Two players went to the flop at the high price of 18,000 each after Mark Reilly on the button called the raise from Drazen Ilich in the big blind. The dealer spread on the felt and both players checked. The turn was the and Ilich led out for 14,000 and Reilly called. The river was another eight, the . Ilich led again, this time for 21,000, and Reilly made the call. Ilich showed and Reilly mucked his hand, awarding Ilich the massive pot.
The board read and the big blind bet 6,200 at the United Kingdom's Ben Dobson, who was sat in the hijack seat and Dobson called.
A larger bet of 14,300 was made when the completed the board, and again Dobson called.
Dobson showed and chopped the pot as his opponent held .
This is Dobson's first cash of the 2014 World Series of Poker and the seventh of his career. To date Dobson has over $380,000 in live tournament earnings and more than $1.3 million from his online exploits; he's definitely one to watch in the latter stages of this event.
Vinny Pahuja raised to 5,300 from the hijack seat and found a call from Adam Levy in the big blind. The two of them went to a flop of and Levy check-called Pahuja's small bet of 5,000. The turn was the and both players checked. They also checked down the river and Levy turned up to win the hand.
Russell Crane was down to a handful of chips worth about 6,000 and he moved them all-in from the hijack only to see Michael Sherman three-bet to 19,100 from the small blind. Guillaume Fourcade called from the big blind and it was three-ways (one all-in) to the flop.
Sherman set the price to continue at 20,000 and Fourcade folded.
Sherman:
Crane:
The on the turn took away Crane's backdoor flush outs and left him drawing to an eight in order to win. The improved Sherman to an unnecessary full house and Crane crashed out of this event.