John Racener opened to 1,700 on the button. The player in the small blind called, along with Julien Martini in the big blind.
Players saw a flop of . The small blind and Martini checked, but Racener bet 2,000 and while the small blind called, Martini folded.
The dealer burned and turned the that was checked through to the river. The small blind checked once more. Racener, who holds the joint record for the most number of cashes in a World Series after visiting the payout cage 17 times in 2017, fired a bet of 4,500 and his opponent let it go.
Denis Shafikov raised to 1,800 from the hijack and Dan Zack three-bet to 5,500. Roy Upshaw called in the small blind and now Shafikov four-bet to 18,500. Zack considered his options and then decided to shove. Both Upshaw and Shafikov quickly folded.
The hand right after, Jack Sinclair raised to 1,600 from under the gun and was called by Upshaw on the button and Bas de Laat in the big blind.
The flop came , Sinclair continued with a bet of 1,300 which only Upshaw called.
The turn was the and Sinclair barreled a bet of 5,500 over the line now. Upshaw called again.
The river completed the board with the , Sinclair glanced at Upshaw and then flicked in two orange 5,000-value chips for the bet. Upshaw took a few seconds and then open-folded so the 2018 WSOP Europe Main Event Champion could pick up the pot.
John Racener opened to 2,200 under-the-gun. Julien Martini, in middle position, three-bet to 6,400. Action folded back to Racener who stuck around with a call.
The flop came . Racener checked. Martini bet 4,400. Racener check-called.
The turn brought the . Racener checked again. Martini fired 10,000. Racener check-raised to about 60,000, and Martini snap-folded.