On the second hand of the day, Akif Ghani in the hijack and Ondrej Drozd on the button raised each other and ended up moving all in, with Ondrej Drozd at risk for just a little bit less than the starting stack.
Ondrej Drozd: K♠K♦ 
Akif Ghani: A♥A♠
Both players hit a flush on 10♥8♠9♠3♠10♠, but Ghani with aces remained in the lead and eliminated Drozd.
A player in early position raised to 500, receiving calls from Sean Jazayeri on the button and the big blind.
The action checked to Jazayeri, who took the lead for 800 on the 2♣K♠J♠ flop. Only the original raiser called.
The 5♠ turn checked through to the Q♠ river. The player in early position retook the lead for 1,700. Jazayeri put in a quick raise to 4,000 and his opponent pitched their cards to the muck.
William Jarman opened to 500 from the hijack and Jenny Ding three-bet to 1,400 from the cutoff. Stuart Taylor called in the big blind and Jarman called as well.
The flop came 4♦7♠8♦ and action checked around to Ding who bet 2,500. Both opponents made the call.
All three players checked the 10♣ turn leading to the 5♥ river. Taylor checked, Jarman bet 5,000, Ding called and Taylor folded, showing that he had 10♥9♥ for top pair before mucking.
Jarman tabled A♦6♦ for a straight to take down a nice early pot.
Arden Cho was heads-up from the small blind against a lone player in the hijack on a flop of Q♠3♦A♠.
Cho check-called a 600 bet from her opponent and then both players checked on the 10♣ tun.
The 7♦ completed the board and Cho led out for 2,200. Her opponent folded after a bit of thought and Cho was awarded the pot.
The player in middle position raised to 500, Xiaofeng Hu three-bet to 3,000 from the small blind and the original raiser called.
The 6♥7♠9♦ flop slowed down Hu with a check. Hu's opponent took the lead for 5,500 and Hu called.
The Q♣ turn and 9♣ river checked to a showdown. Hu tabled K♠K♦, winning him this pot.
The 2020 WSOP Main Event Champion Damian Salas has just taken his seat in the Horseshoe Ballroom Orange section.
The Argentine pro has the distinction of winning the once-in-a-lifetime pandemic-induced Main Event format where he won the international tournament final table in Rozvadov and then defeated Joseph Hebert, who was the American champion, in a heads-up duel for the official Main Event title.
His title banner hangs with all the others, with no rail or celebration behind him as a sign of the times.
Salas was already a known entity before his title as he made the Main Event final table in 2017 where he finished in 7th place and also had a very deep run in 2022 with a 27th place finish.
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