Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:52 PM Local Time
John Monnette raises to 500 from the hijack and is called by the player on the button.
The flop comes down and both players check.
After the comes on the turn, Monnette bets out 875 and his opponent calls.
The river brings the and Monnette tosses out one 1,000-chip. His opponent then raises to 3,000. Monnette thinks about his next decision. Monnette calls only to muck his hand after his opponent rolls over for trip aces.
John Monnette - 38,925
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:52 PM Local Time
Bracelet winner Jonathan Dimmig raises to 450 from middle position and Ryan MacKinnon calls from the hijack. The small blind and big blind both call as well and they are four-handed to a flop of .
The small blind checks and the big blind bets 1,200 into the field. Dimmig folds, MacKinnon calls, and the big blind check-folds. The turn is the and the big blind checks. MacKinnon bets 1,700. The big blind check-calls, and the river is the .
The big blind checks and MacKinnon bets 1,975. The big blind check-calls and MacKinnon shows . The big blind flashes the as he mucks his hand.
Ryan MacKinnon - 59,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:51 PM Local Time
John Monnette raises the button and the big blind calls.
Both players check the flop, then the lands on the turn. The big blind bets out 1,000.
Monnette mucks and drops to 43,100 in chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:50 PM Local Time
Bob Bright opens to 500 in early position and gets five callers.
Bright then leads the flop for 1,600. This time, his bet only gets one caller, Norberto Blumencweig, who is to Bright's immediate left.
Bright quickly throws out a 3,000 chip bet after the falls on the turn, sending Blumencweig into the tank. After close to a minute and a half, he folds, with Bright taking down the small pot.
Steven Jenkins was not in the hand, but likely wishes he was, as he claimed to fold top two pair on the flop, bemoaning the "pot odds" he was getting on his money in the big blind.
Bright didn't seem too concerned with Jenkins' post-hand talk, leading the rest of the table to believe that top two might not have been good. Whether it was or wasn't will never be known but what is, is that Robert Bright is now playing just shy of 37,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:49 PM Local Time
With 24,000 in the middle and the board reading , Erik Cajelais is facing an all-in bet of 16,100.
After spending several minutes deliberating, he calls, leaving himself just 150 behind.
Cajelais:
Opponent:
"I was worried you had sixes!" states Cajelais as the rolls off on the river.
"When you didn't snap call, I knew it couldn't be too bad. Like ace-king!" responds Cajelais' opponent.
Erik Cajelais - 28,250
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:49 PM Local Time
It just wasn't Patrick Leonard's day and midway through the second level he has been eliminated. According to his table, Leonard shoved the last of his stack holding and a player holding called.
The flop was , giving Leonard second pair and a flush draw against his opponent's top pair. The turn brought a straight out, but the river bricked with a low red cards and Leonard was felted.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:44 PM Local Time
With the board reading and the pot totaling 2,300, Cherish Andrews checks behind after the gentleman to her right checks. The pair see the dealer burn and turn the , then the gentleman leads for 2,000. Andrews calls, and the pair see the roll off on the river. The gentleman checks, only to see Andrews bet of 2,400. This is enough for him to quickly flick his cards into the muck, and Andrews rakes in the pot.
Cherish Andrews - 39,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:44 PM Local Time
With 4,000 in the pot and a board of , Andy Bloch bets 2,000 and gets calls from his two opponents in the hand.
The river is the and the player in Seat 5 checks the action to Block who bets 5,000. The player in Seat 2 folds. "Five," asks Bloch's opponent and he receives confirmation that is indeed the amount. He tosses out the call and quickly mucks his hand after Bloch tables for the nut flush.
Andy Bloch - 37,550
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:40 PM Local Time
A player in the big blind bets out 1,700 on a board and Bracelet Winner and five-time WSOP Circuit Ring holder Kyle Cartwright makes it 4,200. The initial raiser thinks for a moment before letting out a sigh and folding.
No doubt Kyle Cartwright will be putting his opponents to the test for the remainder of his WSOP Main Event Run.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:39 PM Local Time
Six players see the flop for the minimum 200 apiece, and it comes . From middle position, Thomas Joanides is the first to stab at it with a pot-sized bet of 1,200. John Morgan is the only caller, and the two remaining players see the turn heads-up. Joanides checks, then calls a bet of 2,000 from Morgan. The river is the , and Joanides leads back out for 2,000 of his own. Morgan calls.
Joanides makes a motion to surrender, and Morgan takes his cue to table , winning the pot with trip fours.
