Brian Lemke checked to Cory Nistler on a flop of , and he tossed out 2,300. Lemke called.
The turn was the , the WSOP bracelet winner check-called another 5,400, then both players knuckled on the river. Nistler rolled over for queens and sevens, and was awarded the pot.
Brent Hanks began the day on a short stack, and he's played patiently waiting for a spot. He finally found it when he was in the cutoff and committed his last 4,975. Ronny Schimpf didn't seem too excited to call from the big blind, but he did so nonetheless.
Hanks:
Schimpf:
"Yup, woke up with it," Hanks said when Schimpf commented on his prime holdings. Hanks was ahead, and he managed to make a set on the flop. However, Schimpf managed to pick up an up-and-down straight draw. The turn was of no consequence, but the was as it completed the aforementioned straight.
Dennis Longoria check-called 5,200 on an board in a blind battle against Joe Cada. On the river, Longoria checked again and Cada bet 12,600. Longoria called without much hesitation, and Cada turned over for ace-high. Longoria had for a turned flush.
According to Chau Giang, he and another player called a bet of 2,000 from a third player on a flop of , and the turn was a third diamond - the - and the bettor tossed out an additional 2,300.
Giang and the second player called again.
The river was the , the bettor moved all in for 5,025, and Giang re-shoved. The other player folded.
The player who was driving the action showed for a king-high flush, but Giang had the stone-cold nuts: for a straight flush. Giang chipped up to 46,000.
Arguably the most famous hand in poker is , commonly know as "The Doyle Brunson" because Brunson won both of his World Series of Poker Main Event victories with the hand. Twenty-nine-year-old Mike Ziemba may not have been alive when Brunson earned both of those victories, but he knows what the hand is and just showed how to make it work.
On the flop, Antonio Scalzi and Peterllese Francesco checked to Ziemba, and he bet 2,500. Scalzi folded, but Francesco called. Then after the landed on the turn, Francesco checked, Ziemba bet 4,500, and Francesco called.
The river was the , and Francesco checked again. Ziemba fired 11,500, and Francesco went deep into the tank. After a minute or two, Francesco called.
Ziemba tabled the for a spade flush, and Francesco mucked his hand.
Marcel Luske has headed for an early bath and we received an account of his bustout from the player who delivered the red card.
Marcel Luske opened for 1,500 and Bradley Tuck three-bet him to 3,500. After some thought, Luske called and they saw a heads-up flop of .
Luske moved all in for 7,625 and Tuck - as he put it - “tank called” with . Luske had the .
The turn was a and in extra time, the river proved decisive.