On a flop of , the big blind checked, David Benyamine bet 1,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the . The big blind checked again, Benyamine fired out 1,200 and the big blind called. The river was the . Again the big blind checked, Benyamine bet 4,800 and the big blind called.
Benyamine turned up for trips and raked in the pot. He's now up to 30,000.
Amnon Filippi cut it close with his prop bet. With only a few minutes remaining in the second level, the 351st player signed up for the event and took his seat. Filippi collected $1,000 and claimed that he wasn't worried about making the over.
The tournament clocks counted down to zero a bit before 2pm, so the players are going out on break now and when we resume we'll play the last ten minutes of this level before moving to the next.
A spectator on the rail was timing the event levels with his stopwatch and found that the tournament clock was running fast. Word spread to the players and the players began complaining to the tournament directors about losing playing time.
The cause is said to be some sort of computer glitch according to some of the tournament directors. One of them mentioned, "We've got about 17 people in the back working out the problem and I'm certain they'll get it fixed."
As a result, the directors have decided to give the players 10 more minutes of play for level two starting after the break.
Minh Ly opened the pot for 950 from early position, the button called and Shaun Deeb called from the big blind. The flop was . Deeb checked, Ly bet 2,600, the button folded, Deeb moved all in for 13,000, and Ly called.
Ly
Deeb
The turn was the , the river was the and Deeb took it down with his set of sixes, doubling his stack to 31,000. Ly was still healthy with 36,000.
David "The Dragon" Pham raised to 1,200 from UTG, Kevin Saul reraised to 3,500 from early position, and Pham called. The flop was . Pham led out for 5,000 and Saul called. The turn was the . Pham checked, and Saul bet the size of the pot (17,000) sending Pham into the tank. Pham had less than the size of the bet behind, so his tournament life would be on the line if he made the call. After much thought, he shoved his chips in.
Saul turned up while Pham showed . The river was the and Saul took it down with queens and sevens, eliminating Pham from Event #1. Saul's stack now sits at 48,000.