In a marathon contest, Clonie Gowen has finally got the better of Andy Bloch to win their battle 2-1.
In the final hand, Gowen held on an ace high flop against the flush draw of Bloch who held . The turn and river bricked out and Gowen advances to round two.
Terrance Chan def Soren Eriksen 2-1
Robin Bergren def Phil Laak 2-0
Sorel Mizzi def Shane Moran 2-1
Sol Bergren def Mike Matusow 2-0
David Sonelin def Marc Karam 2-1
Leo Wolpert def Oyvind Riisem 2-1
Cort Kibler-Melby def Lee Watkinson 2-1
Aleks Lackovic def Adam Junglen 2-1
Alexey Popov def Roland de Wolfe 2-0
Justin Schwartz def Brad Booth 2-1
Michael Binger def Andrew Barton 2-0
Joe Le def Pang Leng Ang 2-0
Clonie Gowen def Andy Bloch 2-1
Xuan Nguyen def Thomas Fuller 2-0
Elliot Briels def Jennifer Tilly 2-1
Jeff Garza def Marius Torbergsen 2-1
Terrance Chan vs Alexey Popov
Justin Schwartz vs Michael Binger
Joe Le vs Clonie Gowen
Xuan Nguyen vs Elliot Briels
Jeff Garza vs Robin Bergren
Sol Bergren vs Sorel Mizzi
David Sonelin vs Leo Wolpert
Cort Kibler-Melby vs Aleks Lackovic
Clonie Gowen flopped a flush with on a board of however the money didn't go in until the hit on the turn when Joe Le had caught up holding to make a full house. The river was the to leave Gowen in trouble early in her round two contest.
Sorel Mizzi held A-Q against Sol Bergren's A-T, however Bergren took the lead on the flop of . The on the turn didn't change anything, however the miracle on the river gave Mizzi the pot and a 1-0 lead over Bergren.