Friedman completed to kick things off and got called by just one player at his table. His opponent bet fourth street and Friedman made the call. On fifth street Friedman's opponent bet, Friedman raised, and his opponent called. Friedman bet sixth street with his opponent calling, and on seventh street Friedman called his opponent's bet.
Friedman showed a full house and his opponent mucked. The win was good for 7,500 chips, a nice boost indeed.
Mizrachi completed with Katchalov, Giang and Billirakis choosing to come along for the ride. Billirakis chose to lead out with a bet on fourth street. Giang folded, but Mizrachi and Katchalov called.
On fifth street Billirakis led out with a bet once more and called MIzrachi's raise after Katchalov folded. Mizrachi led out with a bet on sixth street and got a call out of Billirakis.
On seventh street, MIzrachi made one last bet whith Billirakis calling and mucking at the site of Mizrachi's full house.
Players that bought in on time but were late to their seats (or maybe we just missed them on the first pass) include Jen Harman, Chau Giang, David Grey and John Monnette. The "second flight" -- players that registered late -- are getting ready to enter play at the start of Level 2 in just a few minutes. So far we've already spotted Men Nguyen, Chris Amaral, and everyone's favorite Internet golden boy, Tom Dwan.
There are bound to be a few more popping up, but our first notable table of death contains a few people we'd probably choose to avoid it at all possible.
Rodney Pardey
Dan "djk123" Kelly
David Benyamine
Jennifer Harman
Nick Schulman managed to get in a bet or raise on every street en route to taking down a sizable pot here in the early-going. Schulman completed on third street and was called only by the bring-in, Matt Hawrilenko. Schulman bet fourth street and check-raiesd on fifth street. Hawrilenko three-bet fifth street, with Schulman opting just to call.
Schulman still had the betting lead on sixth street and fired another bet. Hawrlienko called. But when Schulman bet the river, Hawrilenko tried a raise. Schulman just called, tabling for a full house, tens full of kings. It was a winner when Hawrilenko mucked.
The players all started off with 30,000 chips but Scotty Nguyen is already up to 35,000 after a nice hand that didn't go to showdown. An opponent completed ahead of Nguyen, whose raise drove everyone else out of the pot. Both players checked fourth street. Nguyen re-took the betting lead with an open pair of queens on fifth street. His opponent called one bet there and another on sixth street before folding to a final river bet.
If out previous list of notable players wasn't enough to impress you, perhaps these additional names will.
Cyndy Violette
Shawn Buchanan
Matt Glantz
Ylon Schwartz
Greg Mueller
Doyle Brunson
Chad Brown
Huck Seed
Nikolay Evdakov
Brett Richey
Bill Chen
Yuval Bronshtein
Hasan Habib
Mel Judah
Ted Forrest
Dan Shak
Brandon Adams
Amnon Filippi
Bernard Lee
Michael Mizrachi
Eugene Katchalov
Greg Raymer
"Miami" John Certuno
Chau Gang
Jennifer Harman
Chris Amaral
Here are just a few of the players who plunked down $10,000 to take part in today's event.
Nick Frangos
John D'Agostino
David Benyamine
John Racener
Ralph Perry
Jeff Lisandro
Scotty Nguyen
Dan Kelly
Barry Greenstein
Andy Black
Perry Friedman
Alex Kravchenko
Daniel Negreanu
Allen Kessler
Erick Lindgren
Scott Clements
Sorel Mizzi
Justin Smith
Steve Billirakis
Sirous Jamshidi
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for a full house, tens full of kings. It was a winner when Hawrilenko mucked.
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