With the final board reading 
and around 12,000 in the middle, Amit Makhija checked to David Peters. Peters tossed out a bet of 10,200. Makhija went into the tank for a bit and then commented how he had a really big hand. After another minute or so, Makhija commented about how he was going to make a really big laydown and tossed his hand into the muck. Peters won the pot.
When we arrived at the table, Vanessa Rousso had 600 in front of here from the cutoff seat and Adam Levy had three-bet to 2,800 from the small blind. Looking at the pot, there was 800 in the middle, which led up to believe that someone else had raised to 600 to start off the action, Rousso flatted, Levy three-bet and then the big blind and original raiser folded.
Action was back to Rousso and she tanked for a bit. Finally, she fired in a reraise to 6,500. It was now Levy's turn to tank and he thought for a bit before eventually giving it up.
Here are some late arrivals from the tournament room upstairs. After break, we'll check out the downstairs Key West room and give you a peek of who's in there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Although we missed the action on the hand, Joe Tehan has doubled up to 24,000 after getting down to 12,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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24,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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Here's a look at two new tables in the room.
| Seat | Player |
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| 1 | Frank Kassela |
| 2 | Marco Johnson |
| 3 | Noah Schwartz |
| 4 | Bryn Kenney |
| 5 | Scott Seiver |
| 6 | Sorel Mizzi |
| 1 | David "Bakes" Baker |
| 2 | Scott Clements |
| 3 | Shawn Buchanan |
| 4 | Chris Moorman |
| 5 | Brian Rast |
| 6 | Michael Martin |
Allen Bari fired 800 on the 
board with 1,800 chips in the pot. He was up against McLean Karr and he made the call in position on Bari.
The river completed the board with the 
and now with 3,400 in the pot, Bari fired an overbet worth 6,400. Karr took little time in asking the dealer to spread the pot. The dealer did so and then Karr took a minute to think things over. Everyone else at the table looked especially intrigued by the overbet by Bari, as they all began to pay very close attention, awaiting a possible showdown.
Karr wound up making the call and Bari tabled the 
. Karr showed the 
and the two players chopped up the pot, both making aces up on the river.
On the 
flop, recent 2011 World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Allen Bari checked to James Van Alstyne. Van Alstyne bet 800 and Bari made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked before the 
completed the board on the river. Bari led with a bet of 1,200 and Van Alstyne called.
Bari showed the 
for queens full of aces. Van Alstyne held the for the same full house and the two chopped up the pot.
John Hennigan showed up at his seat, or what he thought was his seat, but saw someone already there. When he looked, Phil Laak was actually in his seat. Tournament Director Matt Savage has been busy so far in the early goings and came over to settle the issue. He requested to see Laak's receipt from his tournament buy-in, which would have his original seat and table on it. Laak dug around for a bit and then finally found the receipt. His original seat was at the same table, but in the six hole, not the four. Laak mentioned that he must have been confused, thinking it was a nine-handed table instead of a six-handed one. His stack was switched with that of the empty six seat and Hennigan took his appropriate seat. Laak is now in the correct seat in the six hole.
The board reads 94 players here in the early goings on this Epic Poker League Main Event #1. There's still plenty of time to register as the cage will be open to the players through Level 5.
We picked up the action on the 
flop where action was between Joe Tehan and Sam Stein. Tehan fired 2,500 after Stein checked the flop. Stein made the call and that brought the two players to the 
turn. Stein checked again and Tehan didn't slow down. This time he fired 4,200. Stein put in a check-raise to 12,800 and Tehan made the call.
Fifth street was the 
and Stein led for 27,400. That was approximately two-thirds of what Tehan had left and Tehan made the call. Stein tabled the for a turned straight to the king and Tehan mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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114,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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13,000
-37,000
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