On a board of 
with roughly 18,000 in the middle, Jorryt van Hoof bet out 17,300.
His opponent in the hand is Firas Sadou, and after deliberating for a little, he called.
Van Hoof tabled his 
for deuces-full, and Sadou mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
171,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
124,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Three-way to the 
river with 3,000 in the middle, Demis Hassabis checked out of the small blind and Roman Valerstein, as well as Noah Schwartz, checked back. Hassabis rolled over his cards and announced a full house as well as a straight, but only when the cards were exposed he noticed that his 
had indeed made a royal flush.
"I knew I had the ace of clubs," Hassabis said in table chat while Valerstein and Schwartz just grinned.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,500 |
Brent Roberts opened to 1,000 in the cutoff and Richard Gryko called on the button.
The 
board checked through to the river and Roberts tabled his 
to collect the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,500
500
|
500 |
|
150,200
200
|
200 |
|
||
Several Pot-Limit Omaha specialists have sat down in the last few minutes such as Craig Varnell, Veselin Karakitukov, Sylvain Loosli and Len Ashby. Also new in the field are Gavin Cochrane and Matt Giannetti.
According to the screens there are already 80 players registered mid-way through level one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | |
|
150,000 | |
|
||
|
150,000 | |
|
150,000 | |
|
|
||
|
150,000 | |
|
150,000 | |
|
150,000 | |
The fireworks have already kicked off over on table 433 as Sebastian Bastian from under the gun and Sasha Liu on the button clashed. Around 30,000 were in the middle with the turn showing 
and Bastian made it 21,000 to go. Liu called and Bastian then checked the on the river.
Liu bet 65,000 and Bastian reluctantly called to roll over 
for a set first. Liu mucked and Bastian also revealed his 
, scooped the pot and was moved tables the very next hand to balance the growing field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
248,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
|
50,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Adam Hendrix opened to 800 in the cutoff and was met with a call from the big blind.
The flop landed 
and Hendrix continued for 1,200 and the big blind check-called.
Both players checked through the on the turn, and when the river landed the , the big blind led for 3,600.
Hendrix called and tabled his 
for trips to best his opponent's 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
163,500
13,300
|
13,300 |
On a board of 
with roughly 18,000 in the middle, Richard Gryko checked from the hijack to Alexey Makarov on the button.
Makarov bet 13,300 and Gyko considered his options before eventually deciding to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
161,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
144,000
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
|
||
Konstantin Beylin has sat down recently and already spun up his stack by quite a margin to join the early chip leaders. Other notables that recently entered include Will Jaffe, Ivaylo Sivinov, Krasimir Yankov, Laszlo Bujtas, Toby Lewis and Connor Drinan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
On a board of with 35,000 in the middle, Ka Kwan Lau bet 28,500 from the small blind.
Freddy Deeb was in the tank from the button and stated, "I flopped a straight, with a flush, and two pair. You must only have two kings?"
Deeb then showed his 
and mucked.
"You can steal this one, buddy," Deeb added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
157,500
157,500
|
157,500 |
|
|
||
|
134,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
||
On a completed board of , Mohsin Virani led for 12,200 into a pot of 16,000 and Antti Marttinen raised to 31,300. Virani wasted little time before reraising the pot and that sent Marttinen into the think tank. The Finn eventually folded and Virani claimed the pot.
"Did you have it?" Virani was asked and replied "Of course I had it," but didn't show the cards.
Another big pot was brewing soon after with Mike Krasienko on the button and Jorryt van Hoof in the small blind at it. More than 45,000 were in the middle on a river and van Hoof made it 43,600 to go. Krasienko pondered over his decision and sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
195,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
105,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
96,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
