Jonathan Little checked from early position with the board reading , and Davidi Kitai quickly checked it back. On the river, Little bet 25,000 more than the size of the pot, enough to put Kitai and his 21,000 at risk. Kitai thought for a little over a minute and then folded.
Three ways to the turn, a star-studded lineup battled for a pot of roughly 15,000 chips.
Jason Wheeler (big blind) and Paul Volpe (button) checked to Romain Lewis on the button, and Lewis bet 3,800. Both American heroes called.
The river saw the hit the felt, and Wheeler checked again. Volpe, however, didn't let the action pass passively through to Lewis. He shoved all in, putting his 14,500 or so at risk.
Lewis seemed to be pained by Volpe's move. He cut down his remaining stack, then decided to folding and keep his 44,500. Wheeler, who had less than Volpe behind, mucked as well.
An online end-boss with millions of dollars in winnings, Chris Moorman finally captured his first bracelet earlier at the 2017 World Series of Poker.
However, Moorman will likely soon have to exercise his re-shoving ranges in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em, as he dropped to last 16 big blinds.
Moorman was seen on the river of a board, sitting in the hijack. He faced the big blind, who bet 4,000. Moorman thought for about a minute before giving up.
Jan Schwippert raised to 2,000 preflop and received calls from Sam Grafton (button) and Josh Beckley (big blind). On the flop, action checked to Grafton, and he bet 3,100. Beckley put in 9,000, and Schwippert thought for a while and folded. Grafton called, then called Beckley's shove for 12,700 on the turn.
Beckley:
Grafton:
Grafton was in awful shape, and the confirmed a double for Beckley. After the hand, Schwippert said he folded the king-high flush draw.
The tournament director has just announced the details of the prize pool:
There were 623 entries in total, creating a prize pool of $2,896,950. Ninety-four players will be in the money, with the winner taking home $618,285 and the gold WSOP bracelet.
Matt Affleck led out 8,500 from the small blind with on the felt. He was in a heads-up pot against a player in middle position, who called. The on the turn seemed to be a brick, and Affleck pulled the trigger. He shoved his remaining 18,200 in, puzzling the opponent.
Affleck's rival laid it down after about a one-minute tank, begging for free info. "Show me a bluff," he tried.
However, Affleck stayed calm, showing no expression and sliding his cards carefully into the muck.
Maria Lampropulos raised to 2,000 from the hijack, prompting a three-bet from Anatoly Filatov, who tripled the bet from the small blind. Lampropulos looked at Filatov's stack, and he cut out his remaining chips, showing he had just under 50,000 behind. Lampropulos called.
Filatov continued with another 4,300 on the flop, and Lampropulos called again.
The turn saw both players check, and Filatov bet out one more time on the river. He made it 12,000 to go.
Lampropulos wasted only about twenty seconds before folding, leaving the pot to Filatov. The floor staff arrived right after that hand, breaking the table.