Henrik Hecklen moved all in from the button for his short stack, which had previously been cut down by a couple of losing hands. He was called by the big blind, Nick Petrangelo.
Hecklen had the while Petrangelo had the .
The board ran out with no drama as it came and Hecklen was eliminated.
With a total of 62 entries over the course of two days, the players will be fighting for a share of the nearly $6 million prizepool. There will be 10 places paid with a min-cash being worth $162,623 while the winner will be taking home $1,897,363 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
Seth Davies opened to 120,000 in early position and Nick Petrangelo three-bet to 350,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Davies who shipped all in for 850,000. Petrangelo looked back at his cards and then made the call.
Seth Davies:
Nick Petrangelo:
They were off to the races and Petrangelo took the lead on the flop. The on the turn left Davies drawing to just two outs and the on the river was not one of them.
There was a large pot of 950,00 in play as the board read . From early position, Gregory Jensen bet 600,000 which sent Taylor von Kriegenbergh, who was under the gun, into the tank for the big decision.
After more than two minutes ticked away, he folded to cede the pot to his immediate left.
Mikita Badziakouski opened to 100,000 in the hijack at the previous level and Nick Petrangelo three-bet to 380,000 from the big blind. Badziakouski called and the flop came .
Petrangelo led out with a bet of 240,000 and Badziakouski just called. The turn was the and Petrangelo check-called a bet of 300,000 from Badziakouski. The river was the and Petrangelo checked again.
Badziakouski pushed out a bet of 480,000, leaving himself with just 25,000 behind. Petrangelo burned through three of his time banks on the river alone before finally calling. Badziakouski tabled for a set of nines and Petrangelo mucked.
On the next hand, Petrangelo pushed all in from the small blind with and Andrew Robl called from the big blind with . The board ran out for Petrangelo to make a flush and eliminate Robl.
Action was on the river with the board reading three to a royal flush, . Masashi Oya was in the big blind and bet 335,000 into a pot of about 380,000. Henrik Hecklen was under the gun and had the decision in his hands.
Hecklen took a time extension and thought it out before calling after a minute.
Oya tabled the for two-pair as Hecklen mucked to send Oya some more chips as he continues his form from yesterday.
Talal Shakerchi opened to 100,000 in the cutoff and Brek Schutten moved all in for 725,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Shakerchi slammed in the chips to call.
Brek Schutten:
Talal Shakerchi:
The flop came and Schutten remained in the lead with his pair of nines. However, the on the turn paired Shakerchi and the on the river sent Schutten out the door.
The flop read with a pot of 275,000 in the middle. From the big blind, Dan Smith checked, Ben Heath bet 70,000 from under the gun. Smith then raised to 235,000. Heath put in the call.
The turn was the . Smith took multiple time banks before betting 280,000. Heath called again.
The river came the . Smith used another time extension before betting 745,000, leaving himself only 5,000 behind. Heath thought for over a minute before he folded to send Smith the meaty pot.