On a board reading 
and in a pot of around 2,800, Kristen Bicknell bet 1,500 from the big blind and the player on the button raised to 3,400. Bicknell added the remainder to call. The 
filled up the board and Bicknell and her opponent opted to check. Bicknell tabled 
for two pair and her opponent tossed his cards in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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27,000 | 27,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
At table 462, Rainer Kempe raised to 300 from the hijack and Dietrich Fast called from the small blind.
A flop reading 
was dealt and checked around to the 
turn. Fast check-called when Kempe fired 400.
The 
filled up the board and Fast checked once more to Kempe who continued with another bet of 1,400. Fast called and revealed 
to win the pot while Kempe showed 
before throwing his hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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17,000 | -3,000 |
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16,500 | -3,500 |
- Table #449: Jared Jaffee, Mike Del Vecchio, and Tom Hall
- Table #458: Pablo Fernandez and Shannon Shorr
- Table #459: Jack O'Neill, Romain Lewis, and Thomas Boivin
- Table #461: Mohsin Charania
- Table #462: Dietrich Fast, Mike Matusow, Matthias Eibinger, and Rainer Kempe
- Table #463: Daniel Negreanu and Ioannis Angelou-Konstas
- Table #464: Loni Harwood, Vicent Bosca
- Table #466: James Romero, Peter Jaksland, and Ben Yu
- Table #467: Igor Yaroshevskyy, Martin Zamani, Norbert Szecsi, and Scott Clements
- Table #469: Kenny Hallaert and John Racener
- Table #470: Michael Addamo
- Table #471: James Chen
- Table #474: Ricky Guan, Humberto Brenes, and Harry Lodge
- Table #475: Taylor Paur
- Table #476: Andrew Lichtenberger and Anton Morgenstern
- Table #477: Ben Heath
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At table 469, the player in the small blind limped and Kenny Hallaert in the big blind checked.
The dealer spread a flop of 
that was checked around to the turn. The small blind fired 300 and Hallert called.
The 
filled up the river and this time, the small blind check-called a bet of 300 from Hallaert. Hallaert turned over 
and his opponent sent his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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21,000 | 21,000 |
888poker Ambassador Martin Jacobson has taken his seat too.
Some of the interesting table draws include:
- Table #453 which features Phil Ivey, Ali Imsirovic, Ryan Leng, and Yiannis Liperis
- Table #442 with Alexandru Papazian, Cord Garcia, and Felipe Ramos
- Table #445 has Simon Deadman, Preston Lee, Aram Zobian, and Russell Thomas
- Table #438 features Kyriakos Papadopolous and Matt Berkey
And that's only on the tables in one half of the Purple section in the Amazon room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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The board read 
with around 6,000 in the middle already. Pavel Plesuv had checked in the small blind and David Baker in the big blind lead out for 4,000. Plesuv took some time to consider his options and then decided to make the call. Baker tabled 
but was beaten by Plesuv's 
as he held a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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29,000 | 29,000 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
At the start of the first level, many familiar faces have taken their seats already. Here are some of the ones that decided to jump in from the first minute.
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The tournament director has announced the ceremonial "Shuffle Up and Deal" and cards are in the air.
