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We only caught the action on the river after a series of betting, raising and re-raising between Barry Shulman and MIke Leah. When the dust settled, Shulman's 
was no good against Leah's 
with the only three cards that matter on the board being .
Shulman slips to 3,300 while Leah climbs back to about 4,600.
Eli Elezra three-bet an opening raise before the flop, and his opponent called to go heads up with him the rest of the way.
Elezra bet blind as the flop came 
. His opponent called, and he called another bet on the 
turn. The 
on fifth street drew checks from both players, and Elezra said simply, "King." There was no king on board, so his opponent's 
was good enough to drag the pot.
Elezra is left with just 1,400 here in the early going.
Enjoy these pictures of the field.
Bill Chen called an UTG raise from the big blind, and the two players saw a 
flop.
Chen check-called the UTG bet, and the two checked through the 
turn card. The river was the 
and both players checked once again. Chen flipped up the 
, which was good against his opponent's 
.
Chen is close to his starting stack, with 7,100.
On a turned board showing 
, we caught up to the action as Tom Dwan flicked out a bet. His lone opponent raised, and "durrrr" called to see the last card.
It was the 
, and it brought some action. His opponent bet out, Dwan raised, and his opponent three-bet right back at him. Dwan made the smooth call, and his opponent turned up a fairly weak 
. Dwan's 
was good for a straight and the pot, and he's moved his stack up to 14,000.
Lex Veldhuis raised under the gun, and he found one call from Tom Schneider in middle position.
Heads up, the flop came down 
, and Veldhuis check-called a bet. Both players checked through the 
turn and 
river to go straight to showdown for the small pot.
Veldhuis tabled 
, and it was the winner. Schneider mucked, moving down to 6,950, while that little chip-up puts Veldhuis at 5,700, both men still down a bit from their starting stacks.
It was a blind on blind battle, with Phil Gordon raising it up in the small blind before getting re-popped by the player in the big blind. Gordon made the call, and the two saw a 
flop.
Gordon led out with a bet, and got a call from his opponent leading to the 
hitting on the turn. Once again, Gordon bet, and got called by his opponent. The two saw the hit the turn, and both players checked.
Gordon flipped over 
, which was rivered by his opponents 
. Gordon exclamed, "Sick, so f***ing gross." He's down to 5,550.
Chino Rheem was all in for 150 before the flop, and he two opponents checked down a board of 
.
Chino showed up 
, and neither of his opponents could beat that. That gives him a much-needed triple up to a still-very-short 450.
That's two levels in the books, and the players have been sent off for their first twenty-minute break of the day.
We'll be back when they are; don't wander off on us.
Level: 3
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