A player in early position raised to 1,200, the player on the button called and Niall Farrell called from the big blind.
The flop was 
and Farrell checked to the initial raiser who continued for 2,000. Only Farrell called.
Both players proceeded to check the 
turn and 
river.
Farrell showed 
for a pair of sevens, but his opponent turned over 
for a pair of jacks to win the pot.
Hiroki Nawa raised to 6,000 from the big blind on a 
flop, and Tuiofu Hunkin put in a call from the button.
Nawa down bet to 5,300 on the 
turn, once again getting a call from Hunkin. Nawa upped his bet to 19,200 on the river 
, and Hunkin took a few moments to think it over before calling once again.
Nawa showed 
for a flopped nut straight, with Hunkin mucking.
Jeff Gross opened to 800 in the hijack and was called by Chris Hunichen on his left. Victor Choupeaux three-bet to 3,000 on the button and both of the blinds folded. Gross also folded but Hunichen called to see a flop of 
.
Both players checked and the 
paired the board on the turn. Hunichen check-called a bet of 2,000 from Choupeaux and the 
completed the board. Hunichen checked again and Choupeaux fired out a bet of 4,200. Hunichen looked him up and Choupeaux tabled 
for the winner.
In the next hand, Hunichen raised and was called by James Romero on the button and the big blind. The flop fell 
and Hunichen continued for 1,300. Romero raised to 4,300 which got the big blind to fold but Hunichen called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to the on the river. Hunichen checked again and Romero splashed in a bet of 11,300. Hunichen scratched his head as he wasn't pleased with the river.
"I should have just re-raised the flop," he grumbled. "So sick. I call," as he tossed in a couple of chips. Romero turned over for a flush while Hunichen flashed 
before mucking his cards.
Luther Tran opened with an under the gun raise to 800 and Greg Mueller three-bet next to act to 2,000.
Action folded back to Tran, and he called as the flop landed 
.
Tran checked, and Mueller announced a bet of 2,200. Tran thought for a little and then called before the and checked through.
Tran tabled his , and Mueller revealed his 
, and the pot was chopped up.
There was already 12,000 in the pot when Lily Kiletto bet 9,000 from middle position, sending her opponent on the button into the tank. After a minute or so, he folded, and Kiletto started to stack up the pot.
"Please tell me you didn't fold a queen," Kiletto told her opponent. When he eventually revealed he didn't have a queen, but just a pair, Kiletto smirked and said, "Sticky!"
On the river Nick Guagenti made a hefty bet of 25,000 to take down a pot of nearly the same size when his opponent Nataliya Iakovleva folded her hand and send the chips over to Guagenti.
Mike Dentale raised to 800 from the hijack, and Piotr Nurzynski made the call in the cutoff.
Dentale bet 1,000 on the 
flop, and Nurzynski raised to 2,600. Dentale called.
The fell on the turn, and Dentale led out again, this time for 3,500. Nurzynski called.
Dentale bet 4,000 on the river, and Nurzynski raised to 16,000.
"Pocket tens? Pocket tens?" Dentale said. He tanked for a minute, eventually asking, "Show me if I fold?" Nurzynski remained motionless.
"I hope you have sevens...I really hope you don't have tens." Dentale said, holding the amount to call in his hand. A few moments later, he tossed those chips in to call, and Nurzynski tabled 
for a turned set of fives.
"And he raised the flop? F***ing phenomenal," Dentale, clearly annoyed with his opponent's turned good fortune, said before mucking.
Chris Dotson won a competition hosted by PokerNews’ sister company, Oddschecker and now finds himself in the largest poker tournament in the world!
We caught up with him before the tournament got underway earlier today to see how he was feeling ahead of Day 1c.
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