Julien Sitbon opened to 12,000 from early position, which gathered calls from Zi Long Zhang in the cutoff and Jeremy Wien on the button.
All three players checked on the 7♦A♥10♠ flop, but Sitbon picked his betting lead back up on the A♠ turn. His 28,000 bet was called by Zhang, but got rid of Wien.
Sitbon hit the brakes on the Q♥ river before folding when Zhang bet 73,000.
Kenny Hallaert drew the line in the sand when he shoved for 30,000 from under the gun.
Peter Mugar made the call out of the big blind to put Hallaert at risk.
Kenny Hallaert: Q♦J♥
Peter Mugar: A♥10♠
Hallaert was behind, but the flop gave him more outs when the dealer fanned out 9♠10♥9♣ to give Hallaert a straight draw.
The K♥ turn gave Hallaert a straight, but Mugar was still eligible with a full house draw.
The J♦ river was not one of those outs as the chips got pushed to Hallaert.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Joseph Spanne raised to 8,000, while Yannick Capocetti moved all in from the button for 38,000. Myles Mullaly called the bet, and Spanne folded.
Yannick Capocetti: A♣Q♠
Myles Mullaly: 10♦10♣
The board fell out with J♦10♥Q♦7♣Q♥, and Mullaly dominated with his full house.
Joseph Spanne raised to 8,000 from the hijack, and Benjamin Williams called from the cutoff, and Myles Mullaly called from the big blind. The board came out with 5♠8♦Q♥, and both Mullaly and Spanne checked to Williams, who was in position and placed a bet of 8,000. Mullaly called, and Spanne folded.
On the turn 8♣, Mullaly led out with 12,000, and Williams called.
The river 10♣ brought out a huge bet from Mullaly of 112,000, and Williams appeared stressed when he requested a count and then went into the think tank. Williams decided to call, and Mullaly immediately flopped over 9♥8♠ for trips. Williams said, "Nice hand," and mucked.
With a total of 570 entries in Event #2: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em, a prize pool of $2,622,000 was generated.
The top 86 players will receive a payout, with a minimum payout worth $9,947.
All eyes will be on the first-place prize, though, as the eventual champion is set to walk away with $502,985 alongside the WSOP gold bracelet.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $502,985 | 9 | $38,133 |
| 2 | $335,290 | 10-11 | $29,844 |
| 3 | $234,432 | 12-15 | $23,761 |
| 4 | $166,448 | 16-23 | $19,253 |
| 5 | $120,035 | 24-31 | $15,879 |
| 6 | $87,945 | 32-39 | $13,337 |
| 7 | $65,479 | 40-47 | $11,410 |
| 8 | $49,556 | 48-86 | $9,947 |
Yang Wang shoved for his final 17,000 from under the gun and was called by Bryan Piccioli from the big blind to be at risk for his tournament life.
Yang Wang: 5♠5♣
Bryan Piccioli: A♣7♦
Wang needed to hold and the board complied when it came Q♠2♠K♥2♦J♠ to award Wang a much needed double up.
Vladas Tamasauskas in middle position and Mark Ioli in hijack checked the 10♥K♦Q♠ flop beside a 25,000 pot. After another check from Tamasauskas, Ioli fired 12,000 on the J♠ turn. Tamasauskas called.
The river 3♦ got another check from Tamasauskas and Ioli put another 12,000 in. After a moment of thought, Tamasauskas raised to 30,000 sending Ioli to the tank.
"I almost checked there," said Ioli as he continued to consider his options. He finally made the call, just to muck his hand after seeing Tamasauskas table A♦5♥.
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