Nervous, energized, and prepared are only a few words that can describe the players who are wandering the tournament floor, but all will be put on the line in under 20 minutes as the cards get dealt and the game begins!
Chris Chronis, Patrik Antonius and Noah Schwartz were a few of the big names that stood high above the field yesterday. With the online whiz-kids battling it out on the virtual felt, the possibility of a big-name live pro finishing on top is a high possibility with the likes of Erik Seidel, Alexander Kostritsyn and Joe Hachem expected to play today.
Will our champion emerge from today's field? Make sure to stay logged onto PokerNews to find out as we bring you all the live updates, photos, videos and more as it develops live on the floor!
. He must have thought it was a good omen to be dealt pocket aces on the first hand. He took a raised flop with the player seated on his right, Marty Smyth. 
, all of the chips were in the middle. Ververis's aces had been out-flopped by Smyth's 
and never recovered. Ververis knocked the table in disappointment, stood up and beat a hasty exit from the Crown Poker Room.
and Youssef moved all in and was insta-called by the Russian. 
and his opponent made the call. The 
on the turn and 
on the river went check, check, and Tahtouh tabled 
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, bringing a check from one player and a bet of 500 from the preflop aggressor. 
and was drawing dead to a deuce. He didn't get it; the river was the 
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and got tangled in a hand with Jason Gray with 
