Joseph Baldwin made the call in the big blind after the hijack raised it up to 1,200. The flop came out as K♠Q♣5♠ and the action happened fast. Baldwin checked and the hijack bet 1,100. Baldwin put in the check-raise and the hijack moved all in for his last 13,200. Baldwin made a quick call.
Hijack: A♠A♦ 
Joseph Baldwin: Q♠K♥
The turn 10♣ and the river 8♥ were no help to the hijack and Baldwin won a nice pot with his two pair.
On a heads-up turn of J♥9♣K♣6♦, Ori Elul bet and his opponent moved all in, which Elul called to put him at risk.
Player: K♦K♠
Ori Elul: Q♠10♠
Elul was in the lead with his flopped nut straight, but still needed to fade a board pairing to secure the knockout. Unfortunately for the at-risk player, the river was the blank 8♠ and he was sent to the rail while Elul raked in the pot.
Michael Perrone raised from under the gun to 1,300 and was called by the big blind.
The flop came 6♦4♥4♦, the big blind checked and Perrone bet 1,500.
The turn was the Q♦ and action checked through.
The river was A♦, the big blind checked, Perrone bet 2,800 and the big blind folded.
Sung Keem found himself facing an all-in bet from Jared Mahoney on the turn of J♣Q♠7♣8♣.
Keem had the effective stack of 20,800, about 20,000 was already in the pot. Keem thought for a moment and then called.
Sung Keem: K♣Qx
Jared Mahoney: A♠A♦
Mahoney was way ahead, but the river brought one of Keem’s few outs, the K♥. He made two pair and his tournament was saved, while Mahoney had to say goodbye to some chips.
Amit Bhatia raised under the gun to 1,500 and Shaun Colquhoun made the call from the dealer button. The flop came out 4♥8♠5♠ and Bhatia checked and Colquhoun made a bet of 2,000. Bhatia made the call.
Both players checked the 2♦ on the turn.
The river 5♥ prompted Bhatia to bet 3,000 and Colquhoun made the call and turned over A♣7♠, while Bhatia rolled over 4♣3♦ for the pair of fours.
Colquhoun stated, "Nice hand," and Bhatia chuckled.
Nível: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
French poker pro Leo Soma, who won his first WSOP bracelet playing this very event in 2022, has had a good start. He has almost tripled up his starting stack to 140 big blinds at the current level.
In a recent hand before the blinds went up, he eliminated German player Giuseppe Pantaleo.
Pantaleo opened under the gun five-handed to 900, Soma three bet from the small blind to 3,800. Pantaleo called.
The flop came 6♦3♣9♦, Soma bet out 4,500. Pantaleo announced all in and Soma quickly called.
Giuseppe Pantaleo: K♥9♥
Leo Soma: Q♣Q♥
The turn and river were the 5♣ and the 6♣, respectively, and Pantaleo was out.
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