Olivier Busquet opened to 900 from middle position and the big blind came along to see the 
flop.
The big blind checked, and Busquet bet 1,000. The big blind quickly folded, and Busquet collected the pot.
Action arrived at the river three handed with a pot of at least 15,000 on a board of 
. Frederic Hwang was in the big blind and bet 15,000. Andre Akkari then had action on him in early position and he found a fold rather quickly. A final player in middle position then became the only other player left in the pot and he confidently announced a call, getting ready to table his cards.
However, Hwang showed 
and the dealer announced a flush, causing the player in middle position to muck his hand in lieu of tabling it and the dealer shipped Hwang the pot.
As told to us by the man himself, Mike Holm was able to eliminate a foe with 
besting 
on an 
board to jump to 130,000, but has since faded back to his current count.
Kevin Buck, who had previously made a big bluff earlier in the day, jammed for 33,900 into a pot of 37,000 on a 
board, sending his opponent into the tank.
After about a minute, Beck's opponent threw in a call, only to quickly muck after Buck turned over 
for sevens full and the winner.
John Duthie opened to 1,100 in middle position and was met with a call from the button.
The flop landed 
and Duthie continued for 600 with his opponent calling as the 
landed on the turn.
Duthie tossed in an orange 5,000-denomination chip and announced an inaudible bet amount and his opponent folded.
Action folded to the cutoff who opened to 1,100 and received calls from the players on the button and in the small blind.
Christoph Vogelsang three-bet to 6,500 and the cutoff went into the tank for about two minutes before folding. A few seconds later, the remaining two players had folded and Vogelsang was raking in the pot he had just taken down preflop.
The German native with just shy of $20 million in winnings throughout his career is off to a good start today and is a definite name to watch as the tournament progresses.
Dan Shak started the action off by raising to 1,100 under-the-gun and Bo Kostner three-bet to 3,300 next to act. The table folded around to Shak who made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of 
and both players checked to see the 
on the turn. Shak led out for 2,500 and Kostner called. The fell on the river, Shak checked, Kostner bet out 7,000 and Shak went into the tank. After about 30 seconds Shak let his hand go and Kostner was shipped the pot,
Picking up the action on the 
turn with 10,500 in the middle, Colton Blomberg made it 4,000 to go and Vanessa Kade raised to 11,000, which Blomberg called. They checked the on the river and Blomberg was first to show, tabling the 
. Kade had that beat with 
for a set and moved back to the starting stack.
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