John Morgan - 35,500
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:39 PM Local Time
Kevin Cronin raises to 500 from under the gun. Jose Marcal calls on Cronin's left. Gabriel Nassif calls from the hijack. Orson Young on the button looks at his hole cards and starts studying his opponents. After considering his options, Young three-bets to 2,600. Cronin and Marcal fold quickly, but Nassif goes into the tank. Thirty seconds go by with Nassif studying Young for any weakness. In the end, Nassif waves a hand in surrender and folds.
Orson Young - 48,400
Gabriel Nassif - 27,275
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:36 PM Local Time
The board by the river in a heads-up situation reads and both players check. One player tables and the elderly lady he is up against tables the nut flush and the dealer calls the floor to make a ruling. The table is generally sympathetic and as she explains to the floor, "I didn't realize. I thought I had a spade."
The floor rules that there must be a penalty for checking the nuts last to act and she will receive a, "One-hand instead of a one-round penalty."
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:35 PM Local Time
Fabian Quoss raises to 500 and the button calls before Kelly Minkin three-bets the small blind to 2,100.
With the action back on Quoss, he cuts out a four-bet amounting to 4,800 and the button player folds.
Minkin "umms" and "ahhs" for a few moments, then releases her hand.
Kelly Minkin - 48,100
Fabian Quoss - 35,275
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:34 PM Local Time
Five players pay 425 to see the flop. The flop falls and all the players check.
The turn is the . The small blind checks and Gal Yifrach bets 1,000 from under the gun. A player in middle position calls, as does the cutoff. The button and the small blind fold.
The river is the . The player who's under the gun checks. Yifrach bets 2,000, and the cutoff and the under the gun player both call.
Yifrach turns over , giving him trip aces. His opponents muck their hands, with one of them saying he had pocket threes.
Gal Yifrach - 38,900
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:34 PM Local Time
On a flop of , Orson Young checks from the big blind and a player in middle position bets 550. The turn is the and Young checks again. Middle position bets 1,100 and Young check-calls.
The river is the and Young checks a third time. Middle position bets 2,200 and Young quickly calls. Young tables , good for two pair and bests his opponent's .
Orson Young - 48,700
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:33 PM Local Time
The board is on the turn. After a bet of 200 Steve Firestone raises to 700. Alex Tran is in the under-the-gun position (and had apparently checked prior to the first player's bet). He check-reraises to 2,800 and the original bettor folds. Firestone calls and the two players see the on the river. Tran checks and Firestone plays with some of his chips but then decides to check behind. He says, "I have a set, if you have a straight then you're good."
Tran shows for two pair and Firestone flips over for the win.
Steve Firestone - 26,100
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:31 PM Local Time
Andrew Lichtenberger opens to 600 in the hijack and Paul Niemela calls in the cutoff. The button and blinds fold to send two players to the flop.
Lichtenberger check-calls a bet of 1,050 on the flop of and then both players check the turn card.
The completes the board and Lichtenberger checks for a third time. Niemela reaches into his stack and eventually throws out a bet of 1,600.
Lichtenberger quickly calls, only to see Niemela table for a rivered top pair.
Lichtenberger mucks and is now playing just under 28,000, while Niemela has chipped up well despite having "LuckyChewy" on his immediate right. He's playing just over 42,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:29 PM Local Time
The completed board reads and Maria Mayrinck turns over . Her opponent mucks his cards and Mayrinck gets into a discussion with another player about the merits of pocket tens. He hates them and Mayrinck doesn't mind them too much, especially on that board.
The next hand Mayrinck opens to 500 while continuing the discussion and gets called by the blinds. The flop is and a continuation bet of 700 from Mayrinck gets the job done.
Maria Mayrinck - 29,800
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:29 PM Local Time
Bryan Campanello raises to 500 from under the gun and the player next to him calls. Action folds around to Fedor Holz in the cutoff and he three-bets to 1,900. Both Campanello and the third player call.
The flop comes and action checks to Holz, who bets 3,000. Campanello quickly throws his hand away, but the third player calls. The turn is the and the third player checks. Holz fires again, this time for 5,900, and this persuades the third player to give it up. Holz drags in the pot and is up to 36,900.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:29 PM Local Time
Marc Alioto and Ricardo Tavares are heads up on a board showing . Alioto checks over to Tavares, who fires 800 into the pot that has about 1,200 in it already. Alioto tosses in the call, and both players check the river. Tavares rolls over for top pair, and Alioto nods as he sends his cards into the muck.
Despite dropping that small pot, it's been a good day for Alioto so far. He is up to 44,000 from his original starting stack of 30,000.
Marc Alioto - 44,000
Ricard Tavares - 21,500