On a flop of , Isaac Haxton bet 24,000 from the hijack. His neighbor Blake Bohn had 105,000 in front of him, though the raise might have been smaller than that. Haxton eventually shoved all in for 343,000 and Bohn called.
Isaac Haxton:
Blake Bohn:
The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Haxton doubled.
Christoph Vogelsang, who won the Super High Roller Bowl a couple of days ago for $6,000,000, has just been eliminated.
As we arrived, he was already getting up to make his departure. Former table mate Koray Aldemir was kind enough to fill us in on the details.
Action folded to Tom Marchese in the small blind and he pushed all in to put Vogelsang to the test. The latter called for his last 150,000 with and was ahead against Marchese's . Marchese, however, made a flush and Vogelsang said his goodbyes.
Brandon Steven raised to 23,000 from middle position and Ankush Mandavia reraised all in for about 95,000 from the cutoff. Steven mulled it over for a bit before he called with , trailing Mandavia's .
The board came down , giving Mandavia a pair of kings to double through Steven.
As recapped to us by Dietrich Fast, Brian Rast opened to 24,000 from the cutoff and Justin Bonomo called from the button. Leon Tsoukernik called from the small blind and Fast called from the big blind.
The flop came down with two hearts and action checked to Bonomo who bet 35,000. Tsoukernik check- called, Fast check-raised to 115,000, Rast folded, Bonomo reraised all in for roughly 260,000, Tsoukernik folded and Fast called.
Bonomo:
Fast:
A turn and river completed the board, giving Fast a straight to win the pot and eliminate Bonomo.
We missed the action before the flop but were there to witness what happened post.
From the small blind, Ari Engel checked on a board of with already roughly 260,000 in the middle. Big blind Dan Smith bet 95,000 and Engel tanked for a bit. He eventually slid forward a small tower of chips with some white 100,000-chips in it. Smith moved in for slightly more than that and Engel called.
Dan Smith:
Ari Engel:
Smith was at risk for his last 485,000 but had the better of it. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Smith doubled up.
Four more hands and the day is done. We'll be back shortly with assorted end of day chip counts and an extensive recap of Day 1 of the WSOP's biggest tournament.
Following a flop of with two spades, Leon Tsoukernik wound up all in for about 600,000 with against Dietrich Fast with . The turn gave Tsoukernik a flush, Fast couldn't catch up on the river and Tsoukernik doubled up in the waning stages of Day 1.
The players have bagged and tagged for the night and the unofficial chip leader is Martin Jacobson with 1,677,000, followed closely by Charlie Carrel. Here are official end-of-day chip counts.
, Isaac Haxton bet 24,000 from the hijack. His neighbor Blake Bohn had 105,000 in front of him, though the raise might have been smaller than that. Haxton eventually shoved all in for 343,000 and Bohn called.
on the turn and 
on the river were blanks and Haxton doubled.
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and was ahead against Marchese's 
. Marchese, however, made a flush and Vogelsang said his goodbyes.
, trailing Mandavia's 
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, giving Mandavia a pair of kings to double through Steven.
with two hearts and action checked to Bonomo who bet 35,000. Tsoukernik check- called, Fast check-raised to 115,000, Rast folded, Bonomo reraised all in for roughly 260,000, Tsoukernik folded and Fast called.
turn and 
river completed the board, giving Fast a straight to win the pot and eliminate Bonomo.
on the turn and 
on the river were blanks and Smith doubled up.
with two spades, Leon Tsoukernik wound up all in for about 600,000 with 
against Dietrich Fast with 
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