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On a 
flop, Yevgeniy Timoshenko checked to Dmitry Stelmak, who bet 1,200. Timoshenko called. Both players checked the 
on the turn. The river fell the 
and Timoshenko's 3,125 bet earned a call.
Timoshenko showed 
for trip tens and raked in the pot. He's back up to 28,000 in chips while Stelmak is still big-stacked with 123,000.
Vanessa Rousso opened for 650 from under-the-gun and Chris Moore called from the button. Rousso led out for 1,200 on the 
flop and Moore made the call. The turn was the 
and Rousso bet 3,000. Moore called and they went to the river, which fell the 
. Rousso checked, Moore bet 8,000 and Rousso let her hand go.
Rousso is down to 66,500 while Moore is on 70,000.
On the board of 
, Shawn Buchanan bet 2,500 after Shaun Deeb checked. Deeb raised to 8,650. Buchanan made the call.
The river completed the board with the 
and Deeb fired 15,825. Buchanan made the call, but mucked when Deeb tabled the 
for a set of deuces.
"We're even now," said Deeb. "Actually, I still owe you from Mohegan Sun."
Buchanan dropped to 62,000 while Deeb moved up to 100,000.
The button made it 900 to go and Tom Dwan made the call from the big blind. Dwan led out for 1,350 on the 
flop and the button called. The turn came the 
and Dwan loaded another bullet, making a 4,250 bet. The button called again. Both players checked the 
on the river.
Dwan's 
was no good against the button's second pair with 
. Dwan is down to 73,000.
Phil Ivey began the action with a raise to 800 from under the gun. Chad Brown flat-called on the button and then wealthy Hungarian Sandor Demjan called from the small blind. Al Bari was in the big blind and reraised to 4,400. Ivey folded and Brown folded, but Demjan made the call.
The flop came down 
and Demjan was first up. He led out with a bet of 5,000 into Bari, who then raised to 15,100. Demjan reraised to 40,000 and Bari stuck it all in. Demjan quickly called having flopped the nuts with the 
. Bari held the 
and was in some serious trouble.
The turn brought the and gave Bari a chance to hit a full house and win the hand. The river was the 
though and Bari was eliminated while Demjan doubled his stack to 150,000 in chips.
Brown explained what had happened to neighbor Antonio Esfandiari at the next table over and Esfandiari responded by saying, "These internet wizards man, they never believe anyone can have it."
It looks as though the tournament staff was planning on a much larger turnout than what they've received so far. Three tables have already been broken and the players moved to empty seats around the room. Many of the tables running are still three and four handed while the clock only reads that 141 players are currently registered.
While some tables are currently being broken and we're still awaiting some late arrivals, there are already a couple of interesting table lineups that have caught our eye:
Table 4 - Kevin Saul, Matt Glantz, Chad Batista, Nikolay Evdakov and Praz Bansi
Table 7 - Isaac Haxton, Juha Helppi, Sam Stein and Davidi Kitai
Table 8 - Vanessa Rousso, Lex Veldhuis, Chris Moore, Beth Shak and Christian Harder
Nikolay Evdakov raised on the button before Kevin Saul three-bet to 2,300 out of the small blind. Evdakov made the call and the two of them saw the flop come down 
. Saul led for 3,200 and Evdakov called.
The turn added the to the board, pairing it with jacks. Saul checked over to his Russian counterpart and Evdakov fired 4,000. Saul made the call.
The 
hit the felt on fifth street and Saul fired a hefty bet of 17,500. Evdakov tanked before making the call and the hands were revealed.
Saul tabled a rivered full house with the . His tens over jacks were beaten though as Evdakov tabled the 
for jacks full of tens. Saul was knocked down to 48,000 in chips while Evdakov increased to 102,000.
The majority of the tables here in the white section of the Pavillion Room are being played three or four-handed at the moment, but some early Tables of Death are starting to emerge.
Table 22: Chris Moorman, Steve Billirakis, Tom "durrrr" Dwan
Table 23: Dani "Anksy" Stern, Faraz Jaka, Joe Cada
Table 26: Shawn Buchanan, Michael Mizrachi, Shaun Deeb
Table 27: Roland de Wolfe, Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine
Not a good start for PokerStars Team France Pro Thomas Bichon. We arrived at the table following a raise and a re-raise preflop, to see John Juanda pop up the bet an additional 5,400. Bichon made the call and they saw a flop of .
Juanda fired out a bet of 10,600 and Bichon made the call, to see the land on the turn. Juanda led again for 16,500 and Bichon had seen enough as he got out of the way.
Juanda jumps out of the gates to move up to 92,000 with Bichon down to 58,000.
