Frankie Cucchiara three-bet preflop to 2,600 and was called by the initial raiser, who then check-called a bet of 1,200 by Cucchiara on the K♠7♥6♥ flop. They checked the 10♥ on the turn and the 6♠ river brought with it a bet worth 4,200 by Cucchiara's opponent, which won the pot without resistance.
Kristen Foxen raised to 700 from early position. Lucas Newman three-bet from the button to 2,700 and Foxen made the call.
Foxen check-called a bet of 3,000 from Newman on the 9♠Q♥K♦ flop.
Foxen and Newman checked the 6♣ turn for the K♥ to fall on the river. After Foxen checked for the final time, Newman bet 3,000. Foxen thought for a few moments before raising to 20,000. Newman snap-called and was shown 9♦9♣ by Foxen for a full house.
There were around 50,000 chips in the pot on a board of 8♥J♣2♠A♣7♦ when Robert Renald shoved for just over 30,000 chips. The decision was on the player in seat nine who was taking so long that the table called the clock. The floor arrived and when the countdown got to one second remaining, Renald's opponent called.
Renald tabled 10♦9♥ for the nuts with a straight, with his opponent having flipped 8♠8♦ for a set.
PokerNews was waved over to a table where a massive hand was in process between four-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Madsen and Seth Fass.
The board showed 4♠8♣6♦10♣3♦ with a bloated pot and Madsen was all in for approximately 40,000 against Fass, who had position and would’ve been at risk with a call if he lost the hand.
Fass was deliberating his next move before he eventually made the call and he promptly tabled his hand.
Seth Fass: Q♠Q♣ 
“Good call,” said Madsen, who saw Fass' pocket queens before showing Ax and mucking his hand.
While Madsen's second card is unknown, Fass recounted some of the action for PokerNews.
Fass said he raised preflop and got four callers, including Madsen. Fass’ three other opponents had cleared out by the turn, where Fass said Madsen led into him with a 7,500 bet. Fass said he flatted Madsen’s bet on the turn, which set up the river action of Madsen moving all in and Fass making the call with his pocket queens.
Fass scored a huge pot to boost his chip stack, while Madsen’s stack was decimated.
Over in the Horseshoe Ballroom, the turn showed K♠10♦2♦10♠ and Louis Ganser checked from the small blind. Tim Gerwig in the cutoff bet 2,500 and Ganser called. They checked the Q♣ river and Ganser announced aces, flashing the A♦A♥ to win the pot.
One table over, big stack Victor Fryda fired a second barrel for 4,000 on the Q♥10♥5♠7♠ turn and his opponent in the blinds called. After the 6♣ river, they checked and Fryda's Q♣J♥ won the pot as his opponent had missed the flopped open-ender.
Heads-up on a 4♥J♥A♥ flop, Ismael Bojang was in the cutoff and check-called a 1,500 bet from his opponent on the button.
Both players checked on the 9♣ turn, but Bojang overbet the pot for 12,500 after the Q♦ completed the board.
Bojang's opponent tanked for some time, but eventually decided to fold and Bojang added to his stack.
With over 10,000 in the pot and the board reading A♦8♠K♣4♥A♠, Gerard Cassis, who was in early position, was facing a bet of 9,000 from the under-the-gun player.
Cassis made the call and the river card proved to be a bad one for under the gun, who showed A♥Q♦ for three of a kind, aces.
Cassis tabled 8♦8♥ for a full house, eights full of aces, and the pot was pushed his way.
Picking up the action on the turn, Alexandra Botez in late position was involved in a hand with a player from under the gun and a player in middle position.
With the board reading 5♠6♠J♣4♠ the under the gun player checked. The middle position player bet out 1,200 and received calls from both Botez and the under the gun player.
Action checked to Botez once the 3♦ river completed the board. She fired off 5,000, getting a fold from the under the gun player while her other opponent made the call. Botez flipped over 2♥2♠ for the rivered straight, good enough to win the pot.
Vincent Lam opened 700 in the cutoff and Andrew Wu made the call from the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of 10♠10♥6♥ and Wu led for 1,500. Lam called.
When the 8♠ hit the turn, Wu slowed down with a check and Lam flung 3,300 into the middle. Wu called.
The 2♠ landed on the river and Wu took the lead once again, betting 6,800. Lam went into the tank for about a minute and splashed the call across the line. Wu tabled 7♠7♦ before Lam showed K♠10♣ for trip tens.
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