Aytunc Tezay and Martin Gudvangen weren't mucking around - in fact, we only managed to catch the last hand of the second leg between them which saw Tezay hit the rail.
Tezay moved all for the last of his short stack preflop with , but Gudvangen woke up with .
The board was spread and that was it! 2-0 to Gudvangen and he is the first to make it through to Day 2!
Just as Daniel Smith had shook hands with John Tabatabai, his opponent in the quarter finals was decided.
George Moussa moved the last of his money into the middle with , but ran into Barry Woods' .
Both hit two pair on the board of , but Moussa's sixes over fours were no good against Wood's sixes over fives. Woods wins in straight sets and will now face Smith.
Sam Vakili and Ralph Burd have been going at their Round 2 match for over two hours, and it looked as though we could have had a result after Vakili got his money into the middle with , but he found himself up against .
The board was spread ; Burd doubled up to make it even-stevens ... and the game is still tied at 0-0.
It's been a long, hard battle between Eugene Katchalov and Andrew Lichtenberger, but Lichtenberger has taken first honours in the space of three hands.
Katchalov moved all in with and Lichtenberger called with . The board ran out which was good enough for Katchalov to make the stacks even.
Katchalov was then crippled in the second hand after moving in with against Lichtenberger's .
Lichtenberger managed to catch trips on the board of , then sealed the deal a short time later when he hit a queen with against Katchalov's .
The money was all in on a flop that read between Vanessa Selbst and Kyle Cheong in their second match and we caught the action as the cards were tabled:
Cheong:
Selbst:
Cheong kept the lead when the fell on the turn, but Selbst struck gold with the river and sent Cheong out in straight sets.
Selbst is now waiting to play either Sam Vakili or Ralph Burd in the quarter finals.