On a board of with roughly 2,500 in the pot, Abe Mosseri was faced with a bet of 1,200. Mosseri bumped it up to 2,800 and his opponent called before the on the river was checked through.
Mosseri's opponent tabled his and Mosseri folded while slipping to 47,000.
"I had a lot of cards" stated Mosseri.
"I'm just not smart enough to fold" responded his opponent.
A lot of tables are breaking in Brasilia with most players going to Amazon, but Chris Moneymaker got a table move to another in the same room. He opened for 300 declaring, “I’m not stealing.” One player called and another raised to 1,350. Moneymaker joked that he much preferred his previous table and folded his hand.
Some notables in the room seem to be having less fun, including David Vamplew and Andrew Lichtenberger who have around half the chips they started with.
Kenny Hsiung checked to Garrett Greer on a flop of , and he bet 600. The 2012 WSOP bracelet winner check-raised to 1,600, Greer called, and the turn was the .
Hsiung led out for 4,100, Greer called, and the completed the board.
"All in," Hsiung announced, committing the remainder of his 12,000-chip stack.
Greer mulled the decision over for no longer than a minute, then slid his cards into the muck.
Joe Tehan opened with a raise to 450 from early position. The next two players called, and then Tim Phan reraised to 1,700 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Tehan, he called, the player after him called, and the other player folded.
On the flop, the dealer laid out the . Tehan led with a bet of 3,100, and only Phan made the call to see the turn. After the was added to the board, both players checked to see the land on the river. Both Tehan and Phan checked again.
Salman Behbehani was involved in a juicy three way pot with the board reading . The player in the small blind bet 2,500, Behbehani called as did the player on the button.
The river was the and all three players checked with Behbehani turning to the player on his right saying, “Flush?” He did indeed turn over and Behbehani riffled his chip in frustration at the pot that slipped from his grasp on the river.
"Hey Johnny," a player at Johnny Chan's table just yelled. "How about when we get heads up you take the bracelet and I'll take the money?"
"I don't need more bracelets," Chan laughed, as the 10-time bracelet winner could join a select couple named Stu Ungar and Johnny Moss as the only three-time Main Event champion.
"Don't you have enough money?" the player continued.
"Haha, you can never have enough money!" Chan replied with a big smile, as he's looking to make another nice run in this tournament.
There was an open to 400 from under the gun, Max Altergott called in middle position, and Damien Lhommeau defended his big blind. The action checked to Altergott on a flop of , and he bet 900. Only Lhommeau called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Lhommeau led out for 2,600, and Altergott folded.
The very next hand, Mike Gorodinksy raised to 550 in middle position, fellow 2013 WSOP bracelet winner Jonathan Taylor three-bet to 1,200 in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Gorodinsky, who called.
The flop came , Gorodinsky checked, and Taylor continued for 1,400. Gorodinsky check-raised to 3,700, Taylor tank-called, and the turn was the .
Gorodinsky checked again, Taylor tossed out 6,000, and Gorodinsky thought for a minute or so before calling.
The completed the board, Gorodinsky checked a third and final time, and Taylor moved all in for 15,000 or so. Gorodinsky considered the bet for a bit, then folded.