A total of 1,580 entries created a prize pool of $2,133,000, and the top 237 spots will get paid at least $2,254. The winner after three days will receive a massive payday of $364,438 as well as the coveted gold WSOP bracelet. All payouts are as follows.
The players are on their last 20-minute break of the day. The T25 chips will be raced off during this break. When the players return, two more levels will be played before chips are bagged and tagged for the night.
Action folded to Mark Darner in the small blind, who limped for 800. The player in the big blind checked, and it was heads-up to a flop. Both players checked. The turn came the , and Darner checked. His opponent bet 1,200. Darner check-called. The river came the and was checked around.
Darned tabled , and his opponent sent his hand to the muck.
Mark Darner, on the button, opened to 1,800, and Jesse Sylvia defended his big blind.
The flop was . Both players checked. The dealer burned and turned the . Sylvia checked. Darner bet 2,260. Sylvia check-called. The river came the . Sylvia checked again. Darner bet 4,600, and that was enough to make Sylvia fold.