Alex Queen opened for a raise to 125 in the hijack and was called by both blinds. On the flop, the small blind bet out 200, the big blind folded, and Queen called. The small blind check-called 500 from Queen on the turn, and a hit the river. The small blind fired out 700, and Queen raised to 1,900.
The small blind called, and Queen showed for a turned flush.
Also, Jonathan Tamayo is now seated next to Queen and Antonio Esfandiari just took a seat in the Brasilia as well.
Dennis Jones got all in with on an ace-high flop with two clubs. His opponent had and turned a flush, but Jones managed to find a pair on the board on the river to double up.
Coming off a fifth-place finish at the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event for $213,650, Vladislav Mezheritsky has some big plans for the WSOP.
Here in this latest $1k he's certainly off to a good start. Mezheritsky managed to turn into a flush over flush over top pair situation to drag a rather big pot and is now sitting on better than 8,000 chips.
Although, it doesn't appear it will be an easy day for him, as Byron Kaverman and his $3.1 million in live tournament earnings, including a 21st-place finish for $17,357 in that very same Borgata main, is sitting to his right.
Maurice Hawkins, who recently finished ninth in the Millionaire Maker for $128,150, has taken a seat at Table 9. Hawkins is a well-known circuit grinder with more than $1.2 million in career tournament cashes, and PokerNews recently caught up with him for an interview.