Alex Ziskin was in the cutoff, reshoving after his right-hand neighbor had moved all in. Ziskin had his opponent covered, and while it was a fair flip, Ziskin's 
held against 
when the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000 | 76,000 |
Chad Holloway open-shoved his last 26,100 from early position and he found a caller in Yuval Bronshtein, who peeled a pocket pair in late position.
Holloway had 
and he trailed Bronshtein's 
.
"It wasn't a sweat," Holloway commented the board which failed to improve his inferior pair, and Bronshtein added his stack to his tall piles.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000 | 75,000 |
|
Busted |
In a battle of early position, Nikita Luther opened under the gun and her neighbor three-bet to 9,200. Luther fired back with a four-bet to 25,000 and she subsequently faced a 54,200-reraise. Luther jammed for an effective 120,000 or so and she got called.
Luther was a favorite heading into the flop with 
versus 
. She faded an ace-high board as the dealer rolled out 
.
Luther tackled her opponent and dragged the 250,000 pot. She is now approaching 400,000 in chips with one more hour left to play on Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
395,000 | 155,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Michael Gathy was in middle position, closing the action on the river of the 
board. The pot had already grown to about 80,000 in chips and Gathy's right-hand neighbor William Kakon had checked.
Gathy cut out a bet of 41,000, putting in roughly two-thirds of his remaining stack. Kakon tanked for a while but he couldn't convince himself to call. He let his hand go and Gathy dragged the pot, vaulting to the neighborhood of 145,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | 115,000 |
|
88,000 |
Davidi Kitai, who joined the tournament in recent minutes, tangled with Bob Slezak in a pot which saw them make it to the 
turn with around 20,000 in the middle.
Kitai fired 14,000 from early position and Slezak paused, then threw in 30,000. Kitai didn't waste any time and quickly released his hand.
Slezak, in return, flipped one of his hole cards, showing the .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 36,000 |
|
29,000 |
The cards had already been turned up and the board of 
had been dealt by the time the hand was caught, but it became apparent that Liv Boeree found a full double through Angel Guillen who held 
.
Boeree had peeled in the big blind, besting her left-hand neighbor thanks to aces on the turn and river. Boeree improved to around 95,000 while Guillen slipped to 78,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 46,000 |
|
78,000 | -67,000 |
Roman Korenev raised to 3,500 in middle position and Chris Ferguson three-bet to 10,000 from the cutoff. Action returned to Korenev who called.
They went to a flop of 
and Korenev checked. Ferguson fired 8,000 and Korenev called.
The 
hit the turn and Korenev checked again. Ferguson threw in 16,000 and Korenev waived the white flag.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | |
|
94,000 | 44,000 |
Scott Bohlman and Joey Weissman went to the flop in what looked like a three-bet preflop pot with just under 20,000 in the middle. Weissman fired 8,500 from the small blind and Bohlman called in the hijack.
The turn fell 
and Weissman opted to check. Bohlman bet 15,000 and Weissman let his hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | |
|
35,500 |
Three-way to a flop of 
, Brian Wilson and Liv Boeree checked from the blinds and Nikita Luther bet 4,000 from an early position. Only Wilson called as Boeree gave up.
Both Wilson and Luther checked the turn.
Wilson led out 12,000 on the 
river, saying, "You don't have anything to call with."
Luther, however, quickly flicked in a chip and Wilson turned over 
for trips. Luther mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | -20,000 |
|
93,000 | 67,000 |
