Jonathan Karamalikis raised to 1,500 from middle position. Phil Ivey, runner-up in this event last year, made the call from the small blind and Billy Jordanou called from the big blind.
The flop came down and both players checked to Karamalikis. He fired 3,000 and won the pot. Shortly after, Ivey lost even more chips.
He raised to 1,500 on the button and Daniel "jungleman12" Cates called from the big blind to see the flop come down . After Cates checked. Ivey fired 2,000. Cates made the call.
The turn card was the and Cates checked. Ivey fired again, this time for 5,500. Cates didn't just call this time. Instead, he raised to 18,000 and Ivey called.
The river completed the board with the and Cates fired 31,000. Ivey made the call after he used up all, but the last second of his 30-second time bank. Cates tabled the for a turned two pair and Ivey mucked his hand.
Ivey dropped all the way to half his starting stack and now only has 50,000 left. Cates moved to 160,000.
From the cutoff seat, Erick Lindgren raised to 1,000. Winfred Yu reraised to 2,500 from the button. Lindgren made the call to see yet another flop.
The flop came and Lindgren led for 3,500. Yu made the call to see the fall on the turn. Lindgren checked and Yu fired 7,000. Lindgren released his hand and Yu won the pot.
Lindgren's stack continues to yo-yo here in the early goings as he's back to 100,000, the starting stack. Yu moved to 106,000.
Billy Jordanou raised from early position to 1,500. Jonathan Karamalikis called from the cutoff seat and the flop came down . Jordanou checked and Karamalikis fired out 2,000. Jordanou raised to 6,500 and Karamalikis made the call.
The turn card brought the to the party. Jordanou bet 7,000 and Karamalikis called.
The river card was the and Jordanou slowed down with a check. Karamalikis fired 22,000 and after some thought, Jordanou mucked his hand.
Karamalikis moved to 107,000 while Jordanou dropped back to 87,000.
From the button, Jonathan Karamalikis raised to 1,500. Erick Lindgren, who has been quite active here in the early goings, called from the small blind and the two saw the flop come down .
Lindgren checked the flop and Karamalikis fired 1,500. Lindgren called. The turn card then brought the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Lindgren led into Karamalikis with a bet of 3,500. Karamalikis called.
Lindgren tabled the and Karamalikis mucked his hand, dropped back to 92,000. Lindgren is back above starting stack with 110,000.
On a flop of we found Sam Trickett checking out of the blinds to his opponent Wang Qiang.
Qiang slid out a bet of 18,000 only to have Trickett check-raise all in. Qiang used the majority of his time bank before making the call for his tournament life.
Qiang:
Trickett:
With play barely twenty-minutes old, having an all in not only amazed the players, but everyone in Studio 3 watching along.
With Qiang's two-overs and straight draw needing to spike against Trickett's top two-pair, the on the turn would reduced Qiang's outs to just six.
Unfortunately for the Chinese high-stakes player, the river landed the to improve Trickett's holding to a flush as he moved to a powering 245,000 as Qiang was forced to make an early exit from today's tournament.
From under the gun, Howard Lederer raised to 1,500. David Benyamine called from the hijack seat and the flop came down . Lederer continued with a bet of 2,500. Benyamine made the call.
Fourth street was the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Both players checked again and the hands were opened.
Lederer tabled the , but lost to Benyamine's to drop to 90,000. Benyamine moved to 110,000.
FTOPS jersey holder Brendon "Brendooor" Rubie has just taken his seat in today's field.
Drawing the feature table alongside the likes of Nikolay Evdakov, Joe Hachem, David Oppenheim, Erik Seidel, Tom Dwan, Tony Guoga and fellow Australian online player Jay "SEABEAST" Kinkade, Rubie is going to have a time here, then on the virtual felt he has become accustomed too.
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and both players checked to Karamalikis. He fired 3,000 and won the pot. Shortly after, Ivey lost even more chips.
. After Cates checked. Ivey fired 2,000. Cates made the call.
and Cates checked. Ivey fired again, this time for 5,500. Cates didn't just call this time. Instead, he raised to 18,000 and Ivey called.
and Cates fired 31,000. Ivey made the call after he used up all, but the last second of his 30-second time bank. Cates tabled the 
for a turned two pair and Ivey mucked his hand.
flop, Tony Guoga led out from the small blind for 2,000 as [Removed:505] mucked from the big before Evdakov smooth-called.
on the river brought about a 13,000-chip bet from Evdakov.
before mucking.
, and was close to calling.
and Lindgren led for 3,500. Yu made the call to see the 
fall on the turn. Lindgren checked and Yu fired 7,000. Lindgren released his hand and Yu won the pot.
. Jordanou checked and Karamalikis fired out 2,000. Jordanou raised to 6,500 and Karamalikis made the call.
to the party. Jordanou bet 7,000 and Karamalikis called.
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fall on the river. Lindgren led into Karamalikis with a bet of 3,500. Karamalikis called.
and Karamalikis mucked his hand, dropped back to 92,000. Lindgren is back above starting stack with 110,000.
on the turn would reduced Qiang's outs to just six.
to improve Trickett's holding to a flush as he moved to a powering 245,000 as Qiang was forced to make an early exit from today's tournament.
and both players checked to see the 
to drop to 90,000. Benyamine moved to 110,000.
and Cheung checked. Smith checked as well and then Cajelais fired 3,000. Only Smith made the call.
