A large pot was brewing in the early going between Joshua Cunningham and Luke Donato. The board read 
with around 15,000 already in the middle.
Cunningham checked from middle position and Donato dropped in a bet of 11,900 on the button. Cunningham called and the 
completed the board. Cunningham quickly checked and Donato thought for a minute before knuckling the table as well.
Cunningham turned over his 
but Donato turned a full house with 
.
Half of the tables of Miranda are in play and those will be the first to break with several notables in action.
Table 624 features Jason Tompkins, Daniel Weinman, John Duthie, Anthony Zinno, Kyle Montgomery, and Allen Kessler.
Over on table 619, Ryan Hughes battles with Mike Watson and Fraser MacIntyre, while other notables such as David Yan, [Removed:551], and Stefan Schillhabel are also sharing a separate table.
Brandon Drespling opened to 600 from under the gun and Nick Binger called on the cutoff, with Matthieu Rodriguez making it three-handed to the flop.
It came 
and both players checked to Binger who bet 1,500. Only Rodriguez called and they saw a 
turn. Rodriguez check-called Binger's 4,000 barrel and the dealer placed a on the river. Rodriguez checked once more and Binger put 10,000 over the line. It was an immediate call from Rodriguez and the cards were turned over.
Matthieu Rodriguez: 
Nick Binger: 
Bingers flopped set hadn't held to the river, with Rodriguez hitting the backdoor flush draw and Binger takes an early hit.
With the board reading 
and roughly 18,000 in the middle, WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Leng checked from the hijack to two-time WSOP Main Event final tablist Antoine Saout in the cutoff.
Saout bet out 21,100 and Leng considered his options and decided to fold.
Richard Sharp bet 1,100 from the small blind on a 
board, and Ziv Caspi made the call from the cutoff. The river came 
, Sharp bet again for 2,300, and got the fold.
Sharp is already up to 84,000 in the first hour of Day 1b play.
James Gilbert opened to 600 from the cutoff and Myles Ball called on the button, as did Victor Amereno from the big blind.
The 
flop checked through to reveal the 
on the turn.
Amereno bet out 1,200, and both Gilbert and Ball quickly folded.
In the first hand after sitting down, Pierre Neuville called a raise to 3,000 by Gabriel Paul on the 
flop and proceeded to call a bet of 5,000 on the 
turn. On the 
river, Neuville folded 
face up when Paul made it 10,000 and was immediately down 10,000.
The tides have changed since as Paul dropped below the starting stack, while Neuville has bumped up his stack nicely.
The name Luca Vivaldi may ring a bell for all European poker players, as the Italian has been a tournament director on international tournaments for years and recently hosted the Triton Poker events with millions of dollars at stake.
This time, Vivaldi is among the participants of the $10,000 Main Event and has just been spotted in the field in three-way action. On the 
flop, Cambis Gesseljay and Jeffrey Primm in the blinds checked to Vivaldi and he bet 900, which just Gesseljay called. After the 
turn, Gesseljay checked and called a bet of 2,200 before they checked the 
on the river.
Gesseljay turned over 
and Vivaldi chopped it up with the 
.
Shizi Xiao raised to 500 in the cutoff and Joshua Dahlstrom called on the button, as did Kenny Hallaert from the big blind.
The flop landed and Hallaert checked to Xiao who bet 500.
Dahlstrom and Hallaert folded, and Xiao collected the pot.
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