Action was picked up on the flop with players heads up and the board reading K♥4♠4♦. A player in the hijack bet 1,200 and was called by Brandon Newsome on the button.
On the 2♥ turn the hijack fired a second barrel, this time for 2,100. Newsome once again made the call.
The hijack slowed down with a check on the 6♦ river. Newsome made a small bet of 2,000 and the hijack quickly folded.
On a J♣9♦5♥ board, a player and Koray Aldemir checked to a player on the button who bet 1,500. The first player called, Aldemir raised to 5,800, the button called, and the third player folded.
Aldemir checked the 7♣ on the turn, the button bet 9,000, and Aldemir called with about 43,000 behind.
On the 2♣ river, Aldemir checked once again. His opponent moved all in, covering the 2021 World Champion, and the German gave it up after about two minutes.
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 1,500 from the cutoff and got called by Philip Wojtuniecki in the small blind leading to a 8♦10♦A♥ flop.
Wojtuniecki checked over to Lichtenberger who continued with a bet of 3,300. Wojtuniecki tossed in the call and the dealer put the 5♣ out on the turn.
Action checked through and both players watched as the 2♠ fell on the river.
Action checked through to showdown and Wojtuniecki showed the A♠6♠, causing Lichtenberger to toss his cards into me muck.
The player from the hijack position raised to 1,200 and the cutoff player, Behrooz Jamshidi called. The button, Scott Inman placed the three-bet for 5,000 and only Jamshidi called.
The flop and turn came out K♣6♥4♠4♥ and both players checked through.
The river brought the 6♦ and Jamshidi checked and Inman placed a bet of 5,000.
Jamshidi mucked immediately and said, "You obviously have pocket kings, I fold".
Inman laughed and turned over his K♥K♦ and said, "How on earth did you get that?".
There was a raise to 1,400 in middle position which Todd Witteles called from the hijack. Erik Seidel also came along from the big blind as the dealer fanned the flop of J♣9♥3♣. The action checked to Witteles who made a bet of 3,500. Seidel check-raised all in for 5,900 and Witteles quickly called.
Erik Seidel: Q♣4♣
Todd Witteles: A♣8♣
Seidel had a flush draw but Witteles had the better one, leaving Seidel looking to pair up his live cards. The J♠ and 3♠ runout changed nothing and Seidel headed for the exit.
In early position, Elie Nakache opened to 1,500 chips. The player in the hijack then three-bet to 4,000 chips. All other players folded, except Nakache, who chose to call.
On the flop 9♠7♥3♣, the hijack continued with a bet of 2,000 chips. Nakache decided to check-call, and to check once again on the turn 4♣.
The hijack fired a second bet of 5,500 chip on this second street. But it was too much for Nakache, who folded.
Three players saw a flop of 7♦4♣8♥. The big blind checked to Chee Keong Teng in the hijack, who made it 1,500 to go. The player on the button folded but the big blind came along.
A 2♠ on the turn was checked by both players. The river came a 2♣ and the big blind led out for 2,000. Teng instantly flicked in a chip to call.
The big blind showed Ax7x and Teng turned over A♥8♠ to claim the pot.
There was a raise from early position to 1,500. Action then folded to Matt Vaughan on the button who called and Leo Worthington-Leese called from the small blind.
The 4♥6♣3♣ flop hit the felt and action checked to the original raiser. He put out a bet of 2,800 and both Vaughan and Worthington-Leese called.
The turn brought a 7♣ and the action slowed down and checked through.
The K♠ landed on the river and Worthington-Leese only took a moment before opting to lead out for 5,100. The original raiser folded and action was on Vaughan who looked to be considering a call but ultimately thought better of it and mucked.
Worthington-Leese grabbed a nice pot late in Day 1 to give himself a healthy stack.
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