Daniel Nagao was one of the first players in the field to chip up over 100,000 in chips. Nagao held when the money went in on a board of . His unfortunate opponent held and got it in drawing dead.
After a long summer at the WSOP, Swedish pro Sofia Lövgren invited some poker ladies to her home country for some non-poker shenanigans. Sarah Herring digs into the party-filled week:
A player in middle position opened to 900 and got three callers: Shyam Srinivasan, Zvi Stern and Gaelle Baumann.
The flop was and the four players checked. The turn was the and again the four players all check in turn.
The river was the completing both straight and flush draws. It checked to Srinivasan who bet 2,500. Stern then raised to 12,000. Both Baumann and the initial raiser folded leaving just Srinivasan. He eventually folded. "Good hand," he said, tapping the table.
On a board that read , Felipe Ramos had three-way action with Paul Dando and David Sonelin. Ramos was first to act and checked, as did Dando. Sonelin, who has six EPT Main Event cashes on his resumé, bet 2,600, which both Ramos and Dando called.
On the river, Ramos checked, Dando checked, and Sonelin fired 11,100. Ramos thought about a minute before flicking in a call. Now it was Dando's turn to think, and the Brit spent about thirty seconds before he relinquished his holding.
A good choice, as Ramos quickly tabled for the nut flush. Sonelin quietly mucked his cards face down.
There was 14,000 in the pot already between Kitty Kuo and Theo Jorgensen when a flop of was dealt. The two players both checked and the turn brought the .
Kuo bet 6,400 and Jorgensen called. The river was another queen, the and both players checked.
Kuo turned over and won the pot, leaving Jorgensen with only 11,000 in chips
Govert Metaal limped in for 400 under the gun. A player to his left raised to 1,100, 2016 WSOP bracelet winner Safiya Umerova called, Jeffrey "Sjow" Brusi called, as did the player on the button. When it was back on Metaal, he put in a reraise to 5,900, which only the player to his left called.
On the flop, Metaal bet 5,600 and his opponent quickly folded.
Metaal is looking to add another score to his already massive 2.2 million in lifetime winnings, which includes an EPT 8 Barcelona victory in a €1,000 tournament.
Louis Salter raised to 1,025 from the hijack and Paul-Francois Tedeschi called on the button. Both blinds folded.
The pair check a flop of , and then the on the turn is also checked. The river is the , putting a jack-high straight on the board. Salter checks to his opponent who thinks before over-betting the pot to 5,000. Salter checks his cards and elects to fold. Both players still have comfortable stacks with the blinds at 200/400