Morten Mortensen raised to 1,100 preflop from early position, and three players called. They all checked to the river with the board reading . After the big blind checked, Mortensen bet 7,500, and all of his opponents reluctantly laid their hands down.
On the next pass by the table, Mortensen was in the small blind and was heads-up with the big blind. The board read , and Mortensen checked to his opponent, who bet 1,200. Mortensen check-raised to 5,100, and his opponent called. The river brought the , and Mortensen led out for 8,800. His opponent called, and Mortensen tabled for a flush to scoop another pot.
The board was already complete and showed , and Matthew Kelly checked out of the big blind. There was 13,000 in the middle, and Alan Smurfit bet 15,000, which Kelly called after plenty of consideration.
"He called me?" Smurfit asked, and once that was confirmed by the dealer, he rolled over for a full house.
"Wow, glad I folded," Chris Hunichen added.
"I wish that king didn't come," Kelly chimed in. He had previously doubled through Hunichen, but this pot sent him back to the stack he had a half hour ago.
With about 9,000 in the pot already, on a board reading , Doug Polk checked from late position. Mike Matusow was in the hijack and bet 3,400. Polk thought for a moment and called.
The river was the , and Polk checked. Matusow quickly checked back, and Polk tabled for a flush. Matusow flashed his hand to Polk and quickly tossed his cards into the muck.
As Polk was raking in the pot, a player at the table behind shouted out, "Matusow blowup?!" The few players who overheard it had a chuckle, and Matusow calmly received his next hand.
Former Main Event Champion Jerry Yang raised to 1,400 from the hijack, and Jon Turner three-bet from the button to 3,300. Yang went into the tank briefly before sending his cards into the muck.
Chris George raised to 1,000, and Ming Leung three-bet to 3,000, which Tara Snow, in the cutoff, and George both called.
On the flop, George checked, and Leung continued for 3,000. Snow and George both called, and the turn was checked to Snow, who bet 6,000. George check-raised to 20,000 with the biggest stack of the trio and claimed the pot after Leung and Snow let it go.
Germany's Sebastian Langrock has had quite the week, as he just won his first WSOP gold bracelet after taking down Event #64: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha - 8 Handed for $268,555.
In the heads-up match, Langrock defeated well-known pro and WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Laplante, who has a title from winning the $565 Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2015. Langrock is a pro himself and has spent the last two years specializing in pot-limit Omaha, learning from some of the top players in the industry.
Back in 2013, Langrock won the German version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and explained that he used that money as his poker bankroll and has been making a living playing poker ever since.
Langrock has taken his seat in the Main Event today and will be making a run at the most prestigious title in poker.
According to the official records, 795 players entered Day 1a of the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Day 1a is traditionally the smallest of starting days. Not only do many players prefer to not have two full days off before restarting, there are also several other tournaments still going on today and tomorrow.
With 795 players, this is the biggest Day 1a in recent years.
. After the big blind checked, Mortensen bet 7,500, and all of his opponents reluctantly laid their hands down.
, and Mortensen checked to his opponent, who bet 1,200. Mortensen check-raised to 5,100, and his opponent called. The river brought the 
, and Mortensen led out for 8,800. His opponent called, and Mortensen tabled 
for a flush to scoop another pot.
, and Matthew Kelly checked out of the big blind. There was 13,000 in the middle, and Alan Smurfit bet 15,000, which Kelly called after plenty of consideration.
for a full house.
, Doug Polk checked from late position. Mike Matusow was in the hijack and bet 3,400. Polk thought for a moment and called.
, and Polk checked. Matusow quickly checked back, and Polk tabled 
