Jan 10, 2018
Shinobu Tanaka and Jeffrey Cormier recently registered for Day 1a and were immediately involved in the action on neighboring tables.
On the three-way flop of , Ali Reza Fatehi checked and so did Bulent Belek in the cutoff. Jeffrey Cormier bet 2,650 on the button and was the only one to call Fatehi’s check-raise to 7,600.
After the turn, Fatehi moved all in for approximately 17,000 only to see Cormier snap-call with the for a set. Fatehi had two outs, holding the himself, and failed to get there with a blank on the river.
At the same time, Tanaka faced Robert Heidorn and the latter check-called a bet of 3,200 on the turn. Heidorn also checked the river and folded to another bet of Tanaka.
Jeffrey Cormier – 55,000
Shinobu Tanaka – 36,000
Robert Heidorn – 65,000
Bulent Belek – 50,000
Ali Reza Fatehi – Eliminated