Four World Series of Poker tournaments come to their conclusion today. 5-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier, 6-time bracelet winner Jeff Lisandro, World Series of Poker 2014 Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson, 3 time bracelet winner Brian Hastings, and more are all deep in WSOP events.
Picking up the action after the first round of betting, Daniel Alaei was first to draw and he took two. Yehuda Buchalter was second to draw and he took one. Eli Elezra took one as well.
Everyone checked to the second draw where Alaei took two again, Buchalter took one and Elezra took one. After the draw, action checked to Elezra who bet and both opponents called.
On the final draw, Alaei and Buchalter took one while Elezra stood pat. Action then checked around and Buchalter announced his eight low, showing and it was good enough to earn a muck from both of his opponents.
Picking up the action after the first draw, Ian Johns bet from the hijack and he met a raise from Alexander Kostritsyn in the cutoff. Jared Bleznick was on the button and he called before Johns raised again, making it three bets. Kostritsyn called as did Bleznick.
Johns then stood pat and Kostritsyn stood pat as well.
"You guys are both pat?" Bleznick asked? The dealer nodded and Bleznick decided to take two.
Johns then bet and only Kostritsyn called. Both players stood pat once more then checked it down. Johns showed up his for an eighty-five perfect and that allowed him to take down another big pot, pushing towards the 300,000 chip-mark early on Day 1.
Last night, Johns tweeted about winning a mega satellite into this event, and it looks as if his run good in continuing from there into the event itself.
The action folded to Naseem Salem on the button, and he raised to 1,600. Daniel Negreanu made it two bets to go from the small blind, and Salem called.
Both players drew two cards and Negreanu checked to Salem who bet 800. Negreanu called and drew two more, as Salem stood pat.
Negreanu checked, Salem bet, and Negreanu called. It was now Negreanu who stood pat, and Salem opted to break and drew one.
Jesse Klein completed and Chris Vitch made it two bets. Action folded back to Klein and he called.
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Vitch held the lead up through fifth street and he bet all the way. Klein called each time.
On sixth, Klein took the lead, as Vitch picked up an . There, Kelin led out with a bet and Vitch called.
On seventh street, both players checked. Klein showed down his for an eighty-five low and that was enough to get a muck out of Vitch, so Klein took down the pot.
With the arrival of Randy Ohel as the 31st player in the field, one player from each of the current tables in play have been drawn to form a new table.
Those players include Dan Cates, Jesse Klein, Chris Vitch, Nick Schulman, and Isaac Haxton.