Action was joined on the turn as the board read 
and a pot of 3,400 in the middle.
From under the gun, Brian Altman bet 3,200 over to his opponent in the small blind who took a few moments before sliding his cards into the muck one by one to send Altman the modest pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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67,500
7,500
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7,500 |
Action was picked up on this hand with several thousand in the pot already and the dealer just put out the turn on a 
board. The late position player checked to Jorge Arriola on the button and he checked back.
The river was the 
and the late position checked again but this time Arriola bet 3,000. After confirming the amount, his opponent called, and Arriola tabled 
for a rivered flush and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000
71,000
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71,000 |
2013 Main Event Champion Ryan Riess has entered the field. He managed to get into the action quickly.
Action started on the turn with a board reading 
Riess check-called a bet of about 3,300 on the turn from his opponent on the button.
The river fell the 
and both players checked the final street.
Riess revealed his 
for flopped trips to take down the early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000
67,000
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67,000 |
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David Meadors and an opponent in the big blind built a big pot of around 30,000 on a flop of 
.
Both players checked down as the board ran out 
. Meadors turned over 
for the flopped set, while his opponent showed 
for two pair.
"I figured you had ace-seven or ace-ten. You had nowhere to go," Meadors told his opponent as he dragged in the pot. "The heart saved you."
Jack Sinclair, the eighth-place finisher in the 2017 Main Event, has taken a seat at this table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
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Luke Boldissar opened with a raise from late position. The cutoff reraised to 1,500. Action folded back around to Boldissar, who took a couple minutes before announcing and tossing in a four-bet of 5,400. The cutoff thought only briefly before tossing in a five-bet to 15,000, a quarter of each player's starting stack.
Boldissar took a moment or two, before stacking all his chips into a single tower, and placing it into the pot, a six-bet to 51,500. A few seconds later, the cutoff reluctantly folded, giving the pot to Boldissar.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
26,000
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26,000 |
|
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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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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59,000
59,000
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59,000 |
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000
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60,000
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60,000
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000 | |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000 | |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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70,000
10,000
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10,000 |
