, giving him a full double. Emond fell to 80,000 chips.
Ryan Snickles opened with a raise to 14,000 from early position and it folded to Shawn Sheikhan in the big blind. Sheikhan began the day as one of the short stacks, with but 95,500 to start.
Sheikhan checked his cards, then put his stack out in front of him as an all-in reraise. Snickles considered the situation.
"You want action?" asked Snickles, but Sheikhan only stared at the WSOP logo in the center of the table. Finally Snickles folded, and Sheikhan broke into a wide grin.
"I got a big blind… I got -offsuit… what am I gonna do?" he said as he dragged the pot.
After a raisefrom Arman Baklachyan to 10,000 from middle position and a call from Endi Leka, Maxx Coleman reraised 23,000 in position. Action folded around back to Baklachyan who called. Leka called as well.
The flop came down and Baklachyan checked to Leka who put out a bet of 35,000. Colemann thought for about 10 seconds before raising to a total of 90,000. Baklachyan folded and action was on Leka. He thought for a minute before trying to expose his hand and flipping it back face down. "You got it," he said. On his second attempt to expose his hand he showed and Coleman was able to scoop the pot.
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. Brassell showed his 
, and Ylitalo wished his opponent good luck.
to give pairs to both players, then the 
fell shockingly on the turn, improving Ylitalo to trips and causing Brassell to wince visibly. The river was the 
, and Brassell is out just a few spots shy of the money.
. Gad Morgenstern pushed out a call, and the dealer turned the 
. Weisner decided to check, and Morgenstern responded with a bet of 24,000. Weisner called, bringing the 
on the river. Weisner checked again, and this time Morgenstern bet 32,000. Weisner thought for a minute, then pushed out a call. Morgenstern turned over 
for top pair. Weisner silently slid her cards to the dealer face down, and Morgenstern took the pot.
, and he was called in the big blind by Scott Dorin, who woke up with 
. Nguyen flopped an open ended straight draw, 
and
.
, and Jason Potter had him at risk with his 
, and Ludeman made his exit shy of the money.
flop. The 
-offsuit… what am I gonna do?" he said as he dragged the pot.
and Baklachyan checked to Leka who put out a bet of 35,000. Colemann thought for about 10 seconds before raising to a total of 90,000. Baklachyan folded and action was on Leka. He thought for a minute before trying to expose his hand and flipping it back face down. "You got it," he said. On his second attempt to expose his hand he showed 
and Coleman was able to scoop the pot.
