Yohwan "BoxeR" Lim has been climbing the ranks since the dinner break ended. In his latest pot, he was heads up against Fabrizio Gonzalez on a board of 3♥2♠3♠3♣.
In a pot of around 5,000 chips, Lim checked from the small blind before Gonzalez made a small bet of 800. Lim then came up with a raise to 3,500 and Gonzalez called.
Lim fired another 4,500 on the 9♦ river and this time it was enough to let Gonzalez lay his cards down.
Action was opened by Yingui Li in late position who bet 2,000. The button then three-bet to 6,500. Li called.
The Q♠J♠3♠ flop landed and without thinking for more than a few seconds Li led for 8,000. The preflop three-bettor thought for a moment and made the call.
The turn brought in a fourth spade with the 8♠. This time Li opted to slow down and check. The button thought it over but checked behind.
The 4♦ river landed and now Li put his foot back on the gas and led for 13,500. The button snap folded but Li would say later that he turned the nuts and played it tricky.
Dietrich Fast and Max Steinberg were heads up on a board of 10♥5♦K♠10♦, with a pot of around 5,000 chips in the middle. Fast checked from the cutoff to Steinberg, who was on the button.
Steinberg put out a bet and Fast check-raised, which quickly got a fold.
One hand later, Fast and Brian Kim were battling over 3,500 chips on a flop of 2♥10♦K♠. Fast checked from the hijack and Kim put out 1,500 chips. Fast check-raised again, this time to 6,500.
Kim made the call before the two players checked down on the 7♠J♣ runout.
Fast tabled A♥K♠ and his top pair was good enough to rake in his second consecutive pot.
Action was caught when Edouard Mignot from early position bet 2,200 on 9♠6♥A♦. In the cutoff, Heidi Heimarck raised to 5,000 and was called by Anthony March on the button. But in the small blind, Vitor Dzivielevski went all in for 23,800 chips.
Mignot quickly got out of this trap, but Heimarck seemed to have a decision. After some time, she called. Action went back to March, he moved all in too for 31,600 chips. With all that money in the pot and not much to add, Heimarck called.
Vitor Dzivielevski: 9♣6♣
Anthony March: 8♥7♠
Heidi Heimarck: A♣J♦
With two pairs on the flop, Dzivielevski was in the lead, but he had to avoid a lot of cards to win the pot, as March had a straight draw and Heimarck a pair of aces.
After the turn 2♣ and the river 7♣, Dzivielevski's hand stayed ahead, and he tripled up. Heimarck took the side pot, and March has been eliminated.
Rick Salomon raised 800 in middle position and he was called by both Jeff Fenster and the big blind.
The flop came A♣9♥3♦ and once the big blind checked, Salomon bet 1,500. Only Fenster called.
The 7♣ hit the turn and Salomon continued for 2,000 and Fenster called so quickly it almost beat Salomon's chips in the pot.
The 8♦ completed the board and Salomon slowed down with a check. Fenster bet 5,000 and Salomon instantly called. Fenster tabled A♠10♣ but it was no good as Salomon out-kicked him with A♦Q♣.
The following hand, Joshua Whitson raised 1,200 under the gun and Rick Salomon three-bet 5,000 from a couple of spots to his left. The table folded around to Whitson and he made the call.
The dealer fanned a flop of 9♦6♦3♠ and Whitson check-called a bet of 5,000.
The 4♣ turn and the A♥ river were checked down and Whitson tabled J♣J♠ before Salomon mucked his hand.
Cole Ferraro opened to 1,000 in the cutoff and was called by the big blind. The flop came Q♦10♥5♠ and the action checked through to the 3♠ on the turn and the 6♣ on the river. Ferraro thought about betting the river but opted to just check it back. The big blind tabled 5♥4♠ but Ferraro held A♥6♠ for the better of the two pairs.
Hands #2-4:
Ferraro took a break and folded three hands in a row.
Hand #5:
Ferraro raised to 1,000 in early position and the big blind just called. The flop fell 8♦7♠7♣ and the big blind check-called a bet of 800 from Ferraro. The turn was the 8♠ and both players checked to the 8♥ on the river. Ferraro made another bet of 2,000 on the river and his opponent called. Ferraro tabled A♣Q♣ while his opponent held A♥K♥, both playing the full house on the board.
Hands #6-7:
Ferraro laid down his next two hands, including his big blind.
Hand #8:
The action folded around to Ferraro in the small blind who made it 1,200 to go. Gerald Cohen called in the big blind and the dealer fanned the flop of 10♦9♣3♠. Ferraro led out with a bet of 1,400 and Cohen dumped his cards to the muck.
Hand #9:
It folded around to Ferraro on the button but he also let his hand go and let the blinds fight it out. It was a profitable orbit for the young 22-year-old who won his first WSOP gold bracelet last year and is hoping to make a deep run in this year's Main Event to record his second straight cash in the biggest tournament in the world.
Erich Gmur and Amanda Botfeld had reached the turn on 10♦7♥6♦2♠. The pot already amounted to 17,000 when Gmur added another 6,000 to that from early position. Botfield was sitting in the next seat over and made it 20,000 to go.
This sent Gmur into a tank of several minutes, eventually coming up with a call. The river then fell the 5♦ and both players quickly checked.
Gmur was first to show and tabled 10♣9♣, but Botfeld had him outkicked with J♥10♥.
"I wanted you to fold!" Botfeld exclaimed in a relieved manner. She grabbed the chip lead in her section of the Horseshoe Convention Center as Day 1b cruises along.
In a hand relayed to PokerNews by Michael DeMarco, DeMarco raised from early position and Martin Kabrhel called on the button.
The two players made it to the river on a board reading 5♠2♥10♠3♥K♣ and DeMarco bet out 14,000.
Kabrhel responded by moving all-in and DeMarco snap-called.
Martin Kabrhel: AxJx
Michael DeMarco: A♦K♦
Kabrhel turned his ace-high into a bluff but ran into the top pair kings of DeMarco, resulting in an early departure from this year's main event for Kabrhel.
There was an under the gun open to 1,000 and action folded all the way to two time bracelet winner Keith Lehr in the big blind who called.
The 7♦2♣5♥ flop landed and Lehr check-called a 1,500 bet from the under the gun player.
The turn brought a J♦ and again Lehr checked it over again. His opponent went into the tank for a moment and put out a bet of 5,000. Lehr called again.
The A♥ river hit the felt and action went check-check. Lehr tabled A♦K♦ and his opponent flashed a pair of queens before sending them to the muck.
Tauan De Oliveira raised 800 in middle position and Greg Raymer called in the cutoff before Sebastian Wuthold came along in the big blind.
When the A♣7♣7♠ flop hit the felt, all three players checked to see the 4♦ turn.
Wuthold checked and De Oliveira dropped a yellow chip across the line for a bet of 1,000. Only Raymer called.
The 2♣ completed the board and De Oliveira sized down, betting 800. Raymer put in a raise to 5,200 and De Oliveira eventually pushed his cards into the middle.
