Victor Ramdin checked after the second draw and the next player to act fired a bet. Nam Le was up next and made the call. Ramdin mucked. The unknown player then stood pat before Le took one card. After that, both players checked.
Le's 
was good enough to best his opponent's 
and he picked up a few hundred chips.
After a player raised, Allen Kessler called in position and then the small blind called. The sall blind drew one, the raiser drew two and then Kessler drew two. The small blind checked, the next player bet and Kessler called. The small blind also called.
The small blind and other player then drew one each before Kessler drew two again. Action when check, bet, call, call. Then the small blind drew one, the next player drew one and Kessler stood pat. Everyone checked after the last draw and Kessler tabled the winning hand with his . The other two players mucked.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante:
There are 255 players registered at this point. However, there is no sign of defending champion Abe Mosseri.
On the third draw, Jeffrey Lisandro stood pat and his opponent drew one card. Lisandro then check-called his opponent's bet. After the player rolled over number one with the 
, Lisandro mucked. He was left with a stack of 6,200 chips.
Ted Forrest check-called a bet after all three draws from Kirk Banks. Banks then spread the , having a pair of deuces. The dealer announced that Banks held an eighty-seven and Forrest almost mucked. Someone else at the table saw that Banks held a pair of deuces and called it out. Forrest checked and then tabled his ten-eight for the winning hand. This brought up some discussion as to whether or not you're able to spread a hand that has a pair in it during this tournament. Some of the players claimed that in some places, you can't spread a pair. Forrest wanted to know what happened when the dealer called the wrong hand and almost caused Forrest to muck.
After talking with the floor staff, the players were informed that you can indeed spread pairs. "Do all the angle shooting you wants boys!" announced the player who went and talked with the floor about the rule on spreading hands with pairs or worse in them. The dealer was also instructed to make sure he called out the right hands.
Andy Bloch raised on the button, receiving calls by the player in the small blind and Mark Roland in the big blind.
The player in the small blind drew three, Roland drew two, and Bloch two as well. The small blind bet, Roland raised, and Bloch made it three bets. He was called by both and they went to the second draw.
The small blind drew two and Roland drew one, while Bloch stood pat. It was checked to Bloch and he bet, getting calls from both opponents. The third draw went exactly the same as the second and Bloch bet again when the action was checked to him. The small blind called and Roland tossed his hand to the dealer. Bloch tabled number three, , and the chips were pushed his way.
Bloch is still below the starting stack, currently sitting with 6,300.
Matt Glantz raised form middle position and the big blind called. The big blind then drew one and Glantz drew two. Glantz bet after his opponent checked to him post-draw and the player called.
On the next draw, both players draw one. Action then went check, bet, call again. The big blind then drew one more and Glantz stood pat.
After the final draw, the big blind checked and Glantz checked behind before tabling his . He won the hand and moved himself up to about 9,500 chips.
Jordan Smith raised from the cutoff and Sorel Mizzi made it three bets to go on the button. The blinds folded and Little called, drawing one.
Mizzi drew two and after Smith checked, Mizzi bet. Smith called and drew one, while Mizzi stood pat. Smith check-called a bet from Mizzi again and the same action took place after the third draw.
Mizzi tabled for number three to win the pot and chipped up to 8,200. Smith slipped to 6,400.
Joe Serock and one other player checked before Scott Fischman fired a bet after the first draw. Yan Chen, who placed third in last year's event, raised and was able to get himself heads up with Fischman. Both players then drew one. Then they both checked.
On the third and final draw, both players drew one again. Fischman checked and Chen fired a bet. Fischman folded and Chen was able to pick up the pot and move himself back to 8,000 chips. Fischman lost the pot, but still has 10,000 chips.
