We have just spotted Mike Matusow in the field, and on the first hand we witnessed him play, he limp-potted from under the gun and found two callers.
On a 
flop, Matusow moved all in for his last 1,850 after his opponents in the blinds checked. The small blind quickly folded, but the big blind took slightly longer before mucking his hand.
Jeffrey Sarwer isn't wasting any time in accumulating chips. With the board already reading 
, Sarwer bet 850, the player in the cutoff called and the player on the button folded. After the 
came on the river Sarwer check-called a bet of 2,500 from his opponent.
Sarwer showed the 
for three's full of fives which was good enough to win the pot and boost his stack to 21,000.
On a flop of 
we found David Chiu tossing out a bet of 225 with both Matt Glantz and a third player making the call to see the land on the turn.
Chiu took the passive route by checking as Glantz found himself all in for his last 575. The unknown player made the call, as did Chiu before the 
completed the board on the river.
Chiu fired out 1,300 to push the third player out of the hand as he tabled his 
for a flush as Glantz mucked and headed to the rail.
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With the board already reading 
, Vanessa Selbst checked the action to her opponent who bet 400. Selbst then raised to 2,000 and her opponent went into the tank.
Selbst explained to her opponent that he wouldn't bust if he went all in and lost the hand since he still had two add-on chips to use. It seems as though Selbst really wanted him to call and indeed he decided to go all in. Selbst called the remainder of her chips and their hands were revealed.
Selbst: 
Opponent: 
Selbst had a pair of tens along with straight and flush draws, while her opponent held a pair of nines and the nut flush draw. The on the turn gave both players a flush but Selbst held the lesser of the two. After an inconsequential on the river, the pot was shipped to the other player and Selbst used the first of her two add-on chips.
As an interesting side note, seated at Selbst's table is none other than Jamie Pickering whom Selbst beat heads up in the $1500 Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2008.
Catching the action on the river with the board reading 
, we found Jeffrey Sarwer betting out 550 into his opponent.
Once his opponent made the call, Sarwer tabled his for the nut straight as his opponent flashed his 
and mucked.
As Sarwer raked in the pot, he moved to 9,000 while also having his two 3,000-chip add-on buttons in hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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15,000
12,000
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Lex Veldhuis raised to 150 from the cutoff and was called by two players including Charles Wiper.
The flop came and Veldhuis and Wiper ended up getting all their chips in the middle while the third player ducked out of the way.
Veldhuis: 
Wiper: 
The 
that came on the turn gave Veldhuis a straight but the on the river gave Wiper a boat and eliminated Veldhuis from the tournament.
Wiper now has an impressive stack of 23,200.
Here are some more arrivals in today's field.
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Although it's still early and not everyone has been seated, here are some of the interesting tables.
Steve Gross, Andre Akkari and Eric Froelich are seated together while Erik Seidel, Richard Ashby and Chris DeMaci are also together.
Daniel Negreanu, John Racener and Alexander Kravchenko are together while Brock Parker and Justin Young are also playing on the same table.
Taking a look around the black section of the Pavilion Room, here who has been spotted.
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Today's format will see each player begin with 3,000 tournament chips.
Players may receive (2) additional Add-ons each worth 3,000 in tournament chips, anytime during the first four levels. Any player who has not taken their add-ons by the end of the fourth level will automatically receive them.
