A player in middle position raised, Jonathan Duhamel three-bet in the next position, and Kenny Hsiung four-bet from the big blind. The initial raiser went all in for 7,200 and Duhamel and Hsiung called.
It was heads up for the side pot and the flop came . Hsiung bet and Duhamel called. The turn was the and Hsiung checked. Duhamel bet and Hsiung called. On the river, Hsiung bet out and Duhamel raised. Hsiung called all in for slightly less and they showed down.
Duhamel:
Hsiung:
Middle position player:
Duhamel's two pair, kings and queens, was good and he knocked out both of his opponents. That pot put him over 100,000 chips.
According to Sean Berrios, multiple players put in four bets apiece preflop, and Jason Mercier had less than three bets left on the flop.
The flop was king-high, and Mercier got all his chips in. Berrios had him at risk with for a pair of kings, and Mercier's pocket sevens were behind. Mercier couldn't catch up, and he was eliminated.
In a three-way pot, the flop came , and Terrence Chan bet in the small blind. David "ODB" Baker called in the big blind, and Kevin Song raised in the cutoff. Chan called, and Baker three-bet. Song and Chan both called.
The turn was the , and Chan checked. Baker bet, Song called, and Chan folded. The river was the , and Baker bet once more. Song called, and Baker tabled for top two to win the pot.
With the board reading and over 20,000 in the pot, Damien LeForbes checked in the big blind and Dan Heimiller bet in middle position. The cutoff folded and so did LeForbes.
"Gotchya!" Heimiller exclaimed and showed for a semi-bluff with a flush draw and a gut-shot straight draw before taking down the pot.
Terrence Chan raised in middle position and was called by David Benyamine on the button and Ahn Van Nguyen in the big blind. The flop came and it checked around.
On the turn, Van Nguyen bet out, Chan folded, and Benyamine raised. Van Nguyen called and the river was the . Van Nguyen checked, Benyamine bet, Van Nguyen raised, Benyamine made it three bets, and Van Nguyen raised again. Benyamine called all in for less and they showed down.
Van Nguyen had for the runner-runner wheel and Benyamine tabled his for a turned set before making his exit.
After the hand, Chan commented, "I could have saved him by betting the flop."
The field is still pretty small, but many successful limit hold'em players are already here. Michael Moore has a bracelet from $5,000 Limit Hold'em in 2013, Kenny Hsiung won the $3,000 Limit Hold'em event in 2012, Todd Witteles won the $3,000 Limit Hold'em in 2005, and Kevin Song has a bracelet from the $2,000 Limit Hold'em in 1997. Brock Parker has three bracelets including one in $1,500 Limit Hold'em Six-Handed in 2009. And let's not forget Ian Johns, who has three bracelets and is the defending champion of this event.
Other bracelet winners in the field include Christopher Vitch and 2015 WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen. Sean Berrios has run deep in many WSOP events and placed second in this event last year. He also finished in fourth place in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event in 2014, and is looking to improve on those finishes.
Christopher Vitch, Jameson Painter, Aron Dermer, and Matthew Davidow are also in the field to battle for WSOP gold.
Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship is set to begin at 3 p.m. today. Last year, the 110-player field for this event generated a prize pool of just over $1 million. Ian Johns won his second WSOP bracelet in that event, along with a $290,635 cash prize. Johns already has four cashes in the series so far, including an 18th-place finish in Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold'em.
Players who enter the three-day event will receive 50,000 in tournament chips for their $10,000 buy-in. Levels will be 60 minutes long with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Ten levels of play are scheduled today with registration open through the break after Level 8, at approximately midnight.
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. Hsiung bet and Duhamel called. The turn was the 
and Hsiung checked. Duhamel bet and Hsiung called. On the 
river, Hsiung bet out and Duhamel raised. Hsiung called all in for slightly less and they showed down. 
for a pair of kings, and Mercier's pocket sevens were behind. Mercier couldn't catch up, and he was eliminated.
, and Chan checked. Baker bet, Song called, and Chan folded. The river was the 
, and Baker bet once more. Song called, and Baker tabled 
for top two to win the pot.
turn, Van Nguyen bet out, Chan folded, and Benyamine raised. Van Nguyen called and the river was the 
. Van Nguyen checked, Benyamine bet, Van Nguyen raised, Benyamine made it three bets, and Van Nguyen raised again. Benyamine called all in for less and they showed down. 
for the runner-runner wheel and Benyamine tabled his 
for a turned set before making his exit. 
and the big blind checked. Mark Radoja bet in early position and his opponent check-called. 
and the big blind checked. Radoja bet again and his opponent called. The 
came on the river and again, it went check, bet, call. 
