Registration has closed which means the re-entry period has ended for this event. There were a total of 652 entries including 564 re-buys with 337 players remaining.
The remaining field will be playing for an Online WSOP.com bracelet and $139,470 for first place. The total prize pool is $656,640 with 99 places being paid.
Action folded to 'pocketpours' on the button who raised to 2,800, 'kjunia' re-raised from the small blind to 9,200. The big blind folded and 'pocketpours' called.
The flop came and 'kjunia' continued with a led of 4,800 and 'pocketpours' called. The turn was the which 'kjunia' bet the whole pot of 28,800 and 'pocketpours' called off the rest of his 22,600 stack.
'kjunia':
'pocketpours':
The river was the giving no help to 'pocketpours' and having to re-enter.
The hand begins with 'DNegs' opening the button to 2,450 and 'Joeblow97' re-raising to 8,050. The big blind folds and 'DNegs' makes the call. The flop was and 'Joeblow97' bet the whole pot which 'DNegs' called off his remaining 8,832.
'Joeblow97':
'DNegs':
'DNegs' was leading on the flop with two pair aces and sixes but unfortunately for him the board ran out on the turn and on the river giving 'Joeblow97' the Broadway straight to send 'Dnegs' back to the cashier.
Action began with 'stdandzooted' raising to 1,895, '300relax' called from the cut-off and 'onlineorgy' raised to 8180 from the small-blind. 'stdandzooted' got out of the way before '300relax' made the call.
Heads up on the flop of , 'onlineorgy' shoved all-in for his remaining 9370 and '300relax' called quickly.
'300relax':
'onlineorgy':
The turn was the giving '300relax' a straight leaving 'onlineorgy' needing to pair the board to survive. The river was the not helping 'onlineorgy' and he quickly rebought back into the tournament
Action began with 'migdave' opening under-the-gun to 1,200 and 'Iamthatguy86' Immediately to his left shoved all in for 2,126. Everyone else folded back to 'migdave' who called.
'migdave':
'Iamthatguy86':
The board ran out giving 'migdave' two pair threes and eights eliminating 'Iamthatguy86' from the tournament
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