Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,400
63,400
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63,400 |
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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.
turn, the opponent checked to Kushner, who tossed in a bet of 5,000. The opponent snap-called again.
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.
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. 
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.
completed board, a player jammed in the big blind, and Brian Kim snap-called for his 41,700 chips on the button.
for a set.
, Daniel Garcia was in early position when he bet 3,700 into his late positioned opponent, who called. 
for the turned straight and his opponent mucked.
. Shashikhina led out for 4,000 which got her opponent to fold.
and around 12,000 in the pot, a player in the cutoff bet 10,300.
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.
