With 1,250 chips in the pot and the board reading 
, Joe Cada checked from the big blind and his lone opponent checked behind from the hijack.
The 
hit the turn and Cada bet 1,000. His opponent called.
The 
fell on the river and both players checked. Cada tabled 
and his hand was good enough to win the pot.
The day has started off slow for Natalie Hof as she has been on the losing end of all of her hands until this one.
Hof opened to 650 from under the gun, only the big blind called and the flop came down 
.
The action checked to Hof who bet 500, her opponent folded and she pulled in a pot.
James Obst was in the big blind, betting 1,250 on the turn reading 
. His opponent called in early position and they saw the 
river and Obst fired 2,150. He received another call and rolled over 
for jacks and deuces. That was enough to beat his rival and Obst raked in the pot.
The player under the gun opened to 700 and Joseph Cheong made the call, as well as Athanasios Polychronopoulos on the button and the big blind player.
The flop came 
and brought no betting action. The turn fell a 
and after three checks, Polychronopoulos bet 2,000. Only the under the gun player and Cheong made the call.
On the river 
, Polychronopoulos made a last bet for 3,000 after his opponents checked and the action folded to Cheong who ended up calling. Polychronopoulos showed 
for two pair and Cheong mucked his hand.
Joshua Zapalac and Samuel Touil were heads-up on the 
board. Touil bet 6,475 into a main pot of about 7,000 and Zapalac moved all in for 52,450.
Touil slid his hand face down into the muck and Zapalac showed for the nut flush as he dragged in the pot.
Jonathan Duhamel had a pretty rough start in the 2018 WSOP Main Event. Everyone started with 50,000 and Duhamel only has 20,000 left.
In the last hand he played, he put in a 3,000 bet on the 
board. He was called by the player in the three-seat and the river was the 
. They both checked on the river and Duhamel saw his opponent open up 
.
Duhamel mucked and is left with only 20,000.
With roughly 15,000 in the middle, three players made it to the river of the 
board. Olga Iermolcheva bet 5,000 out of the small blind and a player in the hijack quickly folded but the cutoff called.
Iermolcheva was value-betting pocket jacks but quickly turned her hand face down when her opponent rolled over 
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