Govert Metaal raised to 1,000 and the player in the small blind was the only player who made the call.
Metaal continued with a bet of 700 on the 
flop after the player in the small blind had checked to him. Again there was a call and the turn was dealt.
Metaals' opponent check-folded on the turn when Metaal bet out 2,200 and he won the pot.
Maria Konnikova has just sent a player to the rail after she put him all in on the river.
The player on the button raised with Konnikova in the small blind and the player in the big blind calling. The flop fell 
and the button player continued for 1,800 when the action was checked to him. Only Konnikova called.
The turn was the and she once again check-called, this time for 4,650, which left the button with just one 5,000 chip behind him.
When the river came the 
, Konnikova put one single 5,000 chip into the middle, and the button went into the tank. It took a couple of minutes for him to act but he did make the call, and he allowed the dealer to muck his hand when Konnikova turned over 
for a pair of kings to win the pot.
A lot of familiar faces are in the blue area of the Brasilia room. A new addition to the notables names is Anatoly Filatov who sat down with a fresh stack of 26,200.
Paawal Bansal faced a raise to 4,100 on the 
flop after he had bet. Bansal made the call and the pot was already over 10,000 before both players got to see the turn.
They checked both when the 
came down and Bansal checked another time when the river came down. His opponent pushed 6,500 to the middle and Bansal looked like he was facing a tough decision.
After a while, he called and his opponent tabled 
. Bansal showed 
for the best hand and he won the pot.
The players are halfway through Day 1 and the entrants total is currently at 1,316, meaning so far a prize pool of $3,103,128 has been collected.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level 3 has come to its completion which means another 15-minute break for the players.
At the start of the day, there were nine tables of the Marathon in the Pavillion room. Right now, that number has grown to 38 and is still growing with late registration open until the end of the second level on Day 2.
Martin Stausholm was in the big blind with a stack worth around 10 big blinds and called a raise from the button after the player in the small blind had flatted. The blinds checked to the button raiser on the 
flop, and he bet 1,000. The small blind called, and Stausholm put the rest of his 3,050 chip stack into the middle.
The button called and the small blind folded before they tabled their hands.
Martin Stausholm: 
Opponent: 
Turn: 
River:
Stausholm had flopped trip jacks and was ahead of his opponent's two pair. The Dane improved to a full house by the river and revitalized his stack up to 10,000.
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