Govert Metaal and Steve O’Dwyer have played a fair amount of poker together in recent times and now they are sat next to each other in the Main Event in Brasilia. They were tangling in a pot that had reached the river with the cards neatly lined up and showing .
There was nearly 8,000 in the pot and Metaal had moved all-in for 8,000. O’Dwer wasn't sure what to make of it and told Metaal, “I know how much fun it is to watch you play.”
Metaal gave off no signs and after a few more moments O’Dwyer put out the call. Metaal showed him and O’Dwyer mucked. “I didn’t want to believe you,” he said to Metaal.
Lauren Kling opened with a late position raise and found calls from the button and the big blind. The dealer put down a flop of and the big blind checked to the raiser. Kling continued out for 1,300 and the button dropped out a call. The big blind got out of the way, leaving the two heads-up to fourth street.
The turn was the and Kling slowed with a check. Her opponent did the same and the fell on the river. Kling reached for chips and moved out a bet of 1,900. Her opponent called, allowing her to roll over for trip jacks. Kling's opponent mucked and she picked up a pot that brings her stack to about 56,000.
A player in the cutoff raised after which Anthony Spinella, from the button, three-bet to 2,200. The player in the small blind proceeded to move all-in for 9,750 and the action folded back to Spinella.
Spinella gave it some thought before ultimately putting out the call.
Spinella:
Opponent:
The board ran out and the turn gave Spinella's opponent a winning pair. Spinella was left with 13,000 chips and he'll be looking for a double up with about 2.5 hours left in the day.
On a flop of with roughly 2,500 in the middle, Bryan Huang bet out 1,400 and his opponent called from the button as the landed on the turn.
Both players checked before the completed the board and Huang tossed in 900. His opponent swiftly mucked and Huang raked in the small pot to send him to 25,600 in chips.
Jason Somerville fired 3,500 on the board, and Brian Nadell made the call to see the land on the river. After Somerville checked, Nadell bet 4,500. Somerville folded, and Nadell won the pot.
We missed the elimination of Wisconsin's Eddie Blumenthal, but he elaborated a bit on social media:
"Well it was a fitting way to end the worst World Series of my life. I rivered my third flush of the day just to have my opponent have a higher flush or better for the third time."
Michiel Brummelhuis was in the cutoff and facing a raise from the under the gun player, a raise to 600. The raiser only had around 3,900 chips behind, so when Brummelhuis three-bet to 2,800 the outcome was inevitable; the rest of the raiser's chips were going into the middle. That's exactly what they did and Brummelhuis, of course, called.
Brummelhuis turned over and when the at-risk player saw his opponent's hand, he winced. The reason for the upset was his was dominated.
The flop kept Brummelhuis' hand best and despite the all-in player's pleas for a queen, the turn and river fell and to send him to the rail.
Nancy Birnbaum bet 4,500 into a 6,000 pot with a board of . She was raised to 11,000 by her heads-up opponent and after two more click-backs resulting in an all in and a call, both players showed 's to chop the pot.
Joseph Cheong, who finished third in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, has crashed out of the 20014 edition on Day 1. We didn't catch the hand, but thanks to the beauty of Twitter, we can bring you an update as to what happened to Cheong.
.
and O’Dwyer mucked. “I didn’t want to believe you,” he said to Metaal.
and the big blind checked to the raiser. Kling continued out for 1,300 and the button dropped out a call. The big blind got out of the way, leaving the two heads-up to fourth street.
fell on the river. Kling reached for chips and moved out a bet of 1,900. Her opponent called, allowing her to roll over 
for trip jacks. Kling's opponent mucked and she picked up a pot that brings her stack to about 56,000.
![[user20283]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and the turn gave Spinella's opponent a winning pair. Spinella was left with 13,000 chips and he'll be looking for a double up with about 2.5 hours left in the day.
completed the board and Huang tossed in 900. His opponent swiftly mucked and Huang raked in the small pot to send him to 25,600 in chips.
land on the river. After Somerville checked, Nadell bet 4,500. Somerville folded, and Nadell won the pot.
and when the at-risk player saw his opponent's hand, he winced. The reason for the upset was his 
flop kept Brummelhuis' hand best and despite the all-in player's pleas for a queen, the turn and river fell 
and 
to send him to the rail.
's to chop the pot.
