Action was caught on the river.
The board was 
. A player in early position checked into a 17,000 pot and Benjamin Spragg moved all in for 31,000. His opponent folded and Spragg already took that first pot.
"I just sat down", said Spragg to PokerNews.
Just after him, Zachary Tay already has more than twice the starting stack.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Shigeho Yoshioka already bet 22,000 on a 
board, when action was caught.
His opponent thought about it and made the call. The Japanese player showed 
for a flush and his opponent mucked.
Shigeho Yoshioka is off to a good start.
After a raise from a player in early position, Sebastien Clot three-bet just after him. On the very next seat, Samuel Bifarella four-bet to 14,900. The first player quickly folded, so did Clot. And Bifarella took that pot, without showing any cards.
"One player already became crazy against me while I just arrived in that tournament".
On this same table, Barry Shulman is seating in front of Bifarella. He recently entered that tournament.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The cutoff raised and was called by the small blind and Diana Kalietina in the big blind. There was 7,000 in the pot.
Action checked to the cutoff who bet 2,500 causing the small blind to fold. Kalietina wasn't deterred and raised to 7,000, The cutoff went into the tank before finding a fold.
In early position, Thomas Zanot raised to 3,000. Just after him, Andy Phav announced all in for 7,800. Daruwala called from the blinds, so did Zanot.
Those two players checked a 
board through the river. Everybody showed their cards.
Andy Phav: 
Thomas Zanot: 
Mehdi Daruwala: 
With just ace high and a ten kicker, Mehdi Daruwala was able to eliminate a new player, and took that pot. He's now over than 200,000 chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
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