From middle position, David "Doc" Sands raised to 4,000. He was called by Dan O'Brien in the hijack seat and Tom Marchese in the big blind before the dealer ran out the flop. After a check from Marchese and Sands, O'Brien bet 7,600. Marchese called, and Sands folded.
The turn added the to the board, and both players checked to see the land on the river. Marchese led for 18,500, and O'Brien gave it up.
If you're on the wrong side of a cooler you'd prefer it to be in a small re-buy event and not a 25k buy in event. Therefore you have to feel for the short, and cold, day that Zachary Clark had today.
Davidi Kitai raised to 5,000 from under the gun before Jason Wheeler three-bet to 11,000 and Clark four-bet to 22,500. Kitai folded but Wheeler paused and then moved all in for around 110,000. Clark called off his 96,000 stack in an instant.
Benny Spindler raised from the cutoff seat, Olivier Busquet reraised all in from the button, then Viktor Blom called all in from the big blind. Spindler called, and it was a big three-way clash of big names for this pot.
Spindler held the , Busquet had the , and Blom had the .
The flop, turn and river ran out to give Blom a Broadway straight and triple him up. Busquet had a little bit more than Blom's 55,300, but lost to Spindler and was eliminated. Spindler was left with about 340,000 in chips.
Team PokerStars Pro and winningest female player of all time Vanessa Selbst was all in on the flop with the . She was up against Philip Sternheimer's .
The turn was the , giving Sternheimer some extra outs to a flush, but the on the river kept Selbst in front, and she doubled up.
Steven Silverman raised from middle position to 4,800, and Antonio Esfandiari called on the button. Action the moved to Elio Fox in the big blind, and he three-bet to 18,300. After Silverman folded, Esfandiari called.
On the flop, Fox led for 18,500. Esfandiari raised to 45,000, and Fox gave it up.
Today will last until we have our final table of eight set or after 10 levels of play, which ever comes first. A 75-minute dinner break will be slotted in after level six.
Cards are in the air for Day 2 and that means that registration is closed for this event.
Zachary Clark and Fady Kamar are the only new entries for today and six players who busted yesterday have re-entered this morning. They are: Bryn Kenney, Paul Volpe, Tom Marchese, Paul Newey, Ismail Erkenov and Erik Seidel.
That takes the total entries (including re-entries) up to 157 and 70 of those remain.
flop. After a check from Marchese and Sands, O'Brien bet 7,600. Marchese called, and Sands folded.
to the board, and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Marchese led for 18,500, and O'Brien gave it up.
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, Busquet had the 
, and Blom had the 
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to give Blom a Broadway straight and triple him up. Busquet had a little bit more than Blom's 55,300, but lost to Spindler and was eliminated. Spindler was left with about 340,000 in chips.
flop with the 
. She was up against Philip Sternheimer's 
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, giving Sternheimer some extra outs to a flush, but the 
flop, Fox led for 18,500. Esfandiari raised to 45,000, and Fox gave it up.
