From under the gun, Max Silver raised to 600. Mohsin Charania called from the small blind, and then Ryan Riess reraised to 2,800 from the big blind. Silver called, and Riess folded.
The flop was , and both players checked to see the land on the turn. Riess bet 2,200, Silver called, and the river was the to pair the board. Riess led for 5,000, and Silver tank-folded.
Then on the next hand, John Racener opened to 600 from the cutoff seat, Riess called from the small blind, and Silver called from the big blind.
On the flop, all three players checked. The turn was the , and Riess led for 800. Silver and Racener folded, giving Riess the pot.
Samuel Bongard opened with an under-the-gun raise only to have Stephen Chidwick three-bet the action to 1,500 from the next seat over. Action folded to Sergio Aido in the big blind and he flatted the three-bet. Bongard opted not to call, but rather to cut out a four-bet to 4,125. Chidwick called and Aido came along for the ride as well.
The trio saw a flop hit the felt. Aido checked to the raiser and Bongard continued out for 5,600. Chidwick called, Aido folded, and the two were left heads up to fourth street. The dealer produced the on the turn and Bongard bet 9,000. Chidwick thought for about a minute before deciding to release his cards. Bongard was awarded the pot and the live satellite winner now sits with about 64,000.
On the paired board, Paul Newey checked, Nick Petrangelo bet 1,200, Christoph Vogelsang called, Brandon Steven called, and then Newey folded.
The completed the board on the river, and all three of the players left active checked to get to the showdown. Petrangelo showed the , and Steven showed the . Vogelsang mucked, allowing Petrangelo and Steven to chop the pot.
We found Scott Seiver and Niall Farrell looking down at a flop of . With a sizable pot of 8,500 already in the middle, Seiver came out firing for 2,600. Farrell called and the fell on the turn. Seiver reached for chips once again, this time moving 6,500 into the table's center.
Farrell thought for a moment before flinging out a call. The hit the river, prompting Seiver to slow with a check. Farrell took this opportunity to bet 15,200. Seiver quickly folded and Farrell took down the pot.
With a little over 4,000 in the pot on the flop, Aaron Jones and Dong Kim checked to see the land on the turn. Again, both players checked, and the river was the . Jones checked, and then Kim bet 2,650. Jones made the call, but couldn't beat the for Kim and mucked his hand.
On the board, Garrett Greer checked the action to Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov. Katchalov bet 1,800, and Greer called. The river was the , and Greer checked. Katchalov checked behind, then mucked when Greer turned up the for top pair, top kicker.
In a pot with 11,150 in the middle on the flop, Vladimir Troyanovskiy led for 5,200 into his opponent, Fedor Holz. Holz made the call, and the turn was the . Both checked, and the river was the . Troyanovskiy checked, and Holz took a bit of time before he fired a bet of 14,500. Troyanovskiy mulled over his decision, but folded in the end, and Holz picked up the pot.
Four players including Connor Drinan, Bryn Kenney, Faraz Jaka, and Matt Salsberg took a flop of . All four players checked to see the fall on the turn.
Drinan led out with a bet of 1,200 and Kenney quickly let his cards go. Jaka called and Salsberg came over the top for 3,900. Drinan thought for a moment before throwing his cards away. Jaka quickly followed suit and Salsberg was awarded the pot.