Earlier in the day Maxim Lykov appeared with heaps of chips in front of him. Something must've happened because now his seat is empty and the dealer at his table was heard calling "Seat open!" and seen handing his seat card to the floor. Lykov hasn't taken to twitter to announce what happened yet, but he is no longer in the Brasilia Room with us and is no longer a facet of this tournament.
Under the gun a player raised to 700 and action folded all the way around to J.J. Liu in the big blind. She moved all in for her last 3,075. After getting a count, the player made the reluctant looking call and the hands were turned up.
Liu:
Under The Gun:
Liu was in the lead and she picked up an even bigger advantage on the the flop, which gave her a flush draw. The turn was the and that gave Liu an unbeatable flush to double up. The river was a meaningless and the under the gun player shipped a few of his chips over to Liu.
From the button Victor Ramdin raised to 650. He was called by both players in the blinds.
The flop cam down and action checked to Ramdin who fired off a bet of 775. The player in the small blind check raised to 1,700 and after the big blind folded Ramdin instantly moved all in. Even quicker than Ramdin could go all in the player in the small blind called creating a monster pot.
Ramdin:
Small Blind:
"I couldn't ask for a better flop than that!" Ramdin said seeing the hands.
Ramdin was on a freeroll to a heart flush and he just needed to catch one to double up from the player in the small blind with a bigger stack. The turn didn't give Ramdin the heart he needed for the scoop, and neither did the river .
"Ahhhh come on," Ramdin bemoaned after the river came out. "That's not fair."
Either way, Ramdin still has a healthy stack here on Day 1 and looks to increase it as we near the end of the night.
We caught up to Eric Baldwin in a raised pot with Andy Hills on a flop of . Hills had checked to Baldwin made a bet of 850 in position. Hills thought about it momentarily then called.
The turn card was the and Hills checked for a second time to Baldwin who fired off 1,650. Hills asked for a count of the bet, then folded his hand while Baldwin scooped the pot.
Will "The Thrill" Failla opened with a raise from middle position to 800. On the button, a player reraised him to 1,850. Action folded back around to Failla who called.
The flop came down and Failla checked to his opponent who put out a bet of 1,325. Failla called.
The turn card was the and for a second time Failla checked. The player on the button put out a bet of 1,950 and Failla released his hand without much stress.
"Show the top one," said one player at the table. "I know you want to show it."
"He's gonna show a seven," Failla said.
The player did in fact show a card, but it wasn't a seven. He turned over his top card and revealed the . Failla still has plenty of life and room to work here on day one as he has over 15,000 chips.
Preflop, Chris DeMaci opened to 900 from early middle position. He was called by one player in middle position and Neil Willerson in the big blind.
The flop came down and Willerson checked to DeMaci who fired off a bet of 1,450. The player in middle position decided to put in a reraise to 3,800. Willerson quickly folded and DeMaci went into the tank. He counted out a stack of light blue T500 chips several times before putting out a reraise of 8,000. The player in middle position tanked for a bit before finally folding his hand.
"Good bet," he said. As if on command, DeMaci grabbed his cards and flipped them face up, showing for no pair and no draw. His opponent just shook his head as DeMaci raked in the chips.
From middle position a player moved all in for his last 2,800 chips. Action folded to Matt Matros on the button who made the call with a covering stack. Both blinds folded and the two players turned up their hands.
Matros:
All In:
The board rolled out and it was safe for Matros who notched himself another knock out. While he's a little bit shorter after the break, Matros is still one of the biggest stacks in the room.
We didn't catch the hand but we do know that Eric Baldwin is no longer a part of this tournament. Some of the players at his table let us know that he was all in with preflop against a player who was holding . Baldwin didn't improve and he was sent to the rail.
flop, which gave her a flush draw. The turn was the 
and that gave Liu an unbeatable flush to double up. The river was a meaningless 
and the under the gun player shipped a few of his chips over to Liu.
and action checked to Ramdin who fired off a bet of 775. The player in the small blind check raised to 1,700 and after the big blind folded Ramdin instantly moved all in. Even quicker than Ramdin could go all in the player in the small blind called creating a monster pot.
didn't give Ramdin the heart he needed for the scoop, and neither did the river 
.
. Hills had checked to Baldwin made a bet of 850 in position. Hills thought about it momentarily then called.
and Hills checked for a second time to Baldwin who fired off 1,650. Hills asked for a count of the bet, then folded his hand while Baldwin scooped the pot.
and for a second time Failla checked. The player on the button put out a bet of 1,950 and Failla released his hand without much stress.
and it was safe for Matros who notched himself another knock out. While he's a little bit shorter after the break, Matros is still one of the biggest stacks in the room.
preflop against a player who was holding