Jared Jaffee raised to 5,100 from the cutoff and the action passed to Mark Herm in the small blind. Herm three-bet to 15,200 and Jaffee let his hand go.
We have been informed that this is Herm's first event of the 2014 World Series of Poker and the online legend is looking good for a very deep run. Online, Herm is better-known as Dipthrong online where he has banked over $4.4 million in cashes. Here he is guaranteed another $5,316 at least.
We've also bumped into Germany's Felix Trau who has secured his first 2014 WSOP cash and has around 230,000 chips at his disposal.
Hunter Cichy can breathe more easily now that he has 111,000 chips in front of him, courtesy of a very fortunate treble up.
Jason Vanstrom raised, Nipun Java flatted and Cichy squeezed all in for 36,000. Vanstrom then reshoved and Java called, creating a huge pot.
Vanstrom:
Java:
Cichy:
"Just take them now!" said Cichy about his lowly pocket fives, but it's a good thing they weren't because the board ran , gifting Cichy an unlikely straight. Vanstrom busted in the hand and Java lost a decent chunk of his stack.
Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald joins Nate and Andrew on the Thinking Poker Podcast to talk about growing up in Alaska, struggling with drugs, coming up in poker, and making and disseminating training material.
We caught the action with a completed board of and Xiao Peng bet 67,000 into a big pot. Her heads-up opponent tanked for several minutes before eventually calling, but mucked when Peng turned over for trip eights.
Brandon Cantu checked from the big blind on a putting the action on Johan Guilbert on the button. Guilbert, who for some unknown reason is sporting two watches on his left wrist, bet 6,000. Cantu responded with a check-raise to 17,000.
Guilbert thought about his next move for over 90-seconds before raising to 36,000. No sooner had Guilbert's chips touched the felt, Cantu moved all-in and Guilbert insta-folded.
Mike "Sir Watts" Watson have over $7 million in live tournament cashes and a whole host of World Series of Poker cashes, but that WSOP bracelet still remains elusive.
Watson came agonisingly close to winning a bracelet in 2011 when he finished second to Tristan Wade in the €3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout in Cannes. Now he has a great chance to grab some gold in this event because he's currently sat with 310,000 chips with only 44 players remaining.