Following the river of a board with roughly 35,000 in the pot, Christopher Kruk checked from the small blind and Justin Adams shoved from the cutoff. Kruk tanked for a bit before he called all in for about 28,000.
Adams showed for a flush, Kruk flashed for a defeated pair of queens, and Adams scored the knockout.
With about 4,300 in the pot and the board reading , Sergi Reixach bet 1,700 from the big blind. Keith Lehr called from the hijack and the turn was the . Reixach bet 4,000, Lehr called, and the river completed the board. Reixach checked, Lehr bet 7,000, and, after a few moments, Reixach called.
Lehr tabled for queens and sixes, Reixach mucked, and Lehr won the pot.
The player in the under-the-gun position and Govert Metaal, in mid-position, both limped in, [Removed:414], in the cutoff raised to 1,100, and both the under-the-gun player and Metaal called.
They all checked through the flop.
The came on the turn, the under-the-gun player opened to 1,000, and both Metaal and Beumers called.
The on the river completed the board, the under-the-gun player checked, Metaal opened to 1,600, and Beumers and the other player folded.
Welcome back to the 2017 World Series of Poker for Day 1 of Event #42: Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship!
One of the most anticipated events on the WSOP schedule, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship always draws some of the biggest names in the game. Last summer's final table was stacked as Justin Bonomo, Nick Petrangelo, Chris Ferguson, and Davidi Kitai all locked up six-figure scores. In the end, it was Martin Kozlov who bested the field of 294 players to capture his first WSOP bracelet and the first-place prize of $665,709.
Players start with 50,000 in chips and the plan for Wednesday is to play 10 one-hour levels with 20-minute breaks after every two levels.
Play is set to kick off at 3 p.m. (PDT) and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to provide live updates of all the action from the 2017 WSOP and Event #42!