Jimmy Fricke stated things off with a raise to 8,000 from middle position. Action then folded to Harold Wasson in the small blind and he reraised to 32,000. In the big blind was Adam Hui and he moved all in, having both players well covered. Fricke folded and Wasson snapped with the . Hui tabled the for two overs and put the two in a massive coin-flip situation for around 360,000 in chips.
The flop came down blank for Hui with the . He was still looking for an ace or a king to come on the turn or river. Hui could also catch some sort of combination of straight cards to give him the wheel, but when the fell on the turn it was just six outs that would do it for him.
The river completed the board with the and missed Hui, keeping Wasson's queens out in front. Wasson scooped the pot and saw his stack shoot up. Hui was left with less than half of what he started with, but he still has a lot of chips.
JJ Liu has more than doubled her stack in the first two levels and now sits behind a comfortable 260,000. She called David Pham's pre-flop raise to 11,500, as did the player in the cutoff. Pham checked a flop of to Liu, who fired 18,000 into the pot. The cutoff folded first before Pham open-folded . Liu obliged by showing the .
Clifford Waite raised from middle position to 9,000 and then action folded to Michael Chow in the small blind. Chow reraised to 47,800 with just 1,000 behind. After a few minutes of tanking, Waite just called.
Chow then checked in the dark before the flop came down . Waite bet 1,000 and Chow called all in.
Waite:
Chow:
The turn brought the and the river the , keeping Chow's eights best and doubling him up. Waite was kicked back to 200,000.
David Williams and Brian England are new arrivals to Table 33 and already they've begun to clash. England raised the cutoff to 9,300 and was called by Williams in the big blind. Williams check-called another 8,500 on a paired flop, . Both players checked the turn. When the river came , Williams checked and called another 12,500, saying that he thought he had been rivered.
"Nope," replied England. "I'm playing the board." He pitched his cards into the muck, allowing Williams to open and collect the pot. Williams is up to about 225,000, while England is down to about 310,000.
Three players were involved on the flop of . Alex Santiago was first up and bet 11,600. Jeremy Heartberg was next to act and he made the call. Chad Brown was the third player involved on the flop and he also called.
The turn brought the and Santiago checked. Heartberg fired a bet of 16,500 and Brown made the call. Santiago also stuck around to see the river.
The river card was the and all three players checked their action. Santiago and Brown mucked after Heartberg tabled the for three aces.
Lance Oliver got half of Steve Billirakis' stack early in the first level of the day. Now he has the rest of it. Oliver opened with a standard raise in front of Billirakis, who jammed all in for about 60,000 with . Oliver called with and the race was on. Billirakis was safe through the turn, , but a river gave Oliver the best hand and ended Billirakis' tournament.
John Kulish has been involved in a lot of pots at Table 42 in the first hour of play. He was at it again, four-betting to 75,000 from the small blind after Steve Billirakis opened with a raise to 7,500 that Duy Tran re-raised on the button to 17,500. Billirakis quickly folded, leaving Tran alone against Kulish with similar-sized stacks of about 160,000. Tran opted to five-bet shove with and was snap-called by Kulish's . Tran flopped top pair, , but never improved. When the stacks were counted down, Kulish had Tran covered by about 5,000 chips.
"I love you man, but it's poker," said Kulish as he wrapped Tran in a bear hug. Tran nodded, smiled weakly, then trudged out of the tournament room. Kulish is up to about 325,000.
On the flop of , Evan Lamprea bet 8,300 and Josh Prager made the call. The third player in the hand folded before the dealer placed the out on the turn. Lamprea checked and Prager also checked.
The river completed the board with the . Lamprea checked and Prager bet a tiny 3,000. Lamprea called, but mucked when Prager turned over the .
. Hui tabled the 
for two overs and put the two in a massive coin-flip situation for around 360,000 in chips.
. He was still looking for an ace or a king to come on the turn or river. Hui could also catch some sort of combination of straight cards to give him the wheel, but when the 
fell on the turn it was just six outs that would do it for him.
and missed Hui, keeping Wasson's queens out in front. Wasson scooped the pot and saw his stack shoot up. Hui was left with less than half of what he started with, but he still has a lot of chips.
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. Liu obliged by showing the 
. Waite bet 1,000 and Chow called all in.
and the river the 
, keeping Chow's eights best and doubling him up. Waite was kicked back to 200,000.
, Williams checked and called another 12,500, saying that he thought he had been rivered.
and collect the pot. Williams is up to about 225,000, while England is down to about 310,000.
. Alex Santiago was first up and bet 11,600. Jeremy Heartberg was next to act and he made the call. Chad Brown was the third player involved on the flop and he also called.
and Santiago checked. Heartberg fired a bet of 16,500 and Brown made the call. Santiago also stuck around to see the river.
and all three players checked their action. Santiago and Brown mucked after Heartberg tabled the 
, but never improved. When the stacks were counted down, Kulish had Tran covered by about 5,000 chips.
. Lamprea checked and Prager bet a tiny 3,000. Lamprea called, but mucked when Prager turned over the 
