Action folded around to the blinds, where the player in the small blind raised to 1,500 and Andrew Lichtenberger called in the big blind.
Lichtenberger called an 800 bet from his opponent on the A♠A♣J♣ flop and a 3,500 bet from his opponent on the Q♣ turn.
The small blind checked on the 6♦ river, prompting a 9,000 bet from Lichtenberger. His opponent folded after a bit of thought and Lichtenberger collected the pot without showing.
After pulling off a bluff with jack-high against Arthur Morris on the PokerGO livestream, Phil Hellmuth tangled with the same player in one of the biggest Day 1c feature table pots.
The hand began with Damien Gayer raising from an early position to 1,200 with A♠3♠, and then Morris called with 8♦8♣. Hellmuth, in position against those two players, opted for a call with J♠J♥, as did James Minghini, holding A♥3♥ on the button.
Michael Cervantes, in the big blind with K♣6♣, also came along for the ride to see a flop of 6♦10♣4♠, not much of an improvement for any of the five players. Action checked to Hellmuth, and he bet 4,000 with an over pair, receiving a call only from Morris, who was drawing to a two-outer that would come on the 8♠ turn.
Morris would check his set, and Hellmuth would bet 8,000 this time before being check-raised to 22,000. The "Poker Brat" begrudgingly called.
When the K♥ appeared on the turn, it gave Hellmuth an over card to his pair, but he could not find a fold facing a 35,000-chip bet and he lost approximately half his stack in the pot. Hellmuth was still steaming about the turn card five minutes after the hand concluded.
The action was caught as the pot stood at approximately 6,000 with two players looking at a full board of 5♣Q♣8♣K♣J♣.
The big blind checked and Isaac Haxton, in the cutoff, bet a sizeable wager of 9,600, sending the big blind into the tank.
The big blind verbalised their thought process as they tanked, implying they knew he was either way ahead or way behind, eventually deciding to fold. The big blind mucked the 6♣ face up, conceding the pot to Haxton.
Haxton rechecked his cards and then tabled the 10♣, showing the big blind that they were beaten.
Joao Simao and Harrison Ashdown were heads-up on a board of 8♠8♣8♦9♣ with several thousand already in the middle. Simao checked from under the gun and Ashdown bet 3,000. Simao called.
The Q♠ completed the board and Simao led out for 9,000. Ashdown made it 20,000 to go and Simao laid his hand down after tanking for a bit.
"Want me to show?" Ashdown asked. He then revealed the 5♥ and collected the pot.
A river showdown between WSOP bracelet winners took place shortly after the dinner break.
Action picked up on the river after a player at the table waved over PokerNews to witness what was happening.
The board showed 3♣5♥A♥4♥Q♠ and two-time bracelet winner Alexandru Papazian bet 75,000 into six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb. The two players were sitting next to each other, and Deeb had position on Papazian’s immediate left.
Deeb only had approximately 19,500 and he was at risk with a call if he was wrong. Deeb went deep in the tank, alternating counting out his chips multiple times and looking at the board.
“Take your time,” a player said across the table to Deeb.
Papazian was motionless and didn’t say a word.
After an extended period of time elapsed, Deeb picked up his cards and showed Papazian A♠ before tossing his hand to the dealer.
Papazian moved his cards forward and gave Deeb permission to turn over one of them. Deeb reached down and turned over the Q♥.
