A bunch of players came through the doors at the break and have taken a seat. Former champions Koray Aldemir, Wai Kin Yong, and Manig Loeser are now seated along with yesterday's 6-Mac champion Stefan Schillhabel.
Luc Greenwood is also back in the mix becoming this afternoon's first player to re-enter.
The man sitting in second place on the all-time money list has just arrived at the Main Event. American pro Erik Seidel has US $33,105,082 in career live-recorded tournament earnings, just over US $1,000,000 behind Canadian poker legend Daniel Negreanu.
Seidel has the opportunity to claim the number one spot if he is able to make a deep run over the next three days. Stay tuned.
As expected, the stars keep walking through the doors here at the Galaxy Macau Hotel poker room. Recent entries include Fedor Holz, Nick Petrangelo, Christian Christner, and Quan Zhou.
With just minutes left in the opening level here on Day 1, there has already been a double up.
It is unclear how many bets before Isaac Haxton's mid-position preflop raise to 13,300 but Mikita Badziakouski called on the button. The flop was and Haxton bet 20,000. Badziakouski raised to 55,000 and Haxton called.
The hit the turn and Haxton checked. Badziakouski took several minutes before moving all-in for 163,600. Haxton went into the tank and eventually came out with a call.
Badziakouski:
Haxton:
Haxton was drawing to a chop and unfortunately, for him, the on the river sent the vast majority of his chips across the table.