In a limped pot, David Manikos and an opponent checked the K♦J♠Q♠ flop before the small blind led out for 300 on the 4♠ turn.
Manikos then raised to 900 and his opponent called. The river was the A♥ and Manikos bet 1,400.
The small blind raised to 6,000 and Manikos came back with a reraise to 18,000. His opponent quickly folded and Manikos took the pot.
Action picked up on the river in a hand between Josh Pridgen on the button and the player in the big blind.
With a little over 5,000 in the pot and the board reading 2♦A♠10♠3♥10♦, the big blind check-called a bet of 5,000 from Pridgen.
Pridgen tabled 3x3x for a full house, threes full of tens, to chip up early on.
Under the gun opened the action with a raise to 600. Brock Squire three-bet to 2,000 from the cutoff before under the gun four-bet to 3,800. Squire made the call.
Squire led into his opponent for 4,400 on K♥Q♥7♣ and under the gun made the call.
Action went check-check on the 6♦ turn and J♣ river and Squire tabled A♣K♦ for the winner.
In the sea of faces on Day 1a of the Main Event, two past champions find themselves seated at the same table in the Horseshoe Silver section.
Qui Nguyen, the 2016 Main Event champion, is in Seat 6 on Table #655, while 2012 champion Greg Merson sat down in Seat 9.
Roy Bitton opened to 700 from middle position and was called by Andy Tsai in the cutoff.
The flop came K♥9♥3♥. Bitton checked, Tsai bet 700 and his opponent folded Q♣Q♦ face up.
Three ways on a flop of 7♦10♥4♣, Fernando Gonzalez checked from middle position and the player in the hijack bet 3,200. The cutoff called and Gonzalez then check-raised to 15,700.
Both his opponents folded in turn and Gonzalez said, "Should I show the bluff?" as he turned over 10♦10♠ for top set as he collected the pot.
Ben Fisher opened the action with a raise to 600 from the hijack. Marcos Dos Santos three-bet to 2,000 which both the big blind and Fisher called.
Dos Santos continued for 2,000 on Q♥K♣5♣ and the big blind and Fisher called.
Dos Santos sized-up to 5,000 on the 10♦ turn. Only Fisher made the call.
The 4♣ river rolled off and Dos Santos fired 10,000 before Fisher raised to 25,000. His opponent called and Fisher showed 10♣6♣ for the flush and the winner. Dos Santos showed K♥K♦ before mucking.
The pot stood at 9,500 with three players looking at a full board of 6♣10♦5♦K♣K♥.
The player under the gun checked the action to Qui Nguyen, in early position. Nguyen bet out 3,400, the button called and the under-the-gun player made a quick call.
Nguyen tabled J♠J♥, which was good enough to lay claim to this pot.
The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event was officially underway at a few minutes after noon PT on Wednesday. And for two players, the dream to become world champion ended a few minutes later.
Over 1,300 players were registered at the start of Day 1a, a group that included some big name players such as Michael Mizrachi and Freddy Deeb. Defending champion Daniel Weinman got the party started by announcing "shuffle up and deal" following an introduction from Jack Effel. And then the fireworks began one day before the Fourth of July.
Action was three-way on the turn as it read Q♠3♠A♣A♠. Yildiray Cam bet 2,200 from the hijack. Shane Douglas called in the cutoff and Brent Braitwaite raised on the button which folded out Cam. Douglas called.
The river came the 2♦. Douglas checked, Braithwaite bet 12,000. Douglas took about a minute before he called.
Braithwaite tabled the A♥Q♦ for the boat, besting the AxKx of Douglas.
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