Henrik Hecklen opened to 180,000 in middle position and Adrian Mateos re-raised to 765,000 from the small blind. Hecklen called and the dealer spread the flop of .
Mateos continued with a bet of 500,000 and Hecklen called to see the on the turn. Both players checked and the landed on the river. Mateos checked again and Hecklen counted out a bet of 900,000. Mateos went into the tank for over a minute and finally decided to lay his hand down.
Seth Davies raised to 180,000 and got three calls from Cary Katz, Alex Foxen and Stanley Tang.
The flop was and it checked to Foxen on the button who bet 210,000. Tang folded and Davies check-raised to 600,000. Katz folded and Foxen also let his hand go into the muck.
Jason Koon raised to 175,000 on the button and Phil Ivey defended from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Ivey led out with a bet of 250,000 and Koon called to see the on the river. Ivey splashed in a bet of 750,000 this time and Koon used a time bank before calling. Ivey showed for a straight and Koon sent his cards to the muck.
David Einhorn was down to a little over 1,200,000 and shoved all in from early position. Brandon Steven was on his left and flicked in a single chip to signify a call. The rest of the table folded and the two hands were tabled.
David Einhorn:
Brandon Steven:
The flop of left Einhorn drawing slim with just king-high and no draws. The on the turn meant Einhorn was drawing dead to the on the river as Steven collected his chips.
Alex Foxen opened to 160,000 on the button and Martin Kabrhel defended his big blind.
Kabrhel and Cary Katz were discussing chip stacks and how many should be in a stack, while Foxen checked the flop.
"You are distracting me," Kabrhel said to Katz. "If I lose this hand it's your fault. You're confusing me now so I check." He checked and Foxen bet 145,000 on the turn.
"I need to get lessons from you on poker etiquette," said Katz.
"They're pretty expensive!" replied Kabrhel who called before turning to the rail. "Write this down - river he checks, I bet, he folds. Write that down."
The river was the . Instead of checking, Foxen bet 280,000 and Kabrhel called.
"Nine," said Foxen showing . Kabrhel tabled and won the pot with his king kicker.
Koray Aldemir shoved from the cutoff for around 400,000. It folded to Henrik Hecklen in the big blind who asked for a count before calling.
Koray Aldemir:
Henrik Hecklen:
The flop gave Hecklen a gutshot to the remaining three jacks, but a on the turn was enough to send the reigning WSOP Main Event champion to the rail as the completed the board.