The action folded around to the blinds who limped in and saw a flop of . The small blind checked and Kris Steinbach checked back to the on the turn.
The small blind led out this time and Steinbach called. The paired the board on the river and the small blind checked this time. Steinbach threw in a bet and his opponent looked him up. Steinbach tabled for trip sixes and raked in the pot.
There was a raise from under the gun and Fred Goldberg three-bet next to act. The rest of the table folded and the initial raiser called to see a flop of .
The action checked to Goldberg who threw in a bet and his opponent check-raised. Goldberg called and the landed on the turn. Goldberg called another bet from his opponent and the completed the board. Both players checked and Goldberg tabled which was good enough to win the pot.
Tu Dao, the defending champion of this event, just recently entered the field and took her seat. Two years ago, Dao beat out a field of 193 players on route to her first WSOP gold bracelet.
Alex Torry raised it up from the hijack and Quy Le re-raised on the button. The blinds folded and Torry called to go heads-up to a flop of . Torry checked to Le who threw in a bet and Torry called.
The turn brought the and Torry check-called another bet from Le. The river was the and Torry checked for the third time. Le gave up and checked it back as Torry turned over to win the pot.
Aleksander Zaslavsky raised from the cutoff and Koray Aldemir three-bet on the button. Zaslavsky responded with a four-bet and Aldemir just called. The flop came and Zaslavsky threw in a bet which Aldemir called.
Zaslavsky led out with a bet on the turn and the river. Aldemir called both times and Zaslavsky showed to claim the pot.