Benjamin May opened the button for 3,000 only to have Martin Kabrhel ship his last 14,000 into the middle. May made the call and the cards were tabled.
May:
Kabrhel:
The board ran out to put Kabrhel on the rail and May into the second round.
On a flop of Justin Bonomo fired out 4,000 and Faraz Jaka check-called to see the land on the turn.
Jaka led out for 9,000 and Bonomo called before the landed on the river. Taking his time, Jaka checked before Bonomo fired out 23,000 only to have Jaka call after some careful deliberation.
Bonomo tabled his , but it would be Jaka's enough to take down the pot and see 'The-Toilet' climb to 90,000 as Bonomo slips to 60,000 in chips.
On a board of both Adam Junglen and Aaron Been exchanged chips before Been check-raised all in when the fell on the turn.
Junglen made the call tabling to be in great shape to double against Been's , but when the was delivered on the river, Junglen fell to the rail as Been progressed through to round two.
Daniel O'Brien has just been eliminated when his was outdrawn by Neil Channing's .
All the money went in preflop with the board running out to put O'Brien on the rail and Channing into a 102,000 chip lead against Kirk Morrison's 48,000.
Heather Sue Mercer is the next to progress through to the second round after besting Seth Berger heads up, while Michael Binger also hit the rail while sending Danny Estes through to the next round too.
Dario Minieri is the third player to progress through to round two during the 'dinner break' when his held up against his opponent's when the final board ran out .
It seems so far that ten tables have taken just a normal length break over the preferred dinner break so that they can finish their matches while the night is still young.
Some players do not want to pause for a dinner break. Because Michael Binger is on a short stack, he and Danny Estes are two of those players.
Binger was crippled after a flip where he held against Estes' .
The flop put Estes in a commanding lead, and the on the turn changed nothing. The on the river just rubbed salt into Binger's wounds as he was left with just 7,000 chips.
Two hands later Binger open shoved for 6,150 and Estes called with . Binger opened and the board ran doubling Binger to 13,000.