Mandeep Chahal led out from late position and was the only caller when one opponent three-bet preflop. He then called a 5,000-chip bet on the flop.
The turn brought the and Chahal's opponent shipped it in. Chahal called instantly with having cracked his opponent's . The river brought no joy for the aces and Chahal doubled up into a spot among the leaders.
Robert Lucas has moved to the top of the early leader board after cracking one opponent's aces.
He called all in on the turn of a king-high board holding against one heads-up opponent on . Lucas was headed for the exits before a jack came on the river to give him two pair, the knock out and the chip lead.