Amal Bounahra opened to 1,200 on the cutoff and was called by the button before the big blind raised it up to 4,200. Both players called preflop but immediately folded to a continuation bet on the flop. Bounahra is still up a little on the day so far after that loss.
Picking up the action after a flop of with about 6,000 in the pot, Chino Rheem checked from the under the gun and the player in the hijack bet 2,500. Rheem called.
The turn was the , Rheem checked, his opponent bet 5,000, Rheem check-raised to 16,800 and his opponent called.
The river was the , Rheem shoved for effectively 66,000 and his opponent tanked for a while.
"Will you show if I call?" asked Rheem's opponent.
"I'll absolutely show if you call. I'll show if you fold, too, but you'll owe me a show," said Rheem.
After a few moments, Rheem's opponent open folded .
"I put you on ace-king," Rheem said as he showed . "Felt like I could get you off of it."
Cero Zuccarello and Marcin Kreft each put 6,000 chips into a growing pot on a board reading .
The river brought the , Zuccarello checked from the hijack, and Kreft put out a bet for 12,700. Zuccarello tanked for a bit, then mucked his cards suddenly.
"That one hurt," a clearly frustrated Zuccarello lamented.
Arriving at the table in the midst of the preflop raises, Mark Kroon had 13,000 committed from middle position. An opponent in late position was all in for 42,200 and Kroon tanked for a bit before he called with , racing with his opponent's .
The board ran out , giving Kroon's opponent jacks full of tens to double up.
2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific High Roller bracelet winner Mike Leah opened to 1,000 in middle position, and was met with four callers including Oliver Ruesing in the big blind.
The flop landed and Leah continued for 2,000. After one fold, a call from the cutoff, and a fold from the small blind, Ruesing check-raised to 8,000.
In response, Leah three-bet to 16,000 leaving himself roughly 2,300 behind. The player in the middle folded, and Ruesing gestured all in, and Leah called all in.
Leah:
Ruesing:
Leah was trailing and would need just the or a combination of running cards to make a straight.
The turn and river fell the and , and Leah was eliminated.
On a board that read Shawn Buchanan bet 23,000 into a pot of close to 30,000 over to his opponent Jonathan Greenbaum who was making the decision which was for about half of his remaining stack.
After several moments of thought Greenbaum folded and Buchanan raked in the good size pot.
With about 10,500 in the pot and the board reading , the player under the gun checked and a player in middle position bet 3,000. Marle Cordeiro called from the hijack and the UTG player called.
The river was the and it checked around.
The middle-position player showed and both the UTG player and Cordeiro mucked.
Joao Vieira won his first bracelet about 24 hours ago and he's already back at the poker table in the Main Event. He is playing a stack of 70,000 despite losing a small pot moments ago.
There was about 7,000 in the middle and Vieira was facing a bet of 2,400 on the board. Vieira called it off but he mucked his hand when he was shown .