Kahle Burns raised to 1,000 in middle position and was met with a call from the big blind.
The flop landed 
and Burns continued for 800 with his opponent check-calling.
The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river landed the 
and the big blind checked again.
Burns bet 3,000, and his opponent snap-called. Burns tabled his 
, but his opponent revealed his 
for a straight.
Bruno Portaro raised to 1,000 in middle position and was met with a call from the big blind.
The flop landed 
and the big blind checked. Portaro tossed in 1,200, and his opponent swiftly folded.
On an 
flop, there was a bet of 3,500 and Ben Farrell called from the cutoff. Sean Dwyer made it 11,500 from the big blind and only Farrell stuck around. The 
on the turn got checked by both players.
On the 
river, Dwyer checked, Farrell bet 15,000, and Dwyer paid it off. Farrell showed 
for a flush and Dwyer mucked his hand.
Haixia Zhang opened to 900 from early position and the button just called. Frederic Normand was in the big blind and stuck in a three-bet to 4,100.
Zhang responded with a quick four-bet to 12,000 and the button got out of the way. Normand thought for a bit before five-bet shoving all in. Zhang went deep into the tank for over three minutes but finally let her hand go and Normand collected the pot.
With a decent amount of chips already in the middle, Bryan Ngo checked in middle position on a board showing 
. Andras Nemeth checked back on the button bringing a 
on the river.
The action checked through again, and Ngo showed down 
, taking down the pot with his top pair.
With around 10,000 in the middle and the flop reading 
, Nikita Luther checked from the big blind to Jonathan Plens in the cutoff.
Plens bet 4,500, and Luther called as the fell on the turn.
Luther checked, and Plens bet 12,000. Luther check-raised to 33,000, and Plens announced he was all in for 67,300 total.
Luther called and tabled her 
to be drawing dead against Plens' 
for a full house.
The river landed the meaningless 
, and Plens secured the double to contend with the chip leaders.
Tony Miles apparently called for a flop of ten-ten-deuce for his opponent in a heads up pot vs David Carleton. The dealer spread the flop to make a Nostradamus out of Miles as the table reacted with astonishment and Carleton gave Mils a fist bump.
Carleton then bet 1,200. "You're going to lead into me after I call the flop?" said Miles before calling. The turn was the . Carleton bet again for 2,500 and Miles quickly folded.
Chad Bradbury raised to 1,200 under the gun and small blind Shawn Buchanan was his only caller.
Buchanan checked to Bradbury on 
and Bradbury bet 2,600. Buchanan check-raised to 7,000 and Bradbury called.
The 
landed on the turn and both players checked.
Buchanan fired 11,600 on the 
river and Bradbury convinced himself to call.
Buchanan flipped the 
for a turned set and Bradbury mucked his hand.
"Nice turn," Bradbury observed.
Danny Tang just joined the Main Event. He finished in 31st position last year at the 2018 World Series of Poker. He cashed for over $230,000 for his then second and now third biggest cash. It still is his biggest cash on American soil and he has another shot at improving on that score and last year's performance.
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