2016 Main Event Champion Qui Nguyen is in the field. He started this year's run by picking up a few early chips.
Action started on the turn with a board of 
. Nguyen bet 600 from middle position and his opponent made the call from the blinds.
The river landed the 
and Nguyen saw his opponent check again. He quickly fired for 2,000, getting a fast fold from his opponent.
Action was picked up with 1,700 in the pot and a flop of 
on the table. The under-the-gun player led out for 1,100. Jeff Kushner, on the button, raised to 3,000 after a minute or so of thought. His opponent nonchalantly snap-called.
On the 
turn, the opponent checked to Kushner, who tossed in a bet of 5,000. The opponent snap-called again.
The 
river was checked through. Kushner showed 
for an overpair, while his opponent showed 
, good for top pair, but not enough for the pot, which went to Kushner.
On a board reading 
Anatoly Filatov in late position was involved in a hand with a player in middle position. The middle position player checked and then called after Filatov bet 7,000 into a pot of around 8,500.
The 
river saw the middle position player take over the betting lead, firing off 16,000. Filatov, after some consideration, made the call and was shown 
by his opponent for the rivered flush, a hand the Russian pro could not beat, sending him sliding down the chip counts.
With roughly 30,000 in the pot on a 
completed board, a player jammed in the big blind, and Brian Kim snap-called for his 41,700 chips on the button.
Kim tabled for the nuts, while his opponent held 
for a set.
"Oh my god, I'm out," said the big blind in disbelief. A count showed Kim had slightly fewer chips and his opponent was still in with under five big blinds, although likely not for long, while Kim secured the early double.
On a heads-up turn board of 
, Daniel Garcia was in early position when he bet 3,700 into his late positioned opponent, who called.
The river saw Garcia fire once more, this time for 6,400, and after several moments, his opponent laid it down.
David Rees was in the big blind and called a preflop raise from an opponent on the button as they went heads-up to a 
flop.
Rees checked over to his opponent who threw out 1,000 before Rees raised to 2,000. The button called, then called another bet by Rees of 2,700 on the turn.
The river came the and Rees fired out another 6,000. His opponent shot a quick glance over at him before flicking in the call. Rees showed 
for the turned straight and his opponent mucked.
Sonia Shashikhina, in the small blind, called the raise to 800 that had been made by an early position opponent and called by the cutoff.
Three players saw the flop of . The cutoff bet 1,000, Shashikhina called and the early position player folded.
The turn came the 
. Shashikhina led out for 4,000 which got her opponent to fold.
Thad McNulty just found himself moving all in less than 30 minutes into Day 1a, but he would emerge from it unscathed.
Picking up the action on the turn with the board showing 
and around 12,000 in the pot, a player in the cutoff bet 10,300.
McNulty, in the big blind, then tossed in the rest of his 29,000 and his opponent quickly folded as McNulty climbed back up towards the starting stack.
With over 16,000 in the pot on a 
board, the small blind checked, and Michael Gathy checked behind in middle position.
The 
completed the board and the small blind led out with a bet of approximately 18,000. Gathy responded by moving almost all of his chips in for approximately 52,000, leaving himself just two small denomination chips behind.
His opponent tanked for several minutes while looking at the board, but ultimately sent his cards into the muck to concede the pot to Gathy early in the day.
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