There were 1,475 entries creating a prize pool of $1,991,250. First place will take home a WSOP bracelet and $405,428. The tournament will pay 162 spots with a minimum cash worth $2,489. Full payouts are below:
We got to the table with the flop showing . Liv Boeree checked from the small blind, the player in the big blind checked, and a player in middle position bet 1,350. Boeree made the call and the player in the big blind folded.
The turn was the and both players checked. Boeree led out for 3,500 on the river and her opponent quickly folded to give her the pot. That moved Boeree up to over 20,000 for the day as she was sitting with 20,500 after that hand.
We got to the table and saw a pile of chips being pushed Jason Somerville's way with his hand still face up in front of him - . His opponent's hand was still showing as well - . The board read meaning Somerville's ace-high flush had bested the Broadway straight of his opponent.
"Make sure you write that Somerville got it in bad," said Somerville.
"Again."
Somerville was up to 20,000 after getting it in bad and hitting the winning hand.
Thanks to a little PokerNews Podcast run good, Jason Somerville shipped a million dollars on Friday, chopping the Bellagio $100K event with Jason Mercier, Dan Smith and Tom Marchese. The crew discusses that score, then looks at the $1 Million BIG ONE for ONE DROP with the Day 1 chip leader; Sam Trickett.