Christopher Hovey raised to 700 from an early position, Hossein Ensan flatted in the cutoff, and a player in the small blind joined them to the 
. Ensan bet 1,100 in position and only the small blind called as Hovey gave up.
The 
turn went check-check and Ensan faced a bet of 3,500 when the 
landed on the river. Ensan double checked his stack-size and then folded.
Ben Farrell, who's red hot after winning and chopping two big tournaments the past week for nearly $400,000 total, is seated at the same table with 2006 Main Event champ Jamie Gold. Meanwhile, Thomas Muehloecker is up to 100,000 already after scooping a sizable pot in the first half hour of the day.
Joseph Weinberger raised to 600 in middle position and was met with three callers to see the 
flop.
The big blind checked, and Weinberger continued for 1,200. The hijack, button, and big blind all folded, and Weinberger collected the pot.
Trygve Leite bet 600 on a 
flop from early position, and the hijack called. Josh Reichard raised to 4,000 from the cutoff, Leite called and the hijack folded.
Both players checked the 
turn, and the 
fell on the river. Leite bet 6,500 and Reichard folded.
Three players saw a flop of 
and the action checked to Andrew Spears in the cutoff who bet 800. Angelina Rich was the only caller from middle position and the 
landed on the turn.
Both players checked and the 
completed the board. Rich checked once more and Spears tossed in a bet of 4,000. Rich check-raised to 8,000 and Spears eventually called. Rich turned over 
for a straight and was awarded the pot.
Bruno Politano raised from middle position to 500 and the player on the button called. Thomas Meola sat in the big blind and he raised to 1,200. Both Politano and Meola called.
The flop was 
and Meola continued with a bet of 1,200 but Politano three-bet to 3,300. The player on the button folded but Meola called. The turn was the 
anc Meola check-called a bet of 5,500 from Politano.
The river was the and Meola checked again. Politano fired a bet of 10,500 and Meola quickly flicked in 20,000. That bet was adjusted by the dealer to 21,000 and it was up to Politano what to do. He tanked for a couple of minutes and apologized to the table for taking his time. He folded after a little over four minutes in the tank.
He immediately asked Meola if he had pocket kings but an instant ''no'' was the answer. Meola later declared that he had a flush.
On a board that read 
Alan Cutler bet 12,000 into a pot of just over 20,000. His opponent Elliot Smith thought for a while as Cutler started to turtle up with his shirt over his mouth. After about twenty seconds Smith tossed out chips for a raise to 35,000.
"Tank raise?" asked a surprised Cutler "You must have king-queen. That would be so sick". He thought for about ten seconds longer before folding to the raise.
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