Three players saw the flop come down , the small blind, Victorino Torres in middle position and Jason Young on the button. The small blind bet the flop for an unknown amount and both Torres and Young called to see the pair the board on the turn.
On fourth street, the small blind bet 2,500. Torres made the call and Young went into the tank. He folded after thinking for a minute or two and the river completed the board with the . The small blind bet 6,500 on the river and Torres then went into the tank. He eventually folded and dropped back to 22,000 in chips.
The board read on the turn. One player checked to Jerry Yang and the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion bet 4,500. His opponent made the call.
The river completed the board with the and the first player checked to Yang again. He bet 7,500 this time and got called.
Yang tapped the table to signify that the player made a good call. The player then tabled the and Yang mucked.
With the final board reading , Ali Eslami checked to Victorino Torres. Torres fired 3,900 and Eslami made the call. Torres simply mucked his hand, obviously caught bluffing. Eslami pushed his hand into the muck and didn't show, but was pushed the pot. After someone at the table spoke up, Eslami's hand was retrieved and turned over to reveal the for a club flush. He's up to 38,000 while Torres was knocked to 26,000.
Both Jason Alexander and Barry Greenstein are in action today; albeit, their action has been relatively subdued here in the early going. Most recently, Greenstein, who was in the hijack, called an under-the-gun player's raised to 425 to see a flop of . The UTG player checked and Greenstein took the initiative with a bet of 600. Unfortunately for him, the UTG player check-raised to 2,100 and Greenstein opted to fold. He is still hovering right around the starting stack.
The same scenario, with the opposite outcome, occured concurrently over at Alexander's table when he called a UTG player's preflop raise of 350. When the flop fell , the UTG checked, and Alexander, who was in the hijack, bet 1,000. It was enough to take down the pot as he flashed the . Like Greenstein, he is still near the original starting stack of 30,000.
After a player from middle position raised to 300, John Dolan three-bet to 800 from the hijack seat. The button then four-bet to 2,400 and everyone, including Dolan, folded.
On the flop of , Lawson bet 800 and was called by his opponent to see the fall on the turn. Lawson bet 1,750 and his opponent called again. After the completed the board on the river, both players checked.
Lawson tabled the for top two pair and his opponent tossed his hand into the muck. Lawson's the early leader here on Day 1b and he's up to 63,000 in chips.
Action folded around to the button, who threw in a small raise. Matt Affleck then made it 900 to go from the big blind, which the button called, and it was off to a flop of . Affleck, who is patient and deliberate in his action, bet another 900. Again the button called and the dealer turned the .
Affleck took some time before betting 2,100. The button didn't take quite as long to make the call and watched as the hit the river. Affleck grabbed a single blue chip, worth T5,000, and tossed it in the pot. The button didn't like it and tossed his cards in the muck. Affleck added around 4,000 to his stack, bringing him up to about 35,000.