Action folded to the player in the hijack who opened to 250. The small blind called. Luke Brereton then three-bet to 900 from the big blind. The player in the hijack called and the small blind folded.
The flop came . Luke threw in a bet of 1,000. The cutoff called. The turn brought the . Brereton quickly checked, and his opponent checked as well. The river completed the board and both checked again.
Brereton showed , and earned the pot as his opponent tossed his hand in the muck.
Kelly Minkin opened to 125 from early position and was called by three players, one in middle position and both the blinds.
The dealer spread a flop of . It was checked to Minkin who bet 425. The player in middle position folded. The small blind stuck around with a call and the big blind folded.
The turn came the . The player in the small blind this time led for 600. Minkin called. Both players then checked the river.
Minkin's opponent revealed and she tabled to rake in the pot.
David Pham Wins Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Three-time WSOP bracelet winner David "Dragon" Pham, who won his third bracelet in a $1,500 event earlier this series (for $391,360), is among those here vying for gold.
Two-time champion Dan Heimiller, 2008 WSOP Main Event third-place finisher Dennis Phillips, November Niner Bruno Politano and Allen Kessler are also in the field today.
Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Barry Greenstein is among those who've taken their seat early on Day 1. The "Robin Hood of Poker" has been on a tear this series and already racked up eight (!) cashes in the previous weeks. His latest money finish was a deep run in Event #44: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, where he finished 14th for $9,513.
Greenstein wasted no time in putting his stack to work today and three-bet two hands twice in a row. In the first hand, he raised a player from 150 to 450 and took it down with a continuation bet on a flop.
In the hand directly after, a player opened from early position to 200, Greenstein three-bet to 600 in late position and the same player from the previous hand cold-called. The initial raiser four-bet to 2,050 and got both Greenstein and the third player out of the way. Greenstein sits around the starting stack in his hunt for his ninth cash of the series.
Luke Brereton, Matt Affleck, Melissa Gillet, and Oluwashola Akindele have joined the field.
Matt Affleck has 30 cashes and $1,140,672 in total earnings at the WSOP. He already made one final table this summer, getting eighth in the Colossus for $103,090.
He will be looking to make his second final table of the summer, and to win the first WSOP gold bracelet of his career.
. Luke threw in a bet of 1,000. The cutoff called. The turn brought the 
. Brereton quickly checked, and his opponent checked as well. The 
river completed the board and both checked again.
, and earned the pot as his opponent tossed his hand in the muck.
. It was checked to Minkin who bet 425. The player in middle position folded. The small blind stuck around with a call and the big blind folded.
. The player in the small blind this time led for 600. Minkin called. Both players then checked the 
and she tabled 
to rake in the pot.
