Danny Tang raised to 1,200 from the button and George Wolff made the call.
The flop came , Wolff check-raised the 792 bet of Tang to 2,100 and was called.
The turn was the , Wolff bet 3,300 and Tang called.
The river completed the board with the , Wolff shoved for his last 13,084 and Tang called with the bigger stack and for the flopped two pair to see himself advancing to the next round as Wolff held for the pair of fives.
Michael Zhang raised to 1,500 and David Yan defended. On the flop, Zhang continued small with 750 and Yan made it 2,664. Zhang stuck around for the , where he called another 8,340. On the , Yan checked.
Zhang stuffed it in for 28K effective and Yan tank-called with for ace-high. Zhang had the goods the whole way with .
Blinds: 200/400:
GGPoker streamer Michiel Van Elsacker raised to 1,000 from the button and Shawn Buchanan made the call.
The flop came , Buchanan check-raised the 660 bet of Van Elsacker to 2,669. Van Elsacker took a few seconds and then reraised to 7,913. Buchanan then considered his options before raising it up again, this time to 19,880 and Van Elsacker made the call.
The turn was the and Buchanan shoved with the bigger stack for Van Elsacker to make the call for the 34,252 he had behind with while Buchanan held . The river completed the board with the for Van Elsacker to double up with the higher turned two pair.
Blinds: 250/500
Van Elsacker raised to 1,000 from the button and Buchanan defended.
The flop came [6c5h4cc], Buchanan check-shoved for 11,812 when Van Elsacker continued with a bet of 700 and was called.
Shawn Buchanan:
Michiel Van Elsacker:
Buchanan had flopped a pair of sixes and picked up the open-ended straight draw while Van Elsacker was sitting on the overpair.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river to send Van Elsacker to the second round.
Jesus Cortes raised to 1,000 and Alex Foxen called. Both players checked for a board of . Foxen checked, Cortes bet 1,000 and Foxen made it 3,600. Cortes called, bringing a . Foxen fired big with 7,300 only to see Cortes jam it in for 38K.
Foxen tank-called and Cortes could only muster for a busted draw, while Foxen's was good for two pair.
Mike Leah raised to 1,000 from the button and Dan Bilzerian defended. The flop came , Bilzerian check-raised the 1,000 continuation-bet of Leah to 4,000 and was called. The turn was the , Bilzerian bet 19,600 and Leah took some time before making the call in the end. The river completed the board with the and Bilzerian shoved with the slightly bigger stack with while Leah called the bluff for the 34,2777 he had behind with for the flopped set of aces to leave Bilzerian behind with a mere 2,246.
The hand after, Bilzerian pushed everything in from the button and was called by Leah.
Dan Bilzerian:
Mike Leah:
The board ran out for Leah to flop a pair of treys while Bilzerian turned a pair of deuces but got no further help of the board as he was eliminated.
Chris Ferguson raised to 1,000 from the button and Dominik Nitsche three-bet to 4,000 which Ferguson called.
The flop came , Nitsche continued with a bet of 4,400 for Ferguson to go along with.
The turn was the and Nitsche barreled a bet of 14,280 into the pot and Ferguson called again.
The river completed the board with the for Nitsche to shove with the bigger stack. Ferguson made the call for the 34,546 he had behind while holding for the full house, sevens over queens. But unfortunately for him, Nitsche held for quad sevens to go through to the next round.
Now through the first part of September, the WSOP Online will be exclusively on GGPoker, so whether you're playing on the client for the first time or you're a seasoned online pro, we thought we'd bring you five things you didn't know about the WSOP Online on GGPoker.
1. STAKING on DAY 2:
Poker fans and players can now buy a piece of their favourite player's action or sell their own should they survive Day 1 of phased tournaments.
2. Convert Multiple Event Tickets into T$
After the series has finished, your unused tickets will be exchanged for T$ that you can use to enter any tournament on GGPoker
3. Pick Your Own WSOP Event
When the WSOP Online schedule on GGPoker was announced, the poker community was intrigued to see a new type of bracelet event announced! Three 'People's Choice' events were announced, with the formats and buy-ins yet to be announced.
4. Best Stack Forward
Any player that makes it to the end of a Day 1 with a stack is allowed to take part in additional Day 1s if they want to, providing they have not exceeded the maximum number of re-entries.
However, if a player finishes multiple Day 1s with chips, only the highest chip stack will go to Day 2.
5. Take Advantage of Bubble Protection
GGPoker's popular Bubble Protection is available throughout the WSOP Online. It's available for all non-phase events with buy-ins less than $999. This means that if you register before the start of play and go on to bubble the tournament, you'll receive your buy-in back.
Jake Daniels raised to 660 from the button and Ren Le Lin three-bet to 21,00 which Daniels called.
The flop came , Lin continued with a bet of 1,960 which Daniels called again.
The turn was the and Lin now barreled a bet of 6,150 over the line. Daniels raised it up to 14,600 for Lin to respond with a shove for 55,590. Daniels quickly made the call.
Jake Daniels:
Ren Le Lin:
Lin had put his tournament life at risk with the overpair but Daniels had flopped a straight to leave Lin drawing dead.
The river completed the board with the as a formality as Daniels would be the first player to confirm his seat in the second round,