Alexander Turyvansky was in middle position, heads up against Jeffrey Pringle in the small blind, with more than 10,000 already in the pot. The river came in to complete a 
board, and Turyvansky bet 2,500.
"One time," Pringle said as he folded, informing Turyvansky that he had pocket eights.
Many big names have chipped up during the first level of the day, with Kevin Gerhart up to more than double what he started with after scooping a big pot with a full house over a smaller full house. Dennis Brand and Jimmy Kebe have run into some trouble though, both dropping down in the counts.
The 2019 WSOP Main Event Day 1a field has grown too big for just the Amazon Room. As such, around 25 tables and counting have opened up in the Pavilion Green section and there are some heavy hitters seated there.
A player raised to 800 from early position, and only William Harder called in the cutoff.
The early position player bet 1,500 on a 
flop, and Harder called.
The 
fell on the turn, and the early position player bet 2,200. Harder called again.
Harder's opponent checked the 
river, and Harder bet 3,500. Harder's opponent quickly called, only to muck after Harder tabled 
for a flush.
Nicholas Augustino bet 3,000 on a flop of 
and got a call from Norbert Bernier. The turn was the 
, Augustino bet 3,000 again and got another call. The river was the 
. Augustino thought for a while and ruffled his chips for about thirty seconds before betting 10,000. He got a snap call from Bernier and Augustino turned over the 
for the winning flush.
A player in middle position had two yellow, T$1,000 chips in front of him and action was back on him facing a reraise to 4,800 from Alexis Urli in the small blind. The player called and the flop came 
.
Urli made a continuation-bet of 3,600 and after a full minute of thought, his opponent asked to confirm the size of the bet. After the dealer said the amount, he quickly called.
The turn was 
and both players checked. The river brought 
and Urli put out a bet of 11,100. After long decisions on every street, his opponent broke the trend and quickly tossed his hand to the muck.
With all the cards out and all the chips in the middle, Joe Tehan was kind enough to fill PokerNews in on the action that lead to an early exit for Jan Lakota.
It folded to Michael Shanahan on the button, who limped. Clayton Kalisek raised to 1,300 in the small blind, which Lakota called in the big blind and Shanahan came along too.
It checked to Shanahan on the 
flop and he bet 2,200. Kalisek flatted before Lakota upped it to 7,300. Shanahan stepped aside and the dealer put a 
on the turn. Kalisek check-called again, this time for 14,000.
With a big pot already in the middle, Kalisek checked the 
river and Lakota moved all in for 45,000. It was a quick call from Kalisek and they turned over their holdings.
Clayton Kalisek: 
Jan Lakota:
Lakota showed a full house with deuces full of tens but it wasn't enough to beat Kalisek's quad tens and Lakota joins the rail early.
A player in the small blind bet 3,500 into a similarly sized pot on a 
board, and Jack Sinclair raised to 12,000 from early position. The small blind quickly called, and Sinclair tabled 
for a queen-high straight.
"Can't beat you!" the small blind said, frustratedly flinging his 
up on the felt for a defeated jack-high straight.
Jared Hamby bet on the river from early position and the board showing 
. His heads-up opponent, on his direct left, raised to 7,000.
Hamby took a few moments before three-betting to 20,000, with his opponent quickly calling. Hamby found himself on the winning end of a nut flush versus second-nut flush situation, taking down the pot with 
against the opponent's 
.
Zaher Sayegh limped in from middle position, and Dan O'Brien raised to 1,600 next to act. William McMahon called in the hijack, as did Sayegh.
Sayegh checked a flop to O'Brien, who bet 1,500. Both McMahon and Sayegh called.
All three players checked the turn, and Sayegh announced a bet of 5,500 on the river. O'Brien instantly folded, and McMahon followed suit a few seconds later.
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