The board read 
and Scott Stewart had checked in the big blind. David Erez bet 3,400 and Stewart responded with a raise to 11,400. Erez considered his options for a while but then decided to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
The board read 
and Upeshka De Silva had checked from the big blind. Stephen Schneider was sitting on the button and bet 15,000. De Silva went through the options in his head and then decided to make the call. Schneider showed 
for the missed straight draw and De Silva had him beat with 
for two pair, fours and treys, to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
Will Failla and Michael Addamo recently took their seats while Johnny Chan has been boosting his stack further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
70,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
||
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
||
|
37,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
Brian Hastings, Kenny Hallaert, and Chad Power are seated side by side at Table #412 in the Amazon Gold section. This was already shaping up to be one of the toughest tables in the room and a new player has just joined them.
Maria Ho has taken her seat at the table, and with this talented group of players sharing the felt, there's plenty of potential for a monster pot to develop in the near future.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
|
41,300
41,300
|
41,300 |
|
28,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
27,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 | |
|
66,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
54,000 | |
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
42,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
41,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
28,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
After a difficult start to the day, Sam Cohen has doubled up from where she was earlier. She just took a small pot down on the river in a heads-up pot and it added to her upward momentum.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
35,400
|
35,400 |
The board read 
, Roger Mack moved all in for 7,100 into a pot of around 3,100, and an opponent on his immediate left called.
Mack cracked a smile as he turned over 
for a full house and his opponent mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,800
-42,200
|
-42,200 |
Ben Maya, last year's $1,500 Shootout Champion, has joined the same table as Jamie Gold and Pierre Calamusa.
Gold said he should have been out as he had played a hand against Calamusa.
"Calamusa had 
and I had 
. The flop came 
and there were four of us in the hand with 12,000 in the pot. We all checked to Calamusa who bet 3,000, I raised to 6,000, and he called. The turn was 
. I check-call the 12,000 bet. The river was a 
or 
, not sure, it was a brick. Rainbow board. I check. Calamusa put me all in for like 24,000. I fold after like two seconds. I said that it absolutely sucked but I'm not giving you the rest of my chips! Calamusa himself said that he bet too much and was a bit annoyed that I didn't call."
While Gold was telling the live reporting team about this hand. he was involved in a hand against Maya.
Gold raised to 800 from mid-position and was called by Maya on the button and the player in the big blind.
They all checked through the 
on the flop to the on the turn. The big blind check-folded to Gold's bet of 1,000 and Maya called.
The river completed the board with the , Gold fired another 1,000 over the line, and Maya raised to 6,000 without hesitating. Gold considered it for a while but let his hand go in the end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
||
|
29,000
-11,200
|
-11,200 |
|
||
Picking up the action on the heads-up turn of 
, Max Silver bet 1,600 and Jason DeWitt called. On the 
river, Silver made it 2,800 to go and DeWitt gave it some thought before raising it up to 10,000. Silver let go in a battle of WSOP bracelet winners and dropped below DeWitt in the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000 | |
|
||
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
Shaun Deeb opened from under the gun to 800 and it was raised to 1,700 from the player one seat over. The action folded back to Deeb who made the call.
The flop fell 
and both players checked. The turn 
brought no more action and the 
completed the board on the river. Deeb made a bet for 2,300 and his opponent quickly mucked her cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
