Josh Arieh cut out a raise from the small blind and found a call from his opponent in the big blind. The flop came down and Arieh fired out 1,100. his opponent called and the hit the felt on the turn. Both players checked and the completed the board on the river.
Arieh moved out a river bet of 3,100 and his opponent tossed out a call, rolling over for a pair of queens. Arieh mucked his hand and the pot was pushed toward his opponent. Despite this hit, Arieh is still sitting healthy with about 24,500 in chips.
Both Erick Lindgren and Jason Koon, who were once Arieh's table mates, have been eliminated from play.
John Racener, Phil Laak, and a third player all took a flop of . Racener was first to act and cut out a bet of 1,000. The next player to act called and Laak dipped into his stack on the button. He came over the top with a raise to 5,300. Racener mucked his cards and the third player followed suit, allowing Laak to rake in the chips. He's now sitting on about 24,000.
We missed the hand, but arrived at the table with pile of chips being pushed towards Jonathan Jaffe. Jaffe had flopped a flush with on a board and got paid off.
Phil Laak opened the pot with a raise to 450 from late position. A player in the cutoff three-bet to 950, action folded back around to Laak, and he made the call.
The flop was dealt, , Laak checked, and the player in the cutoff bet 1,500. Laak made the call and the two seen a on the turn. Again Laak check-called a bet, this time for 2,500.
The river brought the , both players checked, and Laak tabled , for a turned set of queens. Disgusted, his opponent mucked, claiming to have had . Laak scooped the pot.
Registration for this event has closed and the prize pool information has been officially released! The event drew a total of 389 entries, amounting to a total prize pool of $1,167,000. The top 40 players will make the money, with a victory over their starting table worth a cash of $7,805. The champion of the event will pocket $254,891 in prize money as well as the gold WSOP bracelet.
It has also been announced that the final 40 players to return for Day 2 will play 10 four-handed tables. The winners from each of those tables will advance to the final day.
We picked up with the action to see Melanie Weisner calling a player's all in bet on a flop of . Weisner showed and was in the lead against her opponent's . Just like that, however, Weisner's opponent made his open-ended straight on the turn with the .
The finished off the community cards and Weisner was forced to ship a majority of her stack across the table. She was left with just 350 in chips and was eliminated from play immediately afterward.
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and Arieh fired out 1,100. his opponent called and the 
hit the felt on the turn. Both players checked and the 
completed the board on the river.
for a pair of queens. Arieh mucked his hand and the pot was pushed toward his opponent. Despite this hit, Arieh is still sitting healthy with about 24,500 in chips.
. Racener was first to act and cut out a bet of 1,000. The next player to act called and Laak dipped into his stack on the button. He came over the top with a raise to 5,300. Racener mucked his cards and the third player followed suit, allowing Laak to rake in the chips. He's now sitting on about 24,000.
on a 
, Laak checked, and the player in the cutoff bet 1,500. Laak made the call and the two seen a 
, for a turned set of queens. Disgusted, his opponent mucked, claiming to have had 
and Julius was sent packing.
and was in the lead against her opponent's 
.
finished off the community cards and Weisner was forced to ship a majority of her stack across the table. She was left with just 350 in chips and was eliminated from play immediately afterward.
