David Peters and Lauren Roberts played a pot where they saw a board of 
, and Peters checked from middle position. Roberts bet 22,000 into about 25,000, and Peters called. On the 
river, Peters checked. Roberts bet 40,000 and Peters announced a raise to 100,000. Roberts quickly called.
Peters showed 
for aces full, and Roberts showed 
for trips.
Peters - 438,000
Roberts - 118,000
From under the gun, Fedor Holz opened to 2,500 and Dan Shak called in the hi-jack as Ben Sulsky and John Juanda called from the blinds.
The 
board was checked to the river where Sulsky tossed in a 3,500-chip bet.
Juanda, Holz and Shak all folded as Sulsky scooped the pot to move to 323,000 in chips.
Rainer Kempe, who won this event last year, is off to a good start defending his title as he's over 400,000. He just played a pot from the cutoff where the board ran out 
, and he bet 44,000 on the river when Bill Perkins checked to him. Perkins announced a call, and Kempe showed 
for a winning flush.
Kempe - 406,000
Perkins - 205,000
Brandon Steven entered the pot first to act with a raise to 2,500 and Dominik Nitsche three-bet the cutoff to 8,000.
Steven called, and then checked the 
flop as Nitsche bet out 8,000.
After a few moments in the think-tank, Steven released his hand and Nitsche scooped the pot to move to 323,000 in chips.
Jake Schindler opens to 2,500 from under the gun and both Stefan Schillhabel and Brian Rast call from the button and big blind respectively.
The flop falls 
and the action checks to Schillhabel who opts to bet 3,500. Rast folds, but Schindler calls as the 
lands on the turn.
Schindler checks and Schillhabel fires out again; this time amounting to 13,500.
Schindler thinks for a little, but then folds his hand as he drops to 295,000 and Schillhabel moves to 290,000 in chips.
Byron Kaverman checked a board of 
from middle position, and David Peters bet 27,000 on the button. Kaverman called. On the 
river, Kaverman checked again and then called 57,000. Peters showed 
, but it was no good against Kaverman's .
Kaverman - 425,000
Peters - 390,000
Isaac Haxton thought for awhile and then checked after his time was up on a board of 
, sliding the dealer a time extension in the process. Koray Aldemir immediately checked back from the button. On the river, Haxton thought about 30 seconds and announced he was all in, putting Aldemir at risk for about three-times the 85,000 pot. Aldemir double-checked his holding and then quickly folded.
Aldemir - 258,000
Haxton - 455,000
Doug Polk entered the pot with a raise to 2,500 and both David Peters and Lauren Roberts call from the button and big blind.
The 
flop was checked through as the 
landed on the turn and Roberts bet out 5,000. Polk folded, but Peters called as the river landed the .
Roberts checked and Peters bet out 13,000 as Roberts quickly mucked.
With that hand, Roberts drops down to 122,000 while Peters climbs to 360,000 in chips.
Dan Shak raised on the button, and David Einhorn put in a three-bet to an unknown amount with two T5,000 chips in the big blind. Shak came back with 30,000, and Einhorn called. On the flop, Einhorn checked and folded to a bet of 40,000.
Shak - 331,000
Einhorn - 291,000
The remaining 56 players are heading on a 10-minute break.
