Maria Konnikova raised to 1,600, preflop and both Steven Firestone and Benny Chen called. When the flop was dealt 
, all three players checked. When the dealer flipped the turn 
, Maria regarded her opponents at the table before wagering 700. Benny peeked at his cards and called, before Steven shook his head and tossed in his cards. When the 
was dealt on the river, Maria looked at Benny and bet 3,500. Without hesitation, Benny returned his cards to the dealer
.
With ten minutes to go in our third 60-minute level we are approaching 300 entries (including 16 re-entries). Here are some more photos of this flight’s players.
The field at today’s WPT Main Event Day 1C is proving to be largest of all the stints thus far. There are already 267 entries and late registration is not scheduled to end for another 6 hours and 30 minutes. The total prize pool, so far, is $5,000,000. Here are some photos of the players chasing after a massive payout.
We are already up to 265 entries for the day, the players keep arriving.
Just before the first break (after two 60-minute levels) there was a relatively large hand that took place on table 36. Santiago Plante and Mark Bradley were the ones battling it out, and we joined the action after the flop.
Flop: 
Santiago bet 1,000 utg and was raised to 3,000 by Mark. Santiago called. The turn was a 
, which led to two checks. The river was an 
, and Santiago made a sizable bet for this point in the tournament, 10,000. Without too much hesitation Mark called. Santiago showed his 
for two pair, and Mark mucked. He told us he also had two pair, just not as large.
The loss definitely put a dent in Mark’s stack, but there remains plenty of poker left to play.
There are more than 263 entries in today’s WPT Day 1C stint, and late registration continues throughout Day 1C, so that number will continue to grow all the way until the end of level 8. During a fifteen minute break we did a quick chip count and determined that Sebastien Soares was the chip leader with 87,300. He holds a slight lead over Gerald Karlic whose stack measured 86,000 chips.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Sebastien | Soares | 87,300 |
| Gerald | Karlic | 86,000 |
| James | Douglas | 74,200 |
More and more players a filling the seats, with more than 230 entries so far. It promises to be a huge day at the tables, although we remain in the early goings. That said, every great journey starts with a single step, and so must poker players build their winning stacks slowly over time.
On table 27 we witnessed just that sort of play, with Nikola Isaev and Benjamin Diebold tangling over a tiny pot. Oddly enough, when the cards were eventually flipped at the end of the hand, it looked like both players were slow-playing each other, trying to trap with relatively big hands.
Nikola opened with a small raise of 400 preflop, chasing everyone from the table except the big blind. Benjamin (in the bb) made the call.
Flop: 
It was checked to the turn, which was dealt a . Both players checked again, seeing the river, a 
. Both players checked again, and showed their cards.
Nikola flipped over a pair of jacks (he had made a set on the flop), and Benjamin flipped over a Q010, having made a straight on the turn. Why did no one bet? It shall remain a mystery!
