Evelyn Ng has been sent to the rail after getting her last chips into the middle with top pair holding on a board of , but her opponent Bryan Horton had turned two pair with .
The river bricked and Ng made an elegant exit from the Brasilia Room.
The action folded around to Maya Geller who put in a raise from the small blind and her opponent Mark Newhouse defended from the big blind.
Geller fired barrels on all three streets on a board of before Newhouse gave up the chase on the river. Geller flashed and collected a nice pot to move up to 45,000 chips.
Frank Kline raised the action and then Jimmy Tran three-bet before Stefan Rapp called from the small blind. Kline made the call as well.
The flop came down and action checked to Tran. Tran bet, Rapp called all in, and Kline made the call as well.
The turn broughtt he and the two remaining active players checked. The river was the and Kline checked. Tran bet and Kline called.
Tran turned up , Kline showed , and Rapp showed . Tran scooped both the side pot and the main with the nuts and moved up to 50,000 chips. Rapp was eliminated on the hand.
One of the frustrations many players have with Limit Holdem is that when you flop the goods it can be difficult to protect your hand. Guillaume Rivet just learned that the hard way after his flopped the nut straight on a flop.
His opponent was Paris Seraj, who raised after the turn and river were spread ,.
Rivet shook his head and made the call, before angrily slamming his cards on the table in disgust after Seraj tabled for a rivered full house. She moves up to 50,000 with Rivet now crippled.
A player opened with a raise from under the gun and Daniel Negreanu popped it up from the small blind. The big blind folded and the UTG player made the call.
They saw a flop of where Negreanu led out with a bet and his opponent made the call. The turn brought the and Negreanu fired again, but this time he was met with a raise. Negreanu called and the landed on the river. Negreanu checked and his opponent bet sending Negreanu into some deliberation.
"I feel like I'm beat here" Negreanu pondered before tossing out calling chips. His opponent flipped for a turned set of fours to take it down as Negreanu slips to 20,000 chips.
Daniel Alaei and Erle Mankin just won two back-to-back pots with pocket queens. In fact, the suits were exactly the same as well.
After some preflop action, the flop came down . One player checked, Alaei bet, another player folded, and the first player then called. The turn brought the . The first player checked, Daniel Alaei bet, the player raised, Alaei reraised, and the player called. The river was the , pairing the board, and Alaei bet after his opponent checked. The player made the call and Alaei showed for a full house and scooped the pot.
On the next hand, the flop was . Alaei checked, Erle Mankin bet, the next player raised, Alaei three-bet, Mankin called, the other player then reraised and Alaei folded. Mankin called.
The turn brought the and Mankin fired. His opponent called. The river was the and the action checked. Mankin showed to scoop the pot, winning with the same two starting cards that Alaei just won with.
We're now into the second level of play for the day and one player has still yet to take their seat for Day 2 action.
Soren Kongsgaard started the day with an average stack of 27,700 but after a level of missed blinds and antes he has slipped down to around 18,000. Could Kongsgaard be the next Vinny Vinh and cash without making an appearance on Day 2? We're still 40 places from the money so you'd think that would be unlikely, so Kongsgaard will need to arrive sometime soon!
The flop came down coordinated, and the first player from the small blind fired out. Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis called, and then Barry Greenstein raised. The small blind reraised, Veldhuis called, and Greenstein called.
The turn brought the and the first player bet. Veldhuis and Greenstein called.
The river brought the and action checked to Greenstein. He fired a bet and both players folded. With that pot, Greenstein moved up to 70,000 chips.
Soren Kongsgaard has finally arrived to his seat. He's been blinded down a little bit, but is anxious to get in on the action. He's only an hour and 15 minutes late, no big deal.