After the player in the cutoff seat raised to 1,200, Martin Jacobson reraised to 4,200 from the small blind. A woman in the big blind then reraised to 10,500, and action folded back to Jacobson. He thought for a bit, then moved all in. With about 17,000 behind, the lady called with the to put herself at risk. Jacobson had the .
The flop came down , and Jacobson stayed in the lead. The turn was the and gave Jacobson a straight, leaving the woman needing one of the remaining two tens in the deck to stay alive.
The river card paired the board with the , and Jacobson had made a full house to win the pot. He moved up over 160,000 as there remained about 35 minutes left in the day.
Ben Jackson had spent most of Day 1a nursing a short stack and it looked set to be a miserable first WSOP Main Event experience for the young pro. But, and it's a big but, he's now smiling from ear-to-ear after not only clawing his way back to the starting stack size, but doubling that starting stack to be sat with 60,000 chips.
We saw Jackson, in the big blind, all-in on a board and waiting for the player on the button to call. The button eventually called and showed and as soon as he saw the in Jackson's hand he stood from the table ready to leave.
The dealer placed the on the river to bust the player on the button and to see Jackson's stack swell to 60,000.
Following a raise, Layne Flack three-bet the hijack to 3,600 only to have the original raiser make it 8,000 to go. Flack made the call as the dealer fanned a flop with the original raiser betting out 8,000.
Flack went into the tank for close to two minutes before announcing all in for a total of 25,800 to now put his opponent into the tank before he reluctantly folded.
A massive hand went down a few moments ago involving Dario Sammartino and Craig Varnell.
We joined the hand where Varnell was on the button with 2,375 chips in front of him and Sammartino in the small blind having made it 6,500 to continue. Varnell then put in an additional raise to 18,375 and after a minute or so Sammartino moved all-in, covering Varnell.
"Show me, one time?" asked Varnell, but Sammartino made a gesture that suggested maybe he would or maybe he wouldn't.
Varnell looked genuinely pained in his decision making; calling and losing would see him bust on Day 1, while folding would see him preserve 17,000 chips.
He eventually opted for a fold and was shown .
"I know I was priced in, but what can you do there?" said Varnell, who claimed to have held pocket queens.
Gabriel Nassif has been building his stack up but he gave a little back in a recent pot.
Nassif had position on the preflop aggressor and they saw a heads up flop of . Nassif called a bet of 1,400 and they went to the turn . Nassif called another bet, 2,500 this time and saw the river card . A bet of 5,000 from his opponent who had 17,000 behind finally persuaded Nassif to fold.
Nachman Berlin has just been knocked out from the Main Event by Guohui Xu. On a board it was Berlin who checked to his opponent who bet 3,900. There was about 15,000 already in the pot and Berlin moved all in for about 23,850 chips.
Xu went into the tank for about four minutes and while it seemed like he was close to folding at times he eventually made the call.
Berlin showed but it was Xu's who took this big pot down.
to put herself at risk. Jacobson had the 
.
, and Jacobson stayed in the lead. The turn was the 
and gave Jacobson a straight, leaving the woman needing one of the remaining two tens in the deck to stay alive.
, and Jacobson had made a full house to win the pot. He moved up over 160,000 as there remained about 35 minutes left in the day.
and as soon as he saw the 
in Jackson's hand he stood from the table ready to leave.
on the river to bust the player on the button and to see Jackson's stack swell to 60,000.
flop with the original raiser betting out 8,000.
, Monnette led out for 3,850, and Jacobson raised to 8,600. Monnette tanked for a bit, then folded.
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. Nassif called a bet of 1,400 and they went to the turn 
. Nassif called another bet, 2,500 this time and saw the river card 
board it was Berlin who checked to his opponent who bet 3,900. There was about 15,000 already in the pot and Berlin moved all in for about 23,850 chips.
but it was Xu's 
for just ace-high, and Gorr tabled his 
