In a heads-up raised pot, the flop read 
, the small blind check-called a bet worth 900 from Michael Schwartz. The same action happened on the 
turn, this time for 3,500.
The 
fell on the river and both players checked. The small blind showed 
but Schwartz tabled 
for two pair and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
There was heads-up action between David Craven from the cutoff and Joe Kuether from the big blind with a 
board showing.
With roughly 8,000 already in the middle, Kuether led out for 6,000 and Craven called to see the 
complete the board on the river.
Kuether led out once again, this time for 16,000 and Craven raised 41,000.
The raise sent Kuether deep into the tank, so much so that a clock was called on him and after the 30-second countdown, Kuether's hand was mucked as he never made a decision.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,700 | |
|
39,700
20,300
|
20,300 |
The cutoff raised to 500 and was called by the small blind and Yevgeniy Timoshenko in the big.
All three players chekced on the 
flop and the small blind led out for 600 on the 
turn. Only Timoshenko called.
Both players checked on the river and the small blind tabled 
for a whiffed flush draw.
Timoshenko revealed 
for two pair and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Daniel Negreanu plans to use the tournament rules to his advantage and implement a crazy new strategy in this year's Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
||
|
|
70,500
70,500
|
70,500 |
|
66,500
66,500
|
66,500 |
|
|
||
|
63,100
63,100
|
63,100 |
|
||
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
||
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
||
|
59,500
59,500
|
59,500 |
|
|
||
|
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
||
|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
57,100
57,100
|
57,100 |
|
|
||
|
|
56,100
56,100
|
56,100 |
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
||
|
46,300
46,300
|
46,300 |
|
|
||
In a three-bet pot to the 
flop, Robert Mather in the hijack opted to check. Ehsan Amiri bet 1,200 on the button and was the sole opponent for Mather. A check-raise to 3,300 followed and Amiri tapped the table in defeat before sliding his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
53,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
On a flop of 
, Dana Cowels checked to Landon Tice and he put in a bet of 1,000. Cowels called quickly.
The hit the turn and once Cowels checked Tice bet 5,000 and Cowels snap-called.
The river was the 
and Tice checked back once Cowels checked. Cowels tabled 
, which was a pair of fives that rivered a flush and Tice mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,600 | |
|
50,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
Gregory Robbins raised to 600 and then called a three-bet to 2,000 by Eric Baldwin. The flop was checked by Robbins and he then called a bet worth 1,600 by Baldwin. They checked the turn and river as Robbins collected the pot with the 
.
Selahaddin Bedir then raised to 500 and earned four callers. Steven Kirton in the big blind three-bet to 1,600, picking up four callers including Bedir and Robbins. Kirton then bet all the way for 3,000 on the 
flop, 6,000 on the 
turn and 9,000 on the 
river. Only Robbins called and was shown the 
for a set of queens.
"My friend warned me about set over set," Robbins said as he exposed the for the inferior set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
91,000 | |
|
57,000 | |
|
54,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
41,000 | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
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|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
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|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
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|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
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|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
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|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
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|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
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|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
