Jeremy Ausmus raised to 1,000 in early position and picked up three callers along the way. The flop came J♦4♦2♦ and Ausmus continued with a bet of 1,200. The player on his left raised to 3,300 and Ausmus called.
The turn brought the Q♦ and Ausmus led out with a bet of 4,000. His opponent thought for a moment but decide to fold with four diamonds on the board.
A player in early position raised to 1,500. Action folded to Ryan Slanicka on the button who tossed out a three-bet to 4,000. The early position player called to bring out the K♠A♥J♦ flop.
Both players checked and watched as the dealer put the 2♠ out on the turn.
The early position player checked and Slanicka bet out 2,500. His opponent called and the dealer put the 5♦ out on the river.
Action checked through to showdown and Slanicka turned up the A♣Q♦ which was best versus the A♠10♣ of his opponent.
Slanicka made mention that he had been as low as 4,000 chip earlier in Day 1 and has battled back to a stack over 30,000 which he said, "Feels like a million".
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 1,000 from under the gun and five players decided to join the party. It took nearly two minutes just to get to the flop of Q♥5♣2♣. Vogelsang continued with a bet of 1,600 and Navot Golan raised to 3,500 on his left. Robert Scherer called in the cutoff and Vogelsang also came along.
The turn was the 4♦ and the action checked around to the 8♦ on the river. Vogelsang led out with a bet of 5,600 and it took Golan a couple of minutes before he finally folded. Scherer thought for a bit as well but also decided to fold and the pot was shipped to Vogelsang.
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Ex Warcraft professional player Yoan Merlo opened to 900 from early position. Everybody else at the table folded, except for the big blind, who called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 2♦Q♠6♣ that both players checked. Then the 9♦ appeared on the turn. The small blind threw a single chip of 1,000 in front of him, and Merlo matched the bet with 1,000 as well.
On the river 3♥ and both players checked once more. The small blind revealed 4♠4♦, but it wasn't enough as Merlo showed A♣9♣ for a pair of nines.
Action folded to Blake Baumgartner on the button who opened to 1,000. The small blind folded and when action was on the big blind they three-bet to 4,400. Baumgartner called.
The A♠7♠7♥ landed on the flop and the three-bettor continued for 4,500. Baumgartner called again.
The 5♥ landed on the turn and the big blind then bet 10,000. Baumgartner went into the tank for over a minute and eventually called.
The river landed a 9♠ and the big blind slowed down and checked. Baumgartner didn't take much time before betting out for 18,000. The big blind went into the tank for over a minute before finally flicking in a chip.
Baumgartner quickly tabled K♠10♠ for a rivered nut flush and the big blind mucked.
Three players saw a flop of 6♣9♦9♠. Eliran Zipati bet 1,700 from early position and got one call, from the big blind.
Zipati bet again on a 8♦ turn card and received another call.
A 5♠ on the river was met with a third barrel from Zipati and his opponent had a short think before folding.
The board read 9♠6♥J♥3♥7♣ and high stakes cash game player Naseem Salem aka Nick bet 9,000 into the big pot and Terrance Reid talked himself into making the call. Salem showed 10♥7♥ for the flush and Reid mucked after confirming that Salem had the flush.
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