Joseph Jordan raised to 40,000 under the gun. Keith Becker went all in with a little more than 300,000 from middle position. Lorenzo Rodriguez made the call on the button. Jordan passed.
Keith Becker: 10♦10♠
Lorenzo Rodriguez: Q♥Q♠
Becker needed help from the runout and didn't get it, as the board went 5♣7♠6♠4♦2♠ ending his tournament run.
The hand was underway with Douglas Weymeersch all-in for his tournament life against Andrew King.
Douglas Weymeersch: A♣J♥
Andrew King: K♥K♠
The board ran 7♠5♠8♣2♦Q♦ maintaining the lead of King with his kings sending Weymeersch to hit the rails.
We pick up the action with Yu Li all in against Raul Melendres Cruz, who had originally raised under the gun.
Yu Li: 10♣10♦
Raul Melendres Cruz: J♠J♣
The board fell 9♦Q♠K♣9♥A♠ and Melendres Cruz' jacks were the winning hand.
Dave Stann opened to 40,000 from late position and Tim Kovacic three-bet to 100,000 from the hijack. Bert Johnson moved all in for his remaining 119,000 on the button and both players called behind.
Action was checked from the 10♥3♦2♥ flop, to the 9♦ turn and down to showdown after the 6♥ river was placed.
Bert Johnson: A♥10♣
Tim Kovacic: K♠J♠
Dave Stann: A♠K♦
Johnson took the pot having flopped a pair of tens which was good enough to secure him the triple.
Stann remarked, "How do you do that with Ace-Ten?" with another player asking, "Did the hearts scare you?"
Steven Miller opened the betting from middle position with a shove, for 282,000. Martijn Kiers called all in from the button, and both blinds took some time with their decisions. Ultimately, they both folded, sending the two to a runout.
Martijn Kiers: 10♥10♣
Steven Miller: A♥K♠
Kiers' three of a kind on 6♠4♦5♥Q♥10♦ gave him the win, and the double, leaving Miller with less than two big blinds to spin up.
Shane Luhr limped in the small blind, and Kevin Kuo in the big checked his option.
The dealer unfurled J♥4♣6♠. Luhr check-called Kuo's bet of 20,000. Both checked the turn 2♣ and the river 9♥
Luhr tabled 5♠2♠ for bottom pair, which was enough to win the pot.
A tradition unlike any other — a player busting early in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Day 1.
The first of four starting flights kicked off at noon PT on Wednesday from Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas in the $10,000 world championship event.
Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter announced "shuffle up and deal" just 45 minutes before the first elimination from the most prestigious tournament in poker.
On a pot of 90,000 and flop of 6♠4♠K♠, Jose Noceda, in middle position, bet 40,000 after action was passed to him. Raza Malik, the only other player in the hand and seated under the gun, called to see the turn.
The turn fell 4♦ which both players checked. On the river 8♥, Malik fired 60,000 and Noceda folded.
Kevin Abecassis raised to 32,000 from middle position. Niklas Warlich three-bet to 105,000 from the hijack. Meraf Tedl, sitting on the button made the call.
Abecassis went all in over the top with his 1,300,000-plus stack.
Warlich spent a full minute considering the call, which would put him all in for 562,000. He decided to risk it. Tedla checked out of the hand.
Niklas Warlich: A♦K♥
Kevin Abecassis: J♦J♠
Warlich was in trouble through four-fifths of the runout, but was saved by a king on the river when the full board hit 5♣8♣4♥9♠K♠.
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