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Facing a raise from early position to 150, Andre Akkari made the call from the button as did the small blind.
The flop fell 
and Akkari called a 300-chip bet before the turn and river was checked down to see Akkari table his winning 
.
Clark Hamagami found himself all in preflop holding 
, but was unfortunately up against the same hand with 
.
The board ran out 
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to see both players survive.
On a flop of 
we found Josh Arieh check-calling a 225-chip bet from the big blind against two opponents.
The turn landed the 
and the action was checked round to see the fall on the river and Arieh fireout a bet of 350.
Only one of Arieh's opponents would make the call, but would muck at the sight of Arieh's 
.
Jason Potter opened to 250 from under the gun and a player called from late position. The blinds released and the flop fell 
. Potter continued for 250 and his opponent called.
Both players checked the 
on the turn and after the rivered Potter led for 650. His opponent called tabling 
and Potter mucked his hand.
The hand drops potter to 6,350 chips.
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier took his seat in today's tournament and bumped it up straight from the button to 125.
His opponent in the small blind tossed a 425-chip three-bet and Grospellier folded.
Nice welcome for the French poker star!
After some heavy preflop action a flop of 
fell down with Stephen Cellucci firing out a small bet of 1,000 into an already sizeable pot.
His opponent in the big blind quickly check-raised all in with Cellucci instantly making the call.
Cellucci: 
Opponent:
The turn and river blanked out with the and 
to see Cellucci take the probable chip lead with around 19,000 in chips.
Amit Makhija, Faraz Jaka, Jared Hamby, Carter King, Layne Flack, Lauren Kling, John Duthie, Erik Seidel, Humberto Brenes, Dutch Boyd, Shawn Buchanan, Gavin Griffin, Scott Seiver, Carter Phillips, Chris Moorman and Allen Cunningham are just a few that have recently taken their seats.
With the Pavilion Room being split up into two sections, here are the first round of notables.
Josh Arieh, Nikolay Evdakov, Justin Bonomo, Neil Channing, Barry Greenstein, Antonio Esfandiari, Barny Boatman, recent bracelet winners Michael Mizrachi and Simon Watt have taken their seats in the tournament.
For those of the online fame, so far Jordan Morgan, Kevin Saul, James Mackey, David Benefields, Eddy Sabat, Jay Rosenkrantz, Jeff Williams, Hevad Khan, Shannon Shorr, Jason Potter and Justin Young have all been spotted.
Right off the bat we can spot Dan "djk123" Kelly, Jason Potter, Barny Boatman, Shannon Shorr, Jack "Doctor Fun" Powell, Justin Young and Eugene Todd...bro.
Just like in the previous six-handed events at the World Series, many tables have begun play short-handed and even heads up!
There haven't been any heads up bust outs as yet, but it's still early for these folk!
