Robert Kuhn's attempt to use his massive stack to bully his table just met some resistance from Oleksander Gnatenko.
Kuhn and Gnatenko went heads-up to a flop of 
when Gnatenko bet 2,500 from the button. Kuhn called to see the 
on the turn.
Kuhn this time led out for 3,000. Gnatenko came back with a raise to 12,000 and Kuhn quickly mucked.
With 14,000 already in the pot on a 
board, Josh Pollock put in a bet of 7,500 from the big blind.
The player in middle position hesitated before finally making the call.
Pollock tabled 
for the win, hitting the bottom end of the straight on the river.
Erick Gydesen opened to 1,800 from middle position and was called by Ryan Feldman out of the small blind. Sebastien Syssau then three-bet to 5,800 out of the big blind and was called by both Gydesen and Feldman to generate three-way action heading to the flop.
Feldman checked on a flop of 
and Syssau continued for 8,000 only to see Gydesen raise to 24,000. Feldman quickly folded to send the action back to Syssau who seemed distressed with the decision at hand. After tanking for over a minute, Syssau decided on a fold to send a sizable pot Gydesen's direction.
Thomas Boivin raised to 1,600 under the gun and Jose Catela called next to act as did the cutoff. The small blind called as well and Elanit Hasas jammed for 19,300 total. Boivin quickly folded, and Catela tanked for about 10 seconds before doing the same. The action was on the cutoff and he dropped a 25,000 chip across the line to call beofre the small blind tossed his cards into the muck.
Elanit Hasas: 
Cutoff: 
The flop came 
, giving Hasas top set and the hit the turn giving the cutoff a gutshot straight draw but the 
river was a brick sealing Hasas' double up.
"I was like 'come on aces in the big blind,' and holy sh*t I actually got aces in the big blind!" Hasas said with excitement after collecting the pot.
Catela piped in, "I would have made the nuts."
Daniel Negreanu has had a disappointing 2022 World Series of Poker, and that didn't change on Day 1c of the Main Event, but he did receive a good luck charm from one player on the rail, so there's that.
A wholesome moment took place Tuesday evening inside Bally's when Arash Shahi, a fellow Canadian from Toronto, approached the GGPoker ambassador who was railing Negreanu's table during the $10,000 buy-in world championship event.
Jimmy D'Ambrosio, who ran up a top ten stack in Day 1a, just picked up a sizeable pot early.
It was three-ways to a flop and the action checked to D'Ambrosio. He fired out 3,900 and only John Dolan called.
Dolan checked the turn and D'Ambrosio sized up to 14,000. Dolan called.
The river brought the and Dolan checked again.
"How much would you call?" asked D'Ambrosio.
He sized up his man before checking back.
"You're an accomplished player," he said. "But you're also capable of trapping."
Dolan was slowplaying as he showed a 
set of kings, but D'Ambrosio had that beat with 
for a king-high straight. D'Ambrosio's neighbor commented he might have gotten more, despite the three diamond board.
"He coulda check-raised me," said D'Ambrosio. "That's what I'm gonna do to you, check-raise the river."
"I'll offer you a Fiji water though," he said.
With that, D'Ambrosio is still rolling on his big stack early in the day.
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