Arriving at the table to see three-way action with Mark Dube, Timothy Mcdermott and another player all-in on a flop of with Mark Dube putting both players at risk with around 13000 in the middle. The player showed , Mark Dube with and Mcdermott holding The turn was and the river was a giving Mcdermott a flush, eliminating one player and leaving Mark Dube dangerously short.
Michael Tran just found himself in a large three-way all-in pot against two opponents.
On a flop of one player showed and the other while Tran was behind holding . The turn was a , giving Tran trips and the lead, then river bricked with a and Tran collected the pot while the two other players collected their belongings and made their way to the exit.
Below are a few of the current stacks after reaching the first break of the day. Aleksey Filatov currently leads the flight with an impressive 41,000, which equates to over eight starting stacks accumulated in the first two hours.
Twitch streamer Jeff Gross is currently registered with a stack on the table. However, he has not shown up to his seat yet and is being blinded off, having lost about one-fifth of his starting stack thus far.
Under WSOP tournament rules, all registered players must be in their seat by the start of Level 5 or their stacks are taken out of play and their buy-in refunded. Jeff Gross's seat was still empty when the level began as he hustled into the room. After a few moments of discussion with the floor, Gross was allowed to stay in possession of his stack and play.