The short stack in middle position moved all in for 10,400 and was called by Peter Bodrogi in the cutoff.
Middle Position: A♦8♥
Peter Bodrogi: 5♠5♦
A fair fight, but middle position couldn't connect with the board of 10♠4♠2♥9♥6♦ and headed to the rail, while Bodrogi chipped up.
Action caught up to a hand between Shaun Deeb on the button and a player in middle position on a board reading 5♥8♦7♣K♦A♣.
The middle position player checked and after a moment of deliberation, Deeb moved all-in for around a pot-sized bet of 34,000, with the middle position player making the fold.
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One of those part-time bracelet hopefuls is venture capitalist and longtime poker player Chamath Palihapitiya, an early Facebook executive and the founder and CEO of the investment firm Social Capital. After more than a decade off of the WSOP felt, the billionaire returned to the World Series to take his shot at winning a bracelet in Event #29: $100,000 High Roller.
PokerNews caught up with Palihapitiya earlier in the series as he battled in a Day 1 field that included Chance Kornuth, Alex Foxen, Chris Brewer plenty more of the world's top high-roller players.
Niveau: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Under-the-gun blind raised to 1,000 and Ren Lin announced "Double-straddle!" and blind raised to 2,000 in early position. The cutoff called and Garett Mayberry on the button raised to 7,000.
Rob Perelman in the small blind raised to 26,300, leaving 100 behind. Lin took the first look at his cards and his eyes lit up and moved all in for 37,300 and added a $100 bill to the pot as a bounty. Mayberry made the call and Perelman threw in his last 100 chip.
Rob Perelman: A♦K♦
Ren Lin: 10♠9♠
Garett Mayberry: K♥Q♥
Perelman was ahead when the cards were turned over with ace-high, but the queen on the Q♣7♦3♣ flop gave Mayberry the lead. The 2♦ on the turn left Lin drawing dead but gave Perelman a flush draw.
The J♦ on the river gave Perelman the flush to secure a triple up, while Lin laughed his way to the exit and Mayberry took in the side pot as well as a $100 bill.
In a hand relayed to PokerNews by Jeff Yarchever, Johnny Chan raised to 800 from middle position and Yarchever three-bet to 2,800 from late position.
Chan then put in the four-bet to 6,800 and Yarchever made the call.
Yarchever checked-called a bet of 4,000 from Chan on the 8♦A♣2♥ flop, with both players checking the J♥ turn.
Yarchever then led out for 10,000 on the J♦ river, which sent Chan went into the tank.
After a few moments of deliberation, Chan folded K♠K♣ face up, with Yarchever showing 8♥8♣ for the full house.
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