A total of 1,688 entries generated a prize pool of $1,519,200 and the top 171 spots will get at least $2,005, the winner takes home $288,744 and the golden bracelet.
Pratyush Buddiga has tripled his stack in just over half an hour. He told us he got one double up with versus and then got more on another hand, “Nothing too exciting.”
Another new entrant David Williams is on his table too.
Dominik Nitsche defended his big blind against a raise from early position and check-called 700 on the flop. Both then checked the turn and Nitsche fired 1,700 on the river. His opponent called quickly and turned over , but that was only second best to the of the German.
We can’t quite work out if Pok Kim is entertaining her table or driving them to despair. There are guffaws of laughter interspersed with requests for a drink of cyanide so it seems like a mixture of the two.
She had been steadily building a stack for most of the day but has just got a big double up without busting the player to her right. She is still gunning for the rest of his chips though promising him, “I’m gonna finish you in five minutes.”
Kim must now surely be among the chip leaders after that one huge hand.
Michael Chow was all in pref-flop for all but one T25 chip and his opponent checked behind the flop. On the turn, Chow put the green chip in and was called by . "I knew you had a small pocket," the opponent said when Chow turned over . The river provided a flush on the board and both players chopped the pot.
Goran Mandic called a bet of 1,600 on the three-way flop before the initial raiser took down the pot with a 3,500 bet on the turn. The Croatian is one of the bigger stacks in the blue section.
Andre Akkari was down to his last 4,375 chips and got it all in with the . The initial raiser looked him up with the and sure enough the PokerStars Pro from Brazil got there on the river.
and then got more on another hand, “Nothing too exciting.”
flop. Both then checked the 
turn and Nitsche fired 1,700 on the 
river. His opponent called quickly and turned over 
, but that was only second best to the 
of the German.
turn, Chow put the green chip in and was called by 
. The 
river provided a flush on the board and both players chopped the pot.
flop before the initial raiser took down the pot with a 3,500 bet on the 
river.
