Eric Siegel limped in from middle position and both the blinds; including Scott Seiver completed and checked respectively.
Seiver fired out for 750 on the flop and Siegal made the call as the small blind folded.
The turn landed the and Seiver checked over to Siegal who opted to fire out 1,250. Seiver made the call as the dealer produced the on the river, and Seiver took the betting reigns once again firing out 3,300.
Siegal immediately made the call and flipped over his after Seiver announced, "Two pair!"
As Siegal's flush earned him the pot to move to 39,000, Seiver slips to 38,500 in chips.
Isaac Haxton opened with a raise to 700 from the cutoff position with Thiago Nishijima defending his big blind with a call.
They took a flop of , and Nishijima checked to Haxton who fired out a bet of 1,125. Nishijima made the call the turn brought the . Again the action was check, bet, call, this time for 2,550 as the river arrived the .
Nishijima checked for a third time to Haxton who triple-barreled for 6,375. Nishijima went into the tank but eventually released. Haxton flashed the as he raked in the chips to move up to 44,000. Nishijima is at 45,000.
Maria Ho raised to 675 from the cutoff, and the big blind called her. The flop came out , and both players checked. The turn was the , and the big blind bet 1,600. Ho flat called to see the on the river. The big blind checked, then called when Ho bet 3,200. She turned over for a flopped boat. He opponent flashed the as he mucked, and Maria moved up to 57,000.
David Alan Grier limped in from middle position and the cutoff also limped. The big blind checked his option and the three of them saw a flop of . Action checked to the cutoff seat and he fired 450. Only Grier made the call.
The turn brought the and both remaining players checked. The river completed the board with the and Grier checked. His opponent fired 750 and Grier mucked, dropping back to 22,000 in chips. His opponent tabled he for a heart flush and won the pot.
An under-the-gun player raised to 800 and Jimmy Fricke called from the next seat. Both blinds came along as well. The flop came down and everyone checked. The turn brought the and everyone checked again. The river completed the board with the and everyone checked once more.
Fricke tabled two tens, but the player under the gun held two pair with the . Everyone else mucked.
"Balls!" said Fricke, as the player with two pair scooped the pot.
Catching the action on a flop of action checked to Dewey Tomko who fired 1,200. His opponent in the small blind made the call and the turn was a repeat . Again it was checked to Tomko who tossed out 1,500. His opponent again made the call.
The river brought the and it was checked down with Tomko showing for the best hand. He's up to 35,000.
Everybody wants to take a shot at a champion. Most of those people will try to out-draw a champion; some will try to out-bluff a champion. At Chris Moneymaker's table, Moneymaker led out for 1,100 on a flop of . He was raised by an opponent to 3,200.
"If I fold will you show?" Moneymaker asked. His opponent made no response, so Moneymaker tried a different tack. "What's your name?"
"Jeremy."
"Jeremy, if I fold will you show?"
Jeremy agreed to show if Moneymaker folded. Moneymaker then folded and was shown a stone bluff, .
We're ready to make an early prediction about who will be featured prominently in ESPN's Day 1a episode. Maria Ho is sitting pretty and looking chippy after a few fortunate hands, and the producers have noticed. The cameras swarmed to catch her stacking Jeremiah DeGrief, who was all in for 11,875 with . Ho turned over . DeGrief player tried to find the silver lining. "I could totally suck out and get on tv! This is awesome!"
But the board fell , and he didn't get there. Ho's aces held up to boost her ratings to 78,000.
In a four-way pot, action checked to an unknown player. With the flop showing , that player bet 1,800 and was called by all three of his opponents, including Jordan Morgan and Dan Makowsky. When the turn fell , action checked all the way to Morgan, who was last to act. He tried a bet of 5,225 that was called by the small blind and by Makowsky. All three checked the river. The small blind turned over to collect the pot with top two pair.
flop and Siegal made the call as the small blind folded.
and Seiver checked over to Siegal who opted to fire out 1,250. Seiver made the call as the dealer produced the 
on the river, and Seiver took the betting reigns once again firing out 3,300.
after Seiver announced, "Two pair!"
. Again the action was check, bet, call, this time for 2,550 as the river arrived the 
.
as he raked in the chips to move up to 44,000. Nishijima is at 45,000.
, and both players checked. The turn was the 
, and the big blind bet 1,600. Ho flat called to see the 
on the river. The big blind checked, then called when Ho bet 3,200. She turned over 
for a flopped boat. He opponent flashed the 
. Action checked to the cutoff seat and he fired 450. Only Grier made the call.
for a heart flush and won the pot.
and everyone checked again. The river completed the board with the 
and everyone checked once more.
. Everyone else mucked.
action checked to Dewey Tomko who fired 1,200. His opponent in the small blind made the call and the turn was a repeat 
. Again it was checked to Tomko who tossed out 1,500. His opponent again made the call.
and it was checked down with Tomko showing 
. He was raised by an opponent to 3,200.
and was shown a stone bluff, 
.
, that player bet 1,800 and was called by all three of his opponents, including Jordan Morgan and Dan Makowsky. When the turn fell 
, action checked all the way to Morgan, who was last to act. He tried a bet of 5,225 that was called by the small blind and by Makowsky. All three checked the 
river. The small blind turned over 
to collect the pot with top two pair.
