Kohichi Manago raised to 60,000 and it was called by the player in the big blind.
The flop fell and the big blind check-called Manago's continuation for 70,000. On the turn, Manago fired 300,000 into the pot after another check from his opponent and it was enough to win the pot without more resistance.
Tamas Lendvai put in a raise to 55,000 from early position and got three callers.
On the flop, action checked to Daniyal Gheba on the button. He fired for 125,000. Ruiko Mamiya then moved all in for 420,000. Lendvai and another caller folded before Gheba made the call with Mamiya covered.
Ruiko Mamiya:
Daniyal Gheba:
Gheba was ahead, but Mamiya had plenty of outs with an open-ended straight draw and a backdoor flush draw. The on the turn took away the flush draw, but gave her a pair with the potential to improve to trips. Instead, the paired the board, and gave Gheba the better two pair. Gheba scooped the pot while Mamiya was eliminated.
The board showed with more than 200,000 in the middle when Hyojung Urm moved all in for a remaining stack worth 620,000, putting her opponent into a decision. After a minute, the latter folded and Urm grabbed the pot.
Action was picked up on the flop with about 300,000 in the pot and a flop. Tamas Lendvai fired for 100,000 from the hijack. His opponent moved all in with 755,000 behind. Lendvai went into the tank for several minutes, before eventually pushing a stack of chips in. Lendvai was the at risk player, with 455,000 total.
"Good call," Lendvai's opponent told him as the pair tabled their hands.
Tamas Lendvai:
Opponent:
Lendvai had indeed made a good call, and now would just need to fade a queen on the turn and river to double up his stack. He did so successfully, as the runout changed nothing, and Lendvai secure the double up, taking a big chunk out of his opponent's stack, who was seen heading to the payout desk shortly after this hand.
The action was picked up on a paired board with around 250,000 already in the middle. Lee Vogelsong bet 100,000 from the big blind and Patrick Truong tanked for some time before making the call.
The completed the board on the river and Vogelsong jammed for approximatively 480,000. Truong snap-folded and the pot was sent to Vogelsong.
In the mid 1980’s, women were considered no factor in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and other than the famous rounder and professional gambler Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston, poker players rarely made headlines in the mainstream press. That all changed when Wendeen Eolis became the first woman to cash at poker’s “Big Dance.”
In the 1986 WSOP Main Event, Eolis battled some of the best players in the world, including Amarillo Slim, in a field of 141 runners. She was on her way to a 25th-place finish for a $10,000, return on her buy-in, and permanent bragging rights as the first woman in history to cash in the WSOP Main Event.
Eolis attributes her 1986 WSOP performance to a year of poker tutoring from one of the best, a “relatively” conservative game plan, and cooperative cards. She told PokerNews, “Even today, women can win more by bluffing less than men.”