Rifat Palevic raised to 50,000 from middle position before the action fell on Goran Mandic in the cutoff. He tanked for a minute, then moved all in for 200,000. The button and blinds folded. Palevic snap-called.
Palevic:
Mandic:
The board ran out to see Palevic hold with his pocket pair, sending Mandic home in 24th place.
With the flop showing and just over 10,000 in the pot, the player in the big blind checked. Blair Hinkle was in middle position and checked before Gavin O'Rourke bet out 6,600. The big blind called. Hinkle then moved all in for over 30,000 in chips. O'Rourke called. The big blind folded.
O'Rourke:
Hinkle:
Hinkle was in great shape until the spiked on the turn, giving O'Rourke two pairs.
The on the river didn't help Hinkle as he was sent to the rail.
Registration is officially closed and we have a total of 1,868 players meaning the regular prize pool totals $1,120,800. (Remember, $300 from each player's entry is going to bounties.)
Payouts will begin with 281 players with 281st place paying $998 and continuing until we have a winner who will take home $183,903 and a WSOP gold bracelet.