Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu raised to 770 from the middle position and was called by Pete Chen on the button. Michael "YesPlease" Clacher three-bet to 3,244 from the small blind for both Liu and Chen to make the call.
The flop came , Clacher continued with a bet of 3,835 for Liu to fold. Chen raised it up to 10,771 which Clacher called.
The turn was the p9c], Clacher bet 9,849 which Chen called.
The river completed the board with the and Clacher shoved with the bigger stack. Chen called for the 20,923 he had behind. Clacher tabled pqsqc[ for Chen to double up with for two pair.
Jeremy "AlwaysGTO" Wien raised to 804 from the cutoff and Alex "PazAmor" Gelinski three-bet to 2,695 from the button. The action folded back to Wien who made the call.
The flop came , Wien bet 3,220 and was called by Gelinski.
The turn was the and Wien took a few seconds before betting 5,250 and was called again.
The river completed the board with the and Wien fired 16,450 into the pot. Gelinski called with ] to see him win the pot as Wien held .
Guntis "UFCsDanaWit" Aleskins raised to 575 from the hijack and Mike Watson three-bet to 1,900 from the button for the blinds to fold and Aleskins to call.
The flop came , Aleskins check-called the 1,125 bet of Watson.
The turn was the and Asleskins checked again. This time, Watson continued with a bet of 6,665 and was called.
The river completed the board with the and Aleskins checked for the last time. Watson fired a bet of 14,997 over the line. Aleskins took some time and then made the call with for Watson to claim the pot with with the higher pocket pair.
Mohit "deadman1100" Kumar raised to 500 from under the gun and Mario "St@edtLer" Navarro three-bet to 1,625 from the middle position. George Wolff called from the cutoff and so did Kumar.
The flop came , Kumar bet 3,500 which only Navarro called.
The turn was the and Kumar bet 9,000 and was called again.
The river completed the board with the , Kumar shoved with the bigger stack for Navarro to make the call for the 34,972 he had behind with for the set of eights to double up as Kumar held for the pair of eights. Kumar lost the remainder of his stack shortly after.
Manfred "MissGranger" Hermann raised to 625 from the button and Ravali "Resurge-" Krishna three-bet to 2,000 from the small blind. Thomas Cazayous folded his big blind and Hermann made the call.
Krishna check-called the 2,230 continuation-bet of Hermann on the flop.
The turn was the , Krishna checked again and then called the 4,460 bet of Hermann.
The river completed the board with the and Krishna checked for the last time. Hermann barreled a bet of 13,380 into the pot for Krishna to shove for 41,000 which Hermann called with the slightly bigger stack. Krishna tabled for the straight but Hermann held for the higher straight and the first elimination of the day to his name.
At 6 p.m. UTC, it will be time for another event on the GGPoker WSOP Online Events schedule with Event #59: $2,500 Double Stack NLHE kicking off the race to another WSOP bracelet. With familiar names like Daniel Dvoress, Kristen Bicknell, Paul Teoh, Yuri Dzivielevski, Roberto Romanello, and Juha Helppi already claiming a bracelet over the past weeks, many more well-known players will be back today to try and win one too.
Alek Stasiak has won two already during this year's series and thus became the first-ever player to win two online bracelets in history. Will he be back to make it three? Some of the GGnetwork representatives like Pete Chen, Thai Ha, Daniel Negreanu, Dan Almeida, and Henri Buehler will be playing too to see if they can take it down.
But there are many other notable players who have registered before the start of the day: Antoine Saout, Shawn Buchanan, Dominik Nitsche, Martin Zamani, Manig Loeser, and Ranno Sootla for example.
When the players jump into the tournament, they will get 50,000 chips in their starting stack and play 15-minute levels until the final table. The blinds will then go up after a certain amount of hands have been played. Late registration is possible for the first three hours and 30 minutes with players having the possibility to reenter twice during that period. A 6-minute break will take place every hour at 55 minutes past the hour.
At the end of the day, the winner will walk away with the lion share of the prize pool, a shiny bracelet, and a WSOP Europe package. And PokerNews will be there from the start until a new champion has been found, so make sure to follow along with the action right here.