Sergey Baburin and Daniel Ghionoiu created a big pot of more than 8,000 to the 
turn and the former bet 6,600. Ghionoiu gave it some consideration and elected to fold, ensuring a good start for Baburin.
Also on the rise early on are Michael Wang and Juan Pardo.
Aristeidis Moschonas defended his big blind against Cedric Colliard and check-called a bet on the 
flop. On the 
turn, both players checked and Moschonas over-bet the 
river for 2,300. Colliard reluctantly called and Moschonas turned over 
, Colliard had rivered a set with 
.
The same table also features Andreas Vlachos and Alisa Sibgatova.
Play was heads up on the 
flop and the two still in were Karolis Domarkas and Duff Charette. Charette bet 600 into a 2,200 pot and Domarkus raised to 2,000. When Charette called, the dealer placed a 
on the turn. Charette checked and folded to the 3,500 barrel and the chips went to Domarkas.
Vlado Banicevic raised to 300 on the button and was called by Evaldas Aniulis in the small blind and Thomas Lilamand in the big blind. On a 
flop, all three players checked and Aniulis bet the 
turn for 600. Lilamand raised to 1,500 and Banicevic called, as did Aniulis.
The 
river was checked to Lilamand and he bet 5,300. Banicevic quickly folded and Aniulis needed more than two minutes to come to the same conclusion.
Seated in the field today at the start of the first level are Andreas Klatt, Jan Bendik, Paul Newey, and Daniel Rezaei, among others. Also spotted at the tables is Scott Wellenbach, the Buddhist text translator from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Wellenbach made a deep run at this year's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, where he ultimately ended up in third place for $671,240. Even more remarkable is that the 67-year old vouched to give all his winnings away to charity. PokerNews' [Removed:139] caught up with the poker philanthropist at the PCA to speak about his deep run and charitable nature.
To read more about Wellenbach and his remarkable life story, click here.
Arvydas Merfeldas opened to 300 from under the gun on a four-handed table. The small blind called and Sergi Reixach upped it to 1,800. The bet got two quick folds and the two-time EPT side-event Champion took down an early pot to get off the mark.
Merfeldas is playing on his second bullet after getting it in on the flop with a set of fours vs Nicola Grieco's pocket aces yesterday but failing to hold. Hopefully today will fare better for the Lithuanian.
Sergio Aido is one of the 206 players that sat down at the start of the day. Aido is fresh off a victory in the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller worth €1,589,190, a career-high for the Spanish High Roller who's now closing in on $9M in lifetime winnings.
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