Sang Leung raised to 6,000 in the cutoff and the button three-bet to 16,000, which Leung called. On the flop, Leung checked and snap-called the shove of her opponent, tabling the for middle set.
Her opponent had two outs and back door straight options with , but the turn and river were both blanks.
Kevin Allen was all in for 34,000 with the and Elias Christodouiou had the second-best pocket pair in . The flop gave both a set and Allen held onto his lead with the turn and river run out.
Xiaohe Tan was all in for 35,000 with the and Thomas Muehloecker looked her up with the . The board came and Tan doubled.
Soon after on the same table, Elias Christodouiou ended up all in and at risk with the and Geoffrey Mooney held the dominating . The board iof brought no help and Mooney claimed the pot.
Last but not least, Luis Alberto Gonzalez got his last 80,000 in with and Florence Allera took the flip with the . On a board of , the pocket pair remained best and Gonzalez joined the rail. Towards the end of the first level of the day, almost 50 players have been eliminated.
On the flop, Asif Warris was all in and at risk with the and held the superior flushdraw against the of Carlos Pina Moya.
"Hold motherfucker, hold" Warris said and jumped out of his seat. Probably half of the poker room heard his outburst and the celebration that followed after the turn and river.
"That's how you play a flushdraw," Warris added while raking in the pot.