Anthony Zinno has defeated Julien Martini, Sean Winter has defeated Bari Sklar, and Bin Weng has defeated Johan Guilbert.
In the second round later today, Zinno will be facing Chris Brewer, Winter will be up against Chino Rheem, and Weng will be pitted against Matthew Gonzales.
Daniel Negreanu and Kevin Rabichow have been engaging in one of the more entertaining matches of the tournament, trading the chip lead several times in the first two-and-a-half hours of play.
With 12,000 chips in the middle and 
on the board, Rabichow's bet of 8,000 was called by Negreanu.
After the 
came out, Negreanu elected to overbet jam with his remaining 70,000 chips. Rabichow quickly folded.
According to a spectator, John Smith had a small chip advantage over Michael Rocco to start the hand.
Although the full action is unknown, it was said that Rocco had jammed on the river on the 
board and Smith called.
Rocco apparently could only turn over 
, while Smith tabled 
for two pair to advance to the next round where he will face Ali Imsirovic.
Faraz Jaka is into the second round after taking down Dimitar Danchev.
With the pot already looming around 80,000, Jaka put Danchev all-in for his remaining 65,000 chips on the 
board.
Danchev then distressingly debated the decision for over four minutes, sucking through his teeth while going over the hand in his head.
Finally, Danchev came to a call. After Jaka showed his 
, the Bulgarian mucked his cards and shook Jaka's hand.
With 6,000 in the middle on the flop of 
, Matthew Steinberg bet 5,000 on the button. Dario Sammartino check-raised to 12,000 only to have Steinberg three-bet to 32,000. Sammartino called and the 
rolled off on the turn.
Sammartino checked and Steinberg dropped in a bet of 35,000. Sammartino deliberated for a minute before jamming all in for 72,300. Steinberg took a minute as well but decided to send his cards to the muck.
Alex Keating opened to 4,000 on the button and Chris Brewer three-bet to 16,000 in the big blind. Keating responded with a four-bet shove for just under 85,000 and Brewer called it off.
Alex Keating:
Chris Brewer: 
The flop came 
to give Brewer the lead with a pair of queens. The 
and 
runout provided no help to Keating who was eliminated.
Phil Ivey is into the second round after taking down 2021 semi-finalist Henri Puustinen.
After whittling down Puustinen to his remaining 28,000 chips, Ivey was on the right side of an all-in preflop flip to punch his ticket to the round-of-32.
Puustinen raised to 5,000, Ivey moved all-in and was snap-called. Ivey turned over 
while Puustinen showed .
The flop came 
. The 
turn gave Ivey a flush draw that he didn't need as he spiked the to send Puustinen packing.
Patrick Leonard limped in on the button and Marius Gierse made it 7,000 to go from the big blind. Leonard called and the flop came 
. Gierse continued for 7,000 and Leonard called to see the on the turn.
Gierse fired out another bet of 14,000 and Leonard still called. The river was the and Gierse shoved all in. Leonard went into the tank for a couple of minutes, discussing out loud all of Gierse's possible holdings. Eventually, Leonard laid his hand down and Gierse showed the 
.
At the same table, Chance Kornuth and Felipe Ramos saw a flop of 
. All of the chips got in the middle with Ramos being the player at risk.
Felipe Ramos:
Chance Kornuth:
The 
on the turn was safe for Ramos who was looking to dodge plenty of cards. However, the 
on the river gave Kornuth a straight and Ramos was eliminated.
Phil Ivey raised to 5,000 and Henri Puustinen called.
Both players checked the 
flop to the turn. Puustinen bet 10,000 and Ivey called.
The completed the board, Puustinen checked, Ivey bet a few red T-5,000 chips, and Puustinen quickly folded to concede the pot.
Isaac Kempton is through to the round-of-32 after eliminating Bill Klein.
With , Klein's last 27,500 went into the middle against Kempton's 
.
The board was not kind as Klein failed to improve on the board, sending him to the rails and putting the Delaware native into the next round.
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