The hijack raised to 250 and George Danzer called from the button. The flop came 
, the hijack bet 400 and Danzer called. The turn was the 
and the hijack decided to check the action over to Danzer who bet 1,000. The hijack folded and Danzer took down the pot upping his stack to 32,000.
The board read 
and about 5,000 sat in the middle. The action was on Vanessa Selbst, sitting in the big blind, and acting with deliberation she bet 3,100. Jason Alexander, waiting only a couple of seconds, pushed out a raise to 6,500 from middle position. Selbst again took her time, rechecking her cards, then made the call.
The river was the 
, and both players checked in a flash. Selbst tabled 
for top two pair. Alexander nodded in acknowledgment, showing his 
as he did.
As the hand concluded, one of the many passing photographers asked the former "Seinfeld" star to pose for a picture, and Alexander obliged with a cheeky, faux-serious poker face for the shot before breaking into a wide grin afterwards.
Alexander is still grinning, despite having slipped to 23,000. Meanwhile, Selbst has some reason to smile, too, having bumped back up to 34,000 here in the early going.
After a middle position player limped, Jan Heitmann raised to 375 and only the big blind called. On the 
flop, the big blind bet 500 and Heitmann made the call. The action was the same on the 
turn for 800 and on the 
river for 1,800 where Heitmann tanked for a few minutes before the last call. The big blind sheepishly turned over 
for a missed small flush draw and just the two pair on board with a six kicker at the end. Heitmann revealed for aces up and caught his opponent’s bluff to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
||
On a flop of 
a player in the cutoff fired out a large bet totaling 5,525. McLean Karr made the call and the 
fell on the turn.
This time Karr's opponent decided to up the ante, so to speak, betting out a whopping 26,000. Karr went into the tank, pondering this decision that was worth his tournament life.
"I have kings" said Karr, dejectedly before mucking his hand, knocking him down to 12,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,500 |
A player in early position opened for 375 and was called by the player to his immediate left and Vanessa Selbst from middle position. Everyone else folded.
The flop came 
and the original raiser c-bet for 625. The opponent to his left raised to 1,700 and Vanessa Selbst had a long think before four-betting to 5,100. The original raiser quickly folded, but the player to his left fell hard into the tank. He counted his chips a couple times, but eventually mucked his hand. Selbst mucked without showing and is back up to 29,000.
A middle position player raised it up to 250, John Hennigan called from the cutoff, the player on the button re-raised to 1,800 and both players called to see the 
flop. All three players checked and they saw the 
turn.
The middle position player checked, Hennigan bet 2,000, and both players called. The river came and all three players checked again. The middle position player showed 
and the other two mucked.
Hennigan falls to 21,000 which is still two thirds of his starting stack, but any lost ground at this point is especially hard to make up in an event of this magnitude and size.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
||
With the board reading 
and over 8,000 in the pot, the player in the big blind pushed out a bet of 5,250 chips. Dutch Boyd went into the tank for over two minutes pondering this hand. Eventually he quietly mucked his cards, taking the small hit to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
We were passing through the Orange section when across the way came an oddly-familiar sound, something we hadn't heard for about a year or so here in the Amazon Room.
It was barking.
A walk over to the Purple section showed that, indeed, Ted Bort has returned to the World Series Main Event.
And he's barking again. "Remember him?" said players to one another at tables as we passed by, referring to Bort's barking from the WSOP a year ago. "How could you forget?" came the reply.
By the time we arrived at Bort's table, he was in conversation with a tournament director regarding the matter of excessive celebration.
"I wasn't celebrating," said Bort. "It wasn't that bad of a bark," said a tablemate.
We'll see -- and hear -- how it goes for Bort and his neighbors as the afternoon and evening wears on.
With a flop of 
, a player bet out 500 and Darya Hulyk made it 1,500 to go. Action folded back around to the original bettor and he made the call. The came on the turn and the action went check-check. The 
rivered and once again they both checked. Hulyk's opponent tabled and Hulyk sent her cards sailing to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Eli Elezra has just taken his seat in the tan section. This section is the first that is being broken to fill empty seats in other sections, so as a result he likely won't be at his current table for long.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 |
