Nicholas Manganaro raised on the button and the small blind called. Lester Bruno was in the big blind and meant to call, but misclicked with a raise. Both Manganaro and the big blind just called to see the flop of .
The blinds checked to Manganaro who threw in a bet and was only called by Bruno. The turn was the and Bruno check-called another bet from Manganaro. The completed the board and both players knuckled the table. Bruno showed for ace-high while Manganaro held for a pair of eights.
Quy Le opened with a raise from under the gun and Andre Akkari three-bet on the button. The blinds folded and Le called to see a flop of .
Le checked to Akkari who continued with a bet and Le called. The turn was the and Le check-called another bet from Akkari. The river brought the and Le led out with a bet this time. Akkari flicked in a call and Le showed for a full house to scoop the pot.
Aleksander Zaslavsky raised from the cutoff and Koray Aldemir three-bet on the button. Zaslavsky responded with a four-bet and Aldemir just called. The flop came and Zaslavsky threw in a bet which Aldemir called.
Zaslavsky led out with a bet on the turn and the river. Aldemir called both times and Zaslavsky showed to claim the pot.
Alex Torry raised it up from the hijack and Quy Le re-raised on the button. The blinds folded and Torry called to go heads-up to a flop of . Torry checked to Le who threw in a bet and Torry called.
The turn brought the and Torry check-called another bet from Le. The river was the and Torry checked for the third time. Le gave up and checked it back as Torry turned over to win the pot.
Tu Dao, the defending champion of this event, just recently entered the field and took her seat. Two years ago, Dao beat out a field of 193 players on route to her first WSOP gold bracelet.