Peter Wigglesworth called a raise to 300 from early position and then the 1,200 squeeze from Ben martin in the cutoff. The initial raiser folded to leave it heads-up to the flop, a flop that both players checked.
Wigglesworth check-called a 1,500 bet on the turn and the a 3,500 bet on the river. We don't know what Wigglesworth held because he mucked when Martin revealed the .
Tom Kugelstadt opened to 400 from middle position and was called in the first instance by Basharat "Bash" Mahmood (a DTD regular) and then Mark Payne in the big blind.
Payne checked the flop, Kugelstadt continued with a 1,000 bet and only Mahmood called. The saw Kugelstadt lead for 1,000 again and then call a raise to 2,625 from Mahmood.
On the river Kugelstadt checked, Mahmood bet 3,075 and Kugelstadt looked him up with the and was goo because Mahmood mucked.
From middle position, Jonny Chapman raised to 400 and was called by Vahid Amirzahiri on the button. Chapman led for 500 and was called.
Chapman then checked the turn and called when Amirzahiri made it 1,150 to go. The river saw similar action with the main difference being Amirzahiri making it 5,025 to see a showdown.
Peter Wigglesworth informed us that Chris Gordon has bust an in dramatic style, his ace-king losing out to another ace-king when the board four-flushed.
While Gordon can reenter, he has to wait until Wednesday's Day 2 in order to do so.
The Main Event has a father and son duo competing for the title in Ben Jackson and his father, Paul. They are seated on tables that are next to each other and are both in Seat 9.
Paul is, of course, famous for that hand with Phil Ivey where both bluff and re-bluffed each other with complete air in the Monte Carlo Millions.
Eirimas Livonas is known for his trademark aggression and that aggression paid off in a hand with Mohammed Abdullah.
Livonas opened to 500 from early position and was called by Abdullah on the button and Craig McCorkell in the big blind. McCorkell checked on the flop, Livonas continued with a 400 bet and only Abdullah called. The turn was the and both players checked, before Livonas led for 1,000 on the and prompted a fold from his now sole opponent who flashed .
On a board reading , Mark Wagstaff bet 1,800 from the big blind and Stephen Ayres was pondering his options, and boy did he ponder. Three minutes passed by before he raised to 4,500 and Wagstaff called.
Wagstaff then checked the river and Ayres went into the tank again. After two minutes he asked the dealer to spread the pot, which he did, and Ayres sat considering his move for an addition minute or so, whcih made Wagstaff laugh. Eventually, Ayres reached for chips, but didn't need to because Wagstaff mucked before Ayres had even bet.