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From the button, William Thorson made it 500 to go. Scott Montgomery then moved all in and Thorson made the call. The cards were tabled and Thorson held 
to Montgomery's 
.
The board rolled out 
and William Thorson won the match. They are now one and one.
Scott Montgomery made it 300 to go from the button and William Thorson bumped it up to 1,000. Montgomery then moved all in and Thorson made the call.
Thorson: 
Montgomery: 
The flop came down 
, leaving Thorson in the lead and looking for a double up. The fell on the turn pairing Thorson's three and the river brought the 
giving Thorson the double up.
Alexander Kostritsyn may have showed up late, but he made quick work of winning his first match against Nikolay Evdakov.
The two got all the chips in the middle preflop with Kostritsyn having Evdakov covered.
Kostritsyn showed 
and Evdakov tabled 
.
The board rolled out 
and all the chips were sent in Kostritsyn's direction.
Kostritsyn is now up one match to none.
It was all in preflop for Melanie Weisner, who was up against Carlos Mortensen.
Weisner: 
Mortensen: 
The board rolled out 
and Mortensen took down the first match of three.
Alexander Kostritsyn has entered the building.
In case you're kind of confused, yes, Nikolay Evdakov played in Wednesday's heat, but was allowed to buy back in.
Three tables are under way here in the satellite area of the Crown Poker Room, but there is one with an empty seat. Nikolay Evdakov still doesn't have a partner. It was supposed to be Alexander Kostritsyn but he has yet to show up. If you're reading this, get down here. While he's waiting, Evdakov is playing on his computer.
Terrence Chan and Anton Morgenstern saw a flop of 
and both players checked to the turn, which was the 
. Chan made it 150 and Morgenstern made the call. On the river, Chan bet 500 and again, Morgenstern just called.
Chan showed 
for a pair of sixes. They were no good however, because Morgenstern was holding pocket tens.
Melanie Weisner limped on the button and Carlos Mortensen made it 450 to go. Weisner made the call and the flop came down . Carlos bet 550 forcing Weisner to fold.
William Thorson raised on the button and Scott Montgomery made the call. The flop came down 
. Montgomery checked to Thorson who continuation bet 200. Montgomery raised to 600, and Thorson moved all in. Montgomery thought about it for a few seconds and then made the call.
Both had flopped a straight, Thorson with 
and Montgomery with 
. The turn brought the and river the and with that Thorson lost the first of three matches against Montgomery.
