The registration for this event remains open all the day through to tomorrow. Players can re-buy when they lose all their chips, and this is the provisional seating order. There are some unknown players in this event, but as the night goes on we expect to receive a full list of names.
On a flop Daniel Negreanu checked to Sam Trickett who bet 16,400 from the big blind. Alex Mostafavi was on the button and called. Negreanu opted to check-raise to 41,000 and Trickett folded. Mostafavi thought for a while and called.
On the river the hit and Negreanu checked quickly. Mostafavi tanked for a bit, but eventually checked.
"I would've called the whole lot," Negreanu said as he turned over his . Mostafavi mucked his cards and Negreanu took down this pot.
Marvin Rettenmaier just raised to 2,500 and Tony G called from the button. The flop came down and Rettenmaier checked to Tony G who bet 3,000. The German pro called.
On the turn the hit and again Rettenmaier checked. Tony G bet 7,000 and Rettenmaier called.
The river brought the and Rettenmaier checked a third time. Tony G did not stop betting as he casually flicked a red 25,000-chip into the pot.
"Tony, ai, ai, ai," Rettenmaier sighed after some pondering. He did not get anything out of his opponent and eventually folded the face up. Tony G mucked his cards as he's off to a good start.
Roger Hairabedian busted and opted to rebuy, while Wang Qiang busted and will not rebuy.
On Qiang's exit, he got his money in good on a flop of with pocket fours against Tom Dwan's pocket kings. A on the turn and on the river gave Dwan Quads and sent Qiang to the rail.
On a flop Jean-Noel Thorel checked to Zheng Tang. He fired out 17,000 and Thorel called after quite some thinking.
The river brought out the and quickly Thorel threw out 25,000. Tang seemed flustered, but folded after a solid minute of thinking. Thorel raked in a nice pot and is up to over 200,000 chips.
From early position, Steve O'Dwyer raised to 3,200. Roger Hairabedian called from middle position, Alex Mostafavi called in the hijack seat, and Paul Phua called from the small blind.
The flop came down , and action checked to Mostafavi. He fired 5,000 with only O'Dwyer making the call.
The turn added the to the board, and both players checked to see the pair the board on the river. O'Dwyer bet 10,400, and Mostafavi folded.
Winfred Yu raised to 2,600 from the hijack after which Jani Sointula three-bet to 7,700 from the cutoff. Kristijonas Andrulis was on the button and he tanked for a bit before four-betting to 15,800.
Yu immediately kicked in his cards, and the pressure was back on Sointula. After 30 seconds the Finnish pro five-bet to 33,700 and Andrulis quickly folded his cards.