With just under 19,000 in the middle, and the board reading 
, Calvin Anderson bet out 15,000 from under the gun.
George Petrov was on the button, and he considered his options for around a minute before folding.
Brett Feder fired 7,000 into roughly 15,000 on a turn of 
and Michael Baker called in the cutoff.
The river was the and Feder opted for a small bet of 4,000. Baker clicked back and Feder called the extra 4,000.
Baker turned over 
but Feder had him beat with 
.
"How do we not get that in preflop?" Feder asked, laughing.
2012 WSOP Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia checked a 
flop from the small blind, and Leshi Shao bet 1,500 in the big blind. Lin Wang raised to 6,000 from the hijack, Sylvia called and Shao folded.
Both players checked the 
turn, and the 
fell on the river. Sylvia bet 10,000, and Wang raised to 30,000.
"Wow! So sick," Sylvia said, before eventually tabling 
and folding.
"I'll give you $200 if you show me a bluff!" Sylvia told Wang, who was in the process of pushing his hand to the muck. Wang looked over at Sylvia, then turned over 
, prompting Sylvia to quickly grab two $100 bills out of his pocket and tossed them to Wang with a bemused grin.
There was well over 5,000 in the middle of the table already and the 
flop had been dealt. The player in the big blind checked his option and Thomas Pomponio checked behind in the hijack. Talal Shakerchi sat in the next seat in the cutoff and he bet 2,700. The player in the big blind got out of the way and Pomponio stuck around.
The turn was the and it checked to Shakerchi again. He now fired a bet of 6,600 and it didn't take too long for Pomponio to call the bet. The 
completed the board and both players checked quickly.
Pomponio showed 
but that wasn't enough to take the pot against the 
of Shakerchi.
Two time main event champion and poker legend Johnny Chan was involved in a three way pot going to the flop which came 
. Chan checked under the gun as did the player in middle position. Michael Cannon bet 5,000 from the button which Chan called and the third player folded.
The turn was the 
. Chan checked and Cannon fired again with a bet of 11,000. Chan thought for a moment and called. The river came the 
. Chan checked again and Cannon fired the largest artillery possible as he moved all in.
Chan went deep into the tank, a huge decision this early in the tournament. He got a count of Cannon's stack which was 38,900, which would be for about 90% of Chan's stack. Chan counted out what he would have left and stared down his opponent. He mumbled something about a bluff and released his cards after about two minutes, electing to live to fight another day.
Over at 2015 World Champion Joe McKeehen's table in the Brasilia Red section, George Belianin has been disqualified in the 2019 WSOP Main Event after not even one hour of play on Day 1c.
According to several players at the table, after winning a small pot, the #5 seat George Belianin reached out to his left-hand neighbor's stack as well and scooped up his entire stack in the process to add it to his. Allegedly, Belianin did so with a smile on his face.
Belianin subsequently got disqualified for stealing another person's chips at the table and will not be active in the 2019 Main Event anymore. It was the Vice President of the World Series of Poker Jack Effel who came over and escorted Belianin out of the tournament area. His chips will be taken out of play, while his buy-in stays in the prize pool.
Effel later spoke with PokerNews and weighed in on the decision:
“Here’s the thing, you’re playing the Main Event you can’t touch other player’s chips. The chips that you have in front of you are the ones that belong to you, you shouldn’t be touching chips that don’t belong to you. Plain and simple. Discussing beyond what was seen at the table, everybody saw the exact same thing – he took the chips that were next to him, they didn’t belong to him and you can’t do that when you’re playing the Main Event.”
When asked if Belianin was also 86ed from all Caesars properties Effel added the following: “I’m not going to speak on security concerns, but obviously if you break the rules and take chips you’re not going to be allowed to play in the tournament and you can face all consequences as a result of being disqualified from the tournament per our rules.”
Another player at the table, Tom Peterson, also gave a first-hand account of what transpired:
“The guy came in and sat down at Seat 6. The dealer told him to get in Seat 5. He didn’t speak a lot of English, he was from another country because he had a passport,” Peterson explained when asked to recount what happened. “He said, ‘I want to play. Deal.’ The dealer said, ‘No you need to move.’ …He finally moves, plays a couple of hands, plays them well, loses both of them. Then like in the seventh hand he wins the pot: 1,600 in the pot - one black chip, one pink chip, one yellow chip. The dealer pushes it to him and he just grabs the other pile and puts it right into his without hesitation. The floor came over and they DQed him.”
Maria Konnikova is flying, having more than doubled her stack already. With only an hour of play under her belt, she took down another small pot at showdown with 
on an ace-high board, leaving her opponent to muck his hand.
"It can go really quickly" she joked to PokerNews as she added the lastest chips to her stack.
Phil Ivey's 2019 Main Event run is over in Level 1, as the 10-time bracelet winner was just sent to the rail in the bowling alley overflow room. Ivey was already below 25,000 chips at the start of the hand, and those remaining chips went to Jeffrey Chang in the aftermath of a three-way pot.
Chang opened to 500 in early position, Hirotaka Nakanishi three-bet on his immediate left, and Ivey cold called the three-bet from the button. Chang came along, and the flop came 
.
Chang checked, Nakanishi bet 1,600 and Ivey called. Chang then put in the check-raise to 6,500, Nakanishi called, and Ivey went all in over the top for his last 17,500.
Chang shoved the rest of his stack, and Nakanishi got out of the way.
Jeffrey Chang:
Phil Ivey:
Chang was a 67% favorite with top two against Ivey's nut flush draw, and when the and completed the board, Ivey was eliminated.
Jonas Hagstrom raised the button to 500 and Julian Parmann called in the small blind, as did the big blind.
The flop landed and action checked through to the 
on the turn.
Hagstrom bet 1,200 and only Parmann called as the river fell the 
.
Parmann checked, Hagstrom bet 2,100, and Parmann folded.
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