With around 8,000 in the pot on a board of , Gregory Benac was in the big blind against an opponent who was under the gun.
Benac bet 3,000 and his opponent raised to 14,000. After around 90 seconds, Benac three-bet to 40,000.
His opponent seemed shocked and spent the next two minutes alternating between deep contemplation, shaking his head, and looking back at his cards. In those two minutes, there were numerous occasions where his motions looked like he was about to fold, only to look back at his cards and shake his head some more. Eventually, his intuition got the best of him and he followed through with what appeared to be a big laydown, resulting in the dealer sending the pot to Benac, whose three-bet on the river earned him the pot without showdown.
On a board of with roughly 4,000 in the middle, Mina Greco bet out 1,400 from the small blind and Augie Martinho called from the big blind as Julie Polatchek folded the button.
The river landed the and both Greco and Martinho checked.
Greco revealed her for two pair, and Martinho folded.
Terry Fleischer is going strong and just took another pot down to re-establish himself as chip leader in these early stages, having more than doubled his starting stack of 60,000 chips since sitting down here on Day 1b of the 2019 WSOP Main Event.
There were three players facing a board showing by the turn and a player in the blinds checked, as did Terry Fleischer. A late position player bet 700. Both players called and the river came the . After one check, Terry Fleischer bet 3,500 and took it down with no opposition.