Alejandro Lococo opened to 700 in the hijack and Jorge Postigo made the call on the button.
The dealer fanned a flop of J?10?6? and Lococo check-called a bet of 1,200.
The 10? paired the board on the turn and Lococo check-called another bet of 4,000 from Postigo.
When the 4? completed the board on the river, Lococo checked for a final time. Postigo jammed for 15,400, putting Lococo in the tank. After about a minute and a half, he made the call.
Postigo instantly rolled over 6?6?, flopping a set of sixes and making a full house and Lococo tabled K?J? as he paid the bet.
Action went four-ways to a flop of 2?9?5? with 2,700 in the middle. Both the players in the blinds checked, the under-the-gun player checked, and Nicholas Rigby bet 3,000 in middle position.
Rigby's bet resulted in three folds and the small pot being pushed his way.
The player in the cutoff raised to 800 and Ari Engel three-bet to 4,000 from the big blind. The cutoff made the call.
The flop came 8?J?10?, Engel continued for 3,200 and the cutoff called, bringing the 10? turn. Engel slowed down with a check and the cutoff bet 5,900. Engel called.
On the 8? river, Engel checked again, and the cutoff moved all in. Engel asked for a count and the dealer confirmed a bet of 31,400.
Engel, who had about 34,000 behind, was clearly faced with a tough decision and went into the tank.
"I was not expecting to be in this spot," said Engel before eventually making the call and tabling Q?8? for a full house. The cutoff turned over Q?J? for two pair, and was eliminated from the tournament.
Pierpaolo Lamanna sat on the button when he bet 8,200 on a turn of 2?7?Q?Q?. His opponent was in early position and check-called.
The 3? river saw his opponent check again before Lamanna fired all in for 35,000.
"Quads are good, I fold," stated his opponent as she tabled KxKx. Lamanna showed 5?4? for five-high, packed his bag, stood up, and started to walk away.
Only after he was notified by the table that his opponent had in fact folded, he returned with a big smile on his face, ready to continue his Main Event.
Jonathan Bowers check-called a bet of 5,500 on the K?J?9?6?6? river while in the small blind and his table neighbor Stefan Bittger on the button revealed the A?A? to win the pot.
One hand later, Bowers three-bet to 2,000 and the initial raiser called. On the J?4?4? flop, Bowers bet 1,500 when checked to and received a call as the same procedure repeated on the 2? turn for 5,000. Both then checked the J? river and Bowers won the pot with A?A? versus 5?5?.
Thomas Taylor and John Theisen both put 1,500 in the middle to see the 10?8?2? flop and Taylor check-called a bet of 1,400.
The 7? turn was checked through, and the 5? landed on the river. Taylor fired 6,000 across the line and Theisen took no time to drop a chip into the center to make the call.
Taylor rolled over A?J? for ace-high and Theisen took down the pot with K?K?.
Today, the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas will be filled to the brim as Day 1d of Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event No-Limit Hold'em World Championship, begins at noon local time. The final starting flight of the Main Event has historically been by far the biggest and the expectation is it will be no different for the 2024 World Series Of Poker.
The first three flights saw a combined entry count of 4,264, of which 3,143 progressed to Day 2abc on July 7. The survivors of Day 1d will bag up for their own Day 2, Day 2d on July 8. So far, the numbers are about 1,000 players behind a record-breaking pace, but with a surge in registration on Day 1d and the first two levels of the two Day 2s, where late registration is still open, the 10,000-player mark may still be crossed.
If today's entries want to crown themselves overall chipleader, they will have to surpass Robert Pardo, who bagged up a massive pile of 441,000 chips at the end of Day 1c. Pardo is the only player so far who managed to cross seven starting stacks as he will be looking for the Main Event cash of his career. Pardo is followed by Zyad Qasem, who accumulated 390,300 chips on the penultimate starting flight of poker's flagship event and has his eyes on consecutive Main Event cashes.
Meanwhile, Day 1b leader George Dolofan and Day 1a chipleader Joshua Feiger ended their flights with 314,000 and 311,900 chips, respectively. Other big names who bagged big include Frank Funaro (265,000), Alexandru Papazian (235,000), Naoya Kihara (228,300), Pedro Bromfman (224,600), and $25K Fantasy pick Arthur Morris (221,800).
Arthur Morris
No less than 14 Main Event champions made it through their selected starting flights thus far, with only 2004 World Champion Greg Raymer failing to find a bag. Many more faces displayed on the winners' banners inside the Horseshoe Event Center are expected to show up today as they work their way through the five 120-minute levels on the schedule.
The players will start with 60,000 chips in Level 1, blinds 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. After every level, there will be a 20-minute break, with an extended 75-minute dinner break after Level 3. Late registration will remain open throughout the whole day and, as always with the prestigious WSOP Main Event, players are allowed only one entry in total.
Day 1d Schedule
Level
Start
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
Big Blind Ante
1
12:00 p.m.
120 minutes
100
200
200
2:00 p.m.
20-minute break
2
2:20 p.m.
120 minutes
200
300
300
4:20 p.m.
20-minute break
3
4:40 p.m.
120 minutes
200
400
400
6:40 p.m.
75-minute break
4
7:55 p.m.
120 minutes
300
500
500
9:55 p.m.
20-minute break
5
10:15 p.m.
120 minutes
300
600
600
Day 1d promises to be a big one, so stay tuned as PokerNews will provide updates on your favorite players throughout the entire day, straight from the tournament floor.
