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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
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.
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."
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.
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.
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 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.
With the board reading , Dan Shak bet 9,000 and Jeff Papola made the call. The river was the 
and Shak made it another 20,000 to go. Papola tanked for several minutes before making the call.
Shak tabled 
for the rivered set and took down the pot. He's up to 97,000 while Papola fell to 37,075.
With 15,650 already in the middle by the turn, the board read 
between Davidi Kitai and Isaac Haxton. Both players checked on fourth street to see the fall on the river. Kitai checked again over to Haxton. After a moment, Haxton fired 8,700. Kitai took a moment to himself before folding, leaving himself with 65,000 in chips. Haxton improved to 98,000.
Both Phil Ivey and Sandor Demjan saw the flop of putting in 1,500 each. After the flop, Demjan bet 5,000 and Ivey made the call.
The turn brought the and Demjan fired 20,000. Ivey called again after taking some time to think about it. The river then completed the board with the 
and both players checked.
Demjan held the 
, but was beat when Ivey tabled the for a better kicker. Demjan dropped back to 135,000 while Ivey increased to 101,000.
