Event #67: MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em World Championship

The players are now on their second 25-minute break of the day. Here are some highlights from the previous level:

• Smith Among the Early Casualties on Day 1a
• Moshe Calls Koon
• Yamin's Aces Avoid Brunson's Tens
• Liu Spikes the River
• Alcorn Eliminated in Four-Way All-in

Ka Kwan Lau was all-in on a completed board of       and his remaining stack by then was 34,000. Only Richard Geyer III was still to act and tank-called to get shown the    by Lau, which won the pot as Geyer III mucked his cards.

According to the Spaniard, it was a three-way four-bet pot preflop in which he three-bet and then just called a four-bet to 8,000. Lau called a small bet on the flop and turn before they got it in after the river. Geyer III had been among the early big stacks and has seen his stack more than halved from the peak.

Ka Kwan Lau	135,000	135,000
Richard Geyer	82,000	-101,000

Heather Alcorn had lost the vast majority of her stack when she flopped a set of kings and ran into a set of aces. She then shoved for very few chips and was called multiple ways. Three players stuck around to the      turn and that's when a four-way all-in showdown emerged.

Heather Alcorn:   
Chad Cullimore:   
Jeremy Heiskanen:   
Mikki Mase:   

Mase was the biggest stack but Heiskanen had a lock on the entire pot with the turned nut straight and flush redraw. A meaningless   river knocked out two players while Mase was left short.

Mase then got it in for 6,800 and Heiskanen called.

Mikki Mase:   
Jeremy Heiskanen:   

Mase asked for a ten and got his wish granted on the       board to double his short stack.

Jeremy Heiskanen	135,000	61,600
Frank Cerminara	130,000
Mikki Mase	15,000	15,000
Chad Cullimore	0	0
Heather Alcorn	0	-56,000

One hand after Eliran Yamin avoided disaster against a pair of tens, he was facing a bet from JJ Liu on the     flop. Yamin raised Liu's bet of 6,700 to 15,000 and called instantly when Liu re-raised all-in.

JJ Liu:   
Eliran Yamin:   

Yamin was way ahead with a flopped full house, and the turn   changed nothing. The table then reacted in awe as the   river gave Liu the winning hand, doubling her stack.

Eliran Yamin	105,000	-37,000
JJ Liu	88,000	88,000

Ankush Mandavia raised to 700 from under the gun. It folded around to the player in the cutoff who three-bet to 2,700. Mandavia called the three-bet when the action got back to him.

    fell on the flop. Mandavia checked-called when his opponent continued for 3,000.

The action was checked through the   turn.

Mandavia took the lead with a bet of 9,500 on the   river. His opponent folded.

Ankush Mandavia

70,000

12,000

With nearly 5,000 in the pot and      on the board, Jason Koon was in the small blind and Asi Moshe was a few seats over in middle position.

The river was   and Koon fired 4,000. Moshe called and Koon tabled    for jacks full of kings. Moshe mucked the losing hand, but both players are building stacks at the same table in the early stages of Day 1A.

Jason Koon	84,200	700
Asi Moshe	83,000	-5,000

On a flop of    , a player shoved in the rest of his stack and Patricia Crivello called.

Opponent:   
Patricia Crivello:   

Crivello was ahead and the board ran out   and   to improve her to a set and knock out her opponent.

Picking up the action on a three-way turn of     , Jason Walsh bet 3,200 and was called by Brian Okin. Upeshka De Silva gave it some thought and opted to fold. On the   river, Walsh bet 4,200 and Okin then raised it up to 9,700. A reluctant call by Walsh followed and Okin tabled the    for a straight to win the pot.

Brian Okin	76,000	16,000
Jason Walsh	47,000
Upeshka De Silva	29,600	-3,400