On a completed board of J♥9♠6♠8♦8♠, the action was checked to Kyna England who bet 12,000. Her opponent went in the tank for about 30 seconds before flashing his KxKx and tossing it in the muck.
England tabled the A♠, letting him know she had it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
163,000
34,700
|
34,700 |
The action was caught when Tae Gon Kim, on the button, and the player seated on his left had already flipped their cards on a 4♣10♦5♠K♠3♣ board.
Tae Gon Kim: K♥K♦
Opponent: A♥A♣
According to Kim, he fired three barrels, with the last one being his last 12,000, and was called by the aces. Thanks to his set, Kim doubled up to 67,000.
Two hands later, Kim opened from the hijack to 1,500 and was called by Oleksii Kravchuk in the small blind.
On 9♣2♦Q♠, Kim bet 1,300, and Kravchuk check-called. Then the 4♠ landed on the turn, and Kravchuk check-called a 4,000 bet.
The J♠ came on the river, and both players checked. First to reveal his cards, Kravchuk showed Q♣10♥. It appeared to be the winning hand as Kim mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
The action folded around to Doug Polk in the small blind while Mike Smith pleaded for a walk in the big blind.
"I'm definitely not folding," Polk said as he threw in chips to call. Smith checked his option and the flop of J♠5♠2♥ hit the felt. Both players checked and the A♠ landed on the turn.
Polk checked again and Smith made a bet of 1,100 which Polk called. The river was the 6♠ and Polk checked again. Smith tossed in a bet of 1,900 and Polk looked him up. Smith turned over K♠9♦ for the nut flush.
"Ahh ha! I got you!" Polk shouted as he tabled his K♥6♣ and pushed the six forward showing his pair of sixes.
"I have the nuts!" Smith yelled back as he wiggled the K♠.
"Oh f***! I didn't see four spades on the board," Polk replied as the table burst into laughter. "Water on Table 601, please!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
277,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
||
|
|
68,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Aylar Lie raised 1,200 under the gun and only Kenji Harada made the call in the cutoff.
The dealer fanned a flop of 6♦5♦5♣, and Lie continued for 800. Harada called.
The 3♣ peeled off on the turn and Lie fired a second shell of 2,300 and Harada didn't go anywhere as he put in the call.
When the K♦ landed on the river, Lie fired 7,500 into the middle, and Harada snap-called.
Lie mucked her hand and Harada tabled K♠Q♠ for a pair of kings on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,300
18,300
|
18,300 |
|
63,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
Shaun Deeb opened to 1,200 from early position and got calls from the cutoff and the blinds.
Action checked to Deeb on the flop of J♦2♦J♠ and he continued for 1,500. All three of his opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
||
Victor Chu and Roman Emelyanov were heads up in a four-bet pot with around 35,000 in the middle already.
The dealer spread the flop of 9♠6♣2♦ and the action checked to Chu who bet 15,000 in the cutoff. Emelyanov check-raised all in for 46,800 from the big blind and Chu went into the tank. It was nearly three minutes later that Chu finally decided to call and good thing he did.
Roman Emelyanov: J♥J♦
Victor Chu: A♣A♦
Chu was out front with his pocket aces, leaving Emelyanov drawing to just two outs. The 9♦ and 4♠ runout changed nothing and Emelyanov was eliminated late on Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
171,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
218,400
35,200
|
35,200 |
|
156,200
-14,300
|
-14,300 |
|
|
128,300
-21,700
|
-21,700 |
|
111,800
-3,200
|
-3,200 |
|
105,300
23,800
|
23,800 |
|
||
|
96,000
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
60,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
55,200
-29,800
|
-29,800 |
|
49,200
-8,800
|
-8,800 |
|
39,000
-12,800
|
-12,800 |
|
||
|
31,000
-200
|
-200 |
With about 9,000 in the middle the board read A♥8♥4♥J♦Q♠ and David Su was heads up with his opponent who checked to him. He put out a bet of 2,500 and his opponent thought about it for about 30 seconds before pitching his cards into the muck and the dealer pushed the pot to Su.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
Dominik Nitsche has joined the silver tables of the main event for the last hour of Day 1a. A few hands after sitting down, he raised to 3,000 chips from middle position after a limp from an early position player.
James Jewell was next to act in the cutoff and three-bet jammed for 24,200. The limper folded while Nitsche eyed the all in, shrugged, and called.
James Jewell: A♠K♥
Dominik Nitsche: A♠Q♠
Nitsche was a big dog, but that changed when the flop came Q♥J♥2♠. His top pair would remain the best hand on the 9♣5♦ runout and Nitsche scored a knockout in the final stages of Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,500
-33,100
|
-33,100 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
From under the gun, Francisco Caballo opened to 1,300. Matthieu Rodriguez three-bet to 4,500 from the next seat over. All the other players at the table folded to Caballo, who called.
On K♣8♣7♥, Caballo checked to Rodriguez who continued to 3,200 and was called. The turn 10♣ came, both players checked.
The 5♦ landed on the river, and Caballo took 11,200 from his stack to bet. Seeing this move, Rodriguez folded and let Caballo take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
70,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
