Shannon Shorr fired out a bet of 800 on a board of and was called by his heads-up opponent. The completed the board on the river and after checking Shorr would call a bet of 1,500.
Both players would chop the pot with a straight, as Shorr had and his opponent .
Dominik Nitsche has already had a great summer, having won two bracelets. He's looking to continue his winning ways and is off to a good start today with nearly double the starting stack.
Action folded to Jake Cody on the button and he put in a raise to 200. The player in the small blind made the call, the big folded, and it was heads-up action to the flop. The small blind checked, Cody continued for 250, and his opponent called. Both players then checked the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, the small blind led out for 700 and Cody quickly called. The small blind rolled over for two pair, and it was good as Cody, who is playing his first WSOP Main Event since becoming a father, sent his cards to the muck.
When playing poker online it can be quite easy to mistype your bet amount or click the wrong action button, but did you know it is also possible to misclick in live poker?
Over at one of the secondary feature tables, a player (who shall remain nameless), opened with a raise to 2,075 from middle position, much to the surprise of everyone at the table, including the dealer and yours truly watching from the perimeter. After a few seconds the raiser realized his mistake and said something like "Oh, man!" before breathing a sigh of relief when everyone folded to him.
"I should have kept my mouth shut," said the misclicking player, recognizing that he'd made everyone aware of his mistake. He then showed and explained he wanted to make it 275, not 2,075.
Picking up the action after the turn of a board, Ylon Schwartz (having already committed 2,200 post-turn) called an opponent's raise to 5,200 to see the river. Both checked and Schwartz took down the pot with for trip eights.
The 2008 November Niner is off to a good start with about 46,000.
Victor Ramdin raised the cutoff to 250 and the player on the button three-bet to 675. The big blind called and Ramdin came along as well.
The dealer fanned a flop and there were two checks around to the button. He continued out for 1,200 and the big blind slid out a check-raise to 2,500. Ramdin flatted and the button let it go. The turn paired the board with the and action checked to Ramdin. He took this opportunity to bet 2,700 and his opponent quickly flicked out a call.
The hit the felt on the river and it checked to Ramdin one last time. He bet 5,300, sending his opponent into the tank. After about a minute, Ramdin's opponent tossed out a call.
Ramdin rolled over for kings full of fives, eliciting a quick muck from his opponent. Ramdin scooped up the sizable pot and now has about 47,500 in chips.
Carlos Mortensen has arrived and is seated at one of the secondary feature tables alongside bracelet winner Brian Lemke and Martins Adeniya. The 2001 Main Event Champion is looking to replicate or better the deep run he made last year when he bubbled the final table of the Main Event, finishing in 10th place for $573,204.
On a board of and facing a bet of 2,800, FC Barcelona centre-back Gerard Piqué cut out a raise amounting to 13,000. Piqué's opponent went into the tank for several minutes before making the call.
"Just fives" announce Piqué as he sheepishly rolled over his .
His opponent tabled his and scooped the pot to send Piqué down to 20,975 in chips.
We found Ari Engel under the gun and facing a wager of 7,500 from the player on the button in a large pot for the early levels. The community cards had come , and Engel had calling chips in his hand. He looked like he was going to toss them in a couple of times but stopped himself, shaking his head and smiling.
"Can't do it," he said. "Are you going to show me a bluff if I fold the best hand?"
His opponent sat silently, motionless. Engel mucked his hand.
"Show the bluff," Engel said.
"Show the bluff!" Jonathan Duhamel chimed in.
"Show one," someone suggested.
At that, the player turned over the .
"Well, we knew you had that one," someone said with a laugh. "It's the other one we're curious about."