From early position, Opponent 1 moved all in for just under 4,000. Jason Somerville made the call from late position. Opponent 2 was in the big blind went all in for less.
Somerville:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
The flop came which hit the set of Opponent 2 but gave Somerville a royal flush draw. He could also still catch one of the two remaining Aces while Opponent 1 was drawing to a one-outter for the side pot.
The turn was the which made Somerville his flush. He had to avoid the board pairing on the river to scoop and he did just that when the bricked the river. With the win he eliminates two players and chips up to 32,000.
From middle position, one time chip leader Dylan Wilkerson, raised to 1,300 and the player to his left called. However, the small blind moved in for 3,250 and after a moments thought, Wilkerson isolated the all in player by moving his stack in as well. The third player, who had just slightly less chips than Wilkerson, quickly folded face up to the surprise of the table. Wilkerson sheepishly turned over and was behind the of the all in player.
The flop fell improving Wilkerson's hand. The turn was the and river which officially gave him the pot. However, the table had a good yell when the river fell because it would have given the broadway. Wilkerson got a little lucky that the player folded and is now up to 29,500.
Cherish Andrews opened from under the gun to 1,350 before the player on the button made it 4,200. The blinds folded and Andrews called.
The flop came and Andrews checked to the player in position and he bet 4,000. Andrews thought for a bit and decided to call.
The turn was the and this time Andrews led out for 8,200. Her opponent went deep into the tank. At one point he asked Andrews how much she had, to which she responded, "about 13k more". He counted out the chips in his stack that represented the rest of her chips and found that he would have about 12,000 more. After another minute or two he finally let his hand go.
With the pot, Andrews has now chipped up to 48,000.
We already told you about Mason Hinkle, the little brother of bracelet winners Grant and Blair Hinkle, who played his debut WSOP event today. Unfortunately, all three brothers busted the event already, but another little brother is still around and looking to make Day 2.
Little brother of Di and Hac Dang, two of the most successful online poker players of all time, Au Dang, is in the field today and sitting with around 26,000 chips which is well above average. We'll see if he can make a deep run and maybe take a step towards getting on his big brothers' poker level
Shaun Deeb raised from the button and Anthony Yeh defended his big blind.
The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and Yeh bet 950. Deeb called. The river was the and both players checked again. Yeh tabled and it was good enough to beat the of Deeb.
Yeh is now sitting with 13,000 and Deeb still has 42,000.
which hit the set of Opponent 2 but gave Somerville a royal flush draw. He could also still catch one of the two remaining Aces while Opponent 1 was drawing to a one-outter for the side pot.
which made Somerville his flush. He had to avoid the board pairing on the river to scoop and he did just that when the 
bricked the river. With the win he eliminates two players and chips up to 32,000.
and was behind the 
which officially gave him the pot. However, the table had a good yell when the river fell because it would have given the 
were no help and Phillips hit the rail.
and Andrews checked to the player in position and he bet 4,000. Andrews thought for a bit and decided to call.
to take a huge chunk out of Smith's stack and leave him with 5,500
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and both players checked again. Yeh tabled 
of Deeb.