Five-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Allen Cunningham bet 1,200 from the small blind on a 
board, and his opponent in the big blind raised to 2,400. Cunningham three-bet to 8,000, and his opponent called.
The 
fell on the river, and Cunningham bet 16,000. His opponent spent a few minutes in the tank, gesturing at the board at times, before eventually sending his hand to the muck.
Players at Amazon Orange #515 are in for a tough road through the early levels of the Main Event, as two-time WSOP bracelet winner Brandon Shack-Harris, No. 1-ranked GPI player Stephen Chidwick, and Austrian pro Josip Simunic are all at the same table.
Shack-Harris has yet to arrive, but when he does an already tough situation will get even more difficult with the array of world-class talent seated together.
Norman Chad was just seen standing behind the seat of Bryan Piccioli chatting with him and wishing him luck. The end of the conversation left the table in awe with Chad providing some deep, yet cryptic perspective on life.
Immediately following the conversation, Piccioli raised to 700 from middle position and was called by the small blind. The flop came 
and the small blind check-called a continuation-bet of 500 by Piccioli.
The turn came 
and the small blind checked. Piccioli fired another barrel for 2,000 and his opponent folded.
"Where is he?" Piccioli exclaimed, looking for Chad after the hand. He then showed the table 
. "He gives me a pep talk and I get aces and flop top set!"
Action was on the turn with 
out and Sergi Reixach bet 1,000 into the pot. Jim Carroll min raised to 2,000 and Reixach threw an extra chip in the middle.
The turn was the 
and Reixach check-called a 3,000 bet, taking them onto the river. It was the 
and Reixach checked again. Carroll bet smaller this time, putting 2,000 over the line and Reixach called, then mucked when he saw Carroll held pocket 
.
On a board that read 
David Bach was contemplating a river bet of 15,000 into a pot of roughly the same amount from his opponent Matthew Wood. Bach thought it over for a good while before tossing in the one chip call. "Straight" said Wood immediately and flipped over the 
. Bach nodded his head with a frown, re-checked his cards and mucked.
On a 
flop, action checked to Florian Ribouchon in the hijack, who bet 1,800 into a pot of 3,000. The button called, as did David Savarese in the big blind.
Savarese checked the 
turn, and Ribouchon bet 3,500. The button folded, but Savarese check-raised to 7,000. Ribouchon called.
On the river, Savarese bet 12,000, and Ribouchon folded.
Play hasn't reached the first break yet but that hasn't stopped the action from heating up over on Table 412. Bruno Gmur kicked things off with an open to 700 from under the gun and Jean Said called on the button, with Chao Duan paying to see a flop from the big blind.
The dealer laid out 
and Guan checked to Gmur, who continued for 1,700. Both players called and there was still three involved as they headed to the turn. It was the and Duan bet 2,900, which got Gmur out of the way but not Said, who called.
Heads up to the 
river, then, where Guan bet 6,600. After taking a thirty seconds to think, Said raised it up to 20,600. Guan went into the tank for a full two minutes before finding a call. He mucked though as soon as he saw that Said held quads with 
.
Youcheng Jiang opened for 600 from the cutoff and Stephen Chidwick called from the button. Josip Simunic called from the small blind and it was three-way action to the flop, which all three players checked.
Simunic led out for 1,200 on the turn and both Jiang and Chidwick called. All three players then returned to checking on the river.
Simunic tabled the 
for a pair of kings and it was good as both Jiang and Chidwick folded.
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