After a flop of , Celina Lin bet 2,500 from the button into a pot of 5,500 and her opponent folded.
One hand later, Geoffrey Mooney opened to 1,500 and Lin called before Alberto Gomez three-bet to 5,500 from the button. Mooney called and Lin came over the top with a four-bet to 26,800. Both opponents mucked their cards.
On the same table is also Devan Tang seated now as well
In the first level still, a second player (Chang He) had to purchase another bullet worth 100,000 chips and the field has since increased to 35 entries. Late registration as well as rebuys are available until the end of level six, so expect plenty of action early on.
The tournament director announced the payout based on the number of unique entries and also updated everyone about the current important numbers: 38 players are already seated whereas another 10 will come from the Satellite that is still underway.
Unfortunately it remains unclear who the player was that busted first and he also mucked his cards after being unable to beat the set of fives from Steve O'Dwyer. The Irish-American had flopped middle set and kept betting on a board to receive a fresh boost to his stack.
Jack Hu is on the second bullet after busting very early in level 1 and now claims almost double the starting stack.
The action is quite aggressive to say the least and the next all in showdown took place, though without call. Jordan Kaplan had bet 15,000 into a pot of 37,000 on a board of and the player to his immediate right shoved for 49,200. Kaplan was somewhat tempted but his cards found their way into the muck.
JP Kelly just registered and took his seat on the table of Jordan Kaplan whereas Chane Kampanatsanyakorn was in for about half an hour already but has just been spotted. The Thai three-bet an open raise from 2,000 to 7,000 and his opponent quickly mucked. Scott Davies joked that "people fold to pros more often" and entertained the table.
The players don't need to have starting stack or less to purchase a rebuy stack of 100,000 chips, it can be at any time in the first six levels up to a maximum of two extra bullets. Shunu Zang just did so and thus regained the lead with almost three times the starting stack.
After plenty of preflop and flop action, Geoffrey Mooney and Alberto Gomez ended up checking down the turn and river of a board. Mooney showed his and that won the pot, though both players are below starting stack whereas PokerStars Team Pro Celina Lin is up in between them.
, Celina Lin bet 2,500 from the button into a pot of 5,500 and her opponent folded.
board to receive a fresh boost to his stack.
board. Mooney showed his 
and that won the pot, though both players are below starting stack whereas PokerStars Team Pro Celina Lin is up in between them.
