On a heads-up turn of 
, Jerod Smith was all-in for just 10,000 and his opponent James Hughes was in the tank for nearly a minute before making the call.
Jerod Smith: 
James Hughes: 
Smith was somewhat befuddled to not get instantly called as the 
river only improved Hughes.
"I guess Solana isn't up enough for you to snap that off with top pair and flush draw," Smith said on his way out as both players were sporting the Solana shirt.
Doyle Brunson checked the 
flop from under the gun and called a bet from Eliran Yamin. Both players checked the 
turn before Brunson led out on the 
river for 16,500. Yamin slid his cards to the dealer and Brunson raked in the pot.
With some 19,000 to the middle and the river reading 
, Raymond Ross opted to check out of the big blind. Anton Wigg bet 9,000 and Ross then went into a short tank before raising to 23,000. Wigg gave it some brief consideration and tossed the cards into the muck.
Ross raked in the pot and has already more than doubled his stack in the second level of the day.
Christopher Sandrock limped under the gun, Ryan Pedigo limped and the button limped before Hung Phan three-bet to 1,200 from the small blind. Both Pedigo and the button called.
The dealer fanned a flop of and Phan continued for 4,000. Pedigo called before the button got out of the way.
The 
hit the turn and Phan continued again, this time for 6,000 and Pedigo quickly called.
On the 
river, Phan checked over to Pedigo who jammed his remaining stack of roughly 6,700. Phan surrendered the pot and the dealer shipped the chips to Pedigo.
Jason Koon has been getting into the vibe on Day 1A, happily dishing out advice to his tablemates in the Amazon Orange section.
"This is the Main Event, so try to have fun. It gets much more serious later, but this is Day 1 so just try to enjoy it."
Koon had the opportunity to show them how it's done when a player in middle position raised to 800. Another player in the cutoff called and Koon three-bet to 3,500 from the button. The original raiser folded and the player in the cutoff came along.
The flop was 
and Koon continued for 2,500. His opponent called and the turn was 
.
Koon bet 8,000 on the turn and his opponent quickly folded. The newly minted WSOP champion dragged the pot with a smile and continued enjoying his Day 1 of the Main Event.
Rania Nasreddine bet 2,200 on a flop of 
into two opponents, The first opponent folded and Michael Finstein called.
The turn was the . Action went check-check.
The river came the 
. Both players checked again. Finstein tabled the 
which was the winner as Nasreddine mucked.
The board read 
on the turn. Evgenii Fidchuk bet 7,300 into a pot of about 12,000 and was called by Donald White.
The river came the to pair the board. White checked and Fidchuk bet 13,000. White quickly folded 
face up and Fidchuk collected the pot.
Vladimir Smoliakov quickly called an all-in from Derek Childress on the 
flop and promptly flipped over 
. Childress was in bad shape showing 
and was then drawing dead on the 
turn. The river completed the board, as Smoliakov added the chips to his growing stack.
Three ways to the 
flop, the action checked to Kelly Minkin on the button and she bet 4,000. Simon Casserly called in the big blind and Seth Davies folded in the hijack. The turn was checked and Casserly checked again the on the river. Minkin bet 10,000 and was quickly called by Casserly, who won the pot with 
as Minkin had bluffed with the .
A middle position player raised to 700 and Asi Moshe defended the big blind.
The 
flop was checked by both. The turn saw a bet and a call.
The completed the board and Moshe bet 5,000. His opponent called.
Moshe showed for a turned boat to add the chips to his stack as his opponent mucked.
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