We found Brian Hastings firing out a hefty bet on the end with the board having come 
, and his lone opponent made the call. Hastings couldn't beat his opponent's 
for a straight.
On the next hand, Hastings called a raise, and by the turn the board had come 
. Hastings bet 3,500 and was called by an out-of-position opponent, and both players checked the 
river. In this case, Hastings' 
for top pair on the flop was the winner.
Duncan McLellan bet 2,100 on the river of a board reading 
. It wasn’t a huge pot, suggesting there hadn’t been a lot of action leading up to the river. McLellan tends to have an aggressive image and his opponent no doubt took that into consideration when, after some thought, he made the call.
Perhaps McLellan feared he was beaten as he said, “Is that a call?” and turned over 
. His opponent had made the call with 
, however, and McLellan took the pot.
Dutch pro Steven van Zadelhoff, who has cashed the World Series of Poker Main Event twice before and also once in London during the WSOP Europe Main Event, just managed to find himself a double-up.
The player in the small blind raised to 1,350 and Van Zadelhoff three-bet to 3,200 from the big blind. The big blind applied some more pressure making it 9,300 to go and that was the sign for the Dutch pro to move all in for 21,425.
Van Zadelhoff: 
Opponent:
The board ran out 
and Van Zadelhoff's queens held to win him the pot.
Jonathan Taylor raised to 1,100 in early position, Larry Karambis called on the button, and Anthony Newman defended his big blind. The flop fell , Newman checked, and Taylor continued for 2,100. Karambis raised to 7,200, Newman moved all in for 34,575, and Taylor instantly mucked.
"Well," Karambis said, reaching for chips. "I don't have hearts."
He called, showing 
for middle set, and Newman was drawing very slim with 
for bottom set.
The spiked onto the felt on the turn, however, giving Newman quads, and a 
bricked off on the river.
"There's been a cooler every other hand," Taylor told our reporter as Newman pulled in the pot.
Newman more that doubled to 73,000 chips, while Karambis slipped to 55,000.
A player bet 6,700 into Ajaykumar Karanam with the board reading 
, and Karanam cut out chips to call, staring at his opponent to see if he reacted. After a bit of thought, Karanam dropped the chips into the middle, and his opponent instantly flipped over 
for ace-jack high. Karanam was a bit better with 
, and he took the pot. He's certainly among the early leaders here in Brasilia.
At another table in the Red section, Tony Gregg is sitting with a below-average stack.
Upon his arrival to the Amazon Purple section, German pro Jan Heitmann requested the nearest TV be turned to the FIFA World Cup Germany vs. Brazil match, a requested that was honored by the staff.
Heitmann seemed more interested in that game than the Main Event, but that didn't stop him from playing a little poker. In what ended up being his final hand, Heitmann got his chips in (it appeared to be on the turn) holding the 
on a board reading . Unfortunately for him, Angus Wong had flopped two pair with the 
. The 
river was of no consequence, and that was all she wrote for Heitmann.
"Have a good day," someone at the table told Heitmann.
"That depends on this match," Heitmann said while motioning to the World Cup on TV. Given Germany scored a couple of minutes later, we're guessing Heitmann isn't too torn up over his exit.
We picked up the action with a flop showing 
, and both blinds checked to Marvin Rettenmaier who was seated under the gun. Rettenmaier bet 1,625, the small blind folded, and Jeff Rossiter called from the big.
On the turn the 
popped up and Rossiter checked to Rettenmaier again who paused for 30 seconds before betting 4,125. Rossiter did some tanking of his own before he ultimately decided to move all in for 9,750 total.
Rettenmaier snap-called.
Rettenmaier:
Rossiter: 
Rossiter had turned a full house and Rettenmaier was drawing dead after having flopped a straight. The 
filled out the board, and Rossiter doubled up.
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