In a re-raised pot, the flop showed when the player in the small blind check-called Amirashani Pouria, seated in the cutoff.
The turn brought the and the same action happened. The river brought trips on the board and this time the small blind check-folded after a last bet from Pouria.
Amir Shayesteh opened action to 600 from under the gun. He received calls from the cutoff, button, and small blind, leading to four way action on the flop.
On the flop, action was checked to the cutoff who fired for 300. The button raised to 600. After the small blind got out of the way, Shayestah made the call, as did the cutoff.
The cutoff again led on the turn, this time for 600. The button and Shayesteh both called.
On the river, the cutoff again fired for 600. This time, the button folded as Shayesteh made the call. Shayesteh watched as his opponent turned over before turning over his own . Shayesteh's ace high was good enough for him to scoop the pot.
It folded to Harun Sapmaz in the small blind who made a raise and the big blind called.
A flop was revealed and the big blind called Sapmaz's continuation bet. The same action happened on the turn and the paired the board on the river. This time both players checked and Sapmaz tabled , which was enough to claim the pot as his opponent mucked.
The winner of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, Joe McKeehen, just took a seat in this event and is looking to add a fourth gold bracelet to his collection.
There are 67 players currently registered for the tournament to kick things off and with the button in the sixth-seat, the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.
The 53rd annual World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas continues today with Event #23: $3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold’em. Cards will be in the air at 3:00 p.m. PT today as this event kicks off.
Ryan Hansen is the current defending champion, having won $109,692 in last year's event as well as his first WSOP bracelet. Hansen bested a field of 162 entries that ended in an intense heads-up battle with Kosei Ichinose en route to victory.
Players will start the day with a stack of 40,000 chips and blinds will be 200/300 during Level 1. The levels will be 60-minutes, with a 15-min break after every two levels. Day 1 is set to play a total of ten levels before bagging up for the night and the late registration period will be open until the end of Level 8 (approximately 12:00 a.m.)
Stay tuned in to PokerNews at 3:00 p.m. today and over the rest of the tournament for all of the live updates on all of the action.