Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot made it 2,700 to go and was called by "7.GOLLUM" and "Lee-dragon88" in the big blind. The trio checked the 
flop and "lee-dragon88" bet the 
turn for 4,851, which Proudfoot raised to 16,200. Only "lee-dragon88" called and they checked the 
river, which awarded the pot to "lee-dragon88" with the 
.
A field of 552 entries has been cut down to 539 hopefuls thus far and they have been sent into their first scheduled five-minute break of the day.
After losing more than half of the stack early on, Ivan "Ch33s3z0r" Pavlov raised from under the gun and called a three-bet to 12,000 by "krendipont" in the small blind. On the 
flop, "krendipont" continued for 15,560 and was called before check-calling 21,760 on the 
turn.
On the river, "krendipont" check-called all-in for 71,786 and ended up second-best with 
as Pavlov had turned a straight with the 
.
Irish player "ArtHouse2011" raised to 2,640 and was called by "BoldSergey" and "Jess20001" three-bet to 15,840 three-bet to 15,840 out of the big blind, which resulted in two calls. On the 
flop, "Jess20001" continued for 24,660 to get called by "ArtHouse2011" for "BoldSergey" to raise to 86,310. A shove by "Jess20001" got rid of one opponent but "BoldSergey" made the call.
"Jess20001": 
"BoldSergey":
The 
turn and 
river were both blanks as "BoldSergey" joined the early chip leaders with a set of tens.
Jamie "jamienixon90" Nixon opened to 2,616 and was called by Marc "14alonso14" Macdonnell in the cutoff as well as "efkinis24" in the big blind. Macdonnell raised a Nixon bet of 5,982 to 18,600 with the flop showing 
and Nixon came along to see the 
turn.
Nixon now check-called a bet of 35,136 and check-called the shove of Macdonnell for 150,723 on the 
river to get shown the 
for a full house, taking a big blow with the 
.
Marc "14alonso14" Macdonnell and "Dynamonster" had lost a portion of their stacks on the same table while "efkinis24" and Luckbox1326" were thriving early on. The latter was involved in a pot once more and three-bet preflop, which only "Dynamonster" called.
"Luckbox1326" then bet the 
flop for 15,000 into 24,000 to get called and bet the 
turn for 17,820, picking up yet another call. On the 
river they slowed down and "Dynamonster" won the pot with a bet of 59,000, which forced a fold.
Level: 2
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 150
Towards the end of the first level, the tournament is half-way to covering the $5 million guarantee and five players have already been eliminated. As a result, there are currently 496 players out of 501 entries remaining. All those that bust until the start of Day 2 can re-enter up to two times.
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