Yang Zhou opened to 1,000 from middle position and Richard Mckay called from the button.
The J♦2♣10♣ flop prompted Zhou to check-call a 1,000 bet by Mckay and the pair were taken to the 7♦ turn.
Zhou checked again and Mckay bet 2,600. Zhou made another call to see the 3♠ river.
Both checked to showdown and Mckay turned over his A♠J♠ for ace high, which was enough to see Zhou muck her cards.
Doug Polk is having quite a Main Event already.
After losing half his stack and then doubling up with a set of fours, Polk explained he was on the wrong end of a set-over-set cooler to lose back the majority of his stack.
In a more recent hand, Jimmy D'Ambrosio limped from under the gun and Dean Murphy raised to 1,000 from middle position. Polk called from the small blind, Dean Digiacomo called from the big blind, and D'Ambrosio called as well for a four-way pot.
Action checked through on the 8♣6♦10♦ flop and then Polk led out for 2,100 on the 10♣ turn. Digiacomo and D'Ambrosio called, but Murphy folded.
The 8♥ double-paired the board on the end and Polk sized up for 5,000. Neither Digiacomo or D'Ambrosio wanted anything to do with it and folded — conceding the pot to Polk.
Picking up the action with roughly 15,000 already in the middle, Michael Monroig checked from the small blind on a 4♠2♦J♥3♠ board. Rajiv Khanna put a bet of 6,100 into the pot from middle position, which saw Monroig check-raise to 14,000, and Khanna called.
The K♦ river completed the board, and Monroig bet 21,000. Khanna gave it serious consideration, but ultimately chose to surrender as he folded his hand.
Arriving on the 7♠7♣4♠6♠A♦ in a 12,500 pot, Darren Elias checked in middle position to Champie Douglas on the button. Douglas bet 6,000, and Elias quickly called.
Douglas revealed A♥J♣ for a rivered two pair, but Elias had the higher kicker with A♣Q♣ to rake in the sizable pot.
Over at other tables, Martin Kabrhel and Thomas Boivin had also added over 50 big blinds to their stacks during the early proceedings.
Garett Maybery bet 1,600 from early position on a flop of 3♣10♣J♥ and Matthew Brown raised to 4,500 in the hijack. Tetsuma Ishizu then raised to 11,000 under the gun, and only Maybery called.
The turn was the 5♦ and Ishizu bet 16,000. Maybery then moved all in, and Ishizu snap-called for 52,000.
Maybery showed 3♦3♠ for a set, but Ishizu had 10♥10♠ for a set of tens. Ishizu was poised to take the massive pot and double up until the 3♥ fell on the river, giving Maybery quads and the knockout. Ishizu shot back in his seat in disbelief before getting up and exchanging a fist bump with Maybery as he headed to the rail.
Heads-up on a board of 5♣8♦Q♦J♦2♣ with 5,000 in the pot, Francisco Benitez in the big blind bet 4,000, but Terrence Jacobs on the button raised to 20,000.
Benitez went deep into the tank, but after a long moment, he folded. Francisco Benitez was allowed to reveal one of Jacobs' cards and he flipped over the 5♠.
There were roughly 12,000 chips in the pot on 6♣3♣4♦A♥.
Jeremy Kerbel in the small blind bet 4,200, and Jesse Tinsley who was under the gun made the call.
Action slowed down on the 7♥ river, and Tinsley showed the winner with A♠K♠.
Micha Fettman limped in under the gun, and, one seat to his left, Christopher Pansini raised to 600. Next to act, Ryoya Sumie three-bet to 2,000. The action folded back to Fettman, who back-raised, four-betting to 6,000. Pansini folded, but Sumie called.
Fettman immediately continued with another 6,000 bet on a 5♥A♦K♠ flop, and Sumie wasted no time in folding.
It's happened again. Four straight days of immediate Day 1 eliminations — 300 blinds deep — in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event, but this one was different.
Day 1d, which began at 11 a.m. PT on Sunday, had over 2,700 players registered when the UFC's "Suga" Sean O'Malley announced "shuffle up and deal." One of those players — Patrick Lander — was gone less than a half hour after the first hand was dealt, with six-high.
Zhengshan Hao opened to 400 from under the gun, and Erick Diaz three-bet to 1,500 from the hijack. Hao called, and the pair went heads-up to the flop.
The 7♠10♦9♣ was fanned, and Hao check-called a 1,500 bet by Diaz to see the 8♦ turn.
Both made quick checks to see the 3♦ river, and Hao bet out 7,200. Diaz took some time to consider his options before throwing his hand into the muck.
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