Tom Dwan and an opponent went heads-up to the river on a completed board of 8♣7♣4♥7♠5♣ and around 30,000 already in the middle.
Dwan fired out 24,000 and his opponent tanked for a moment before calling. Dwan then turned over K♥7♥ for trip sevens to win the hand and take down a big pot.
Brittney Stout raised to 3,000 from middle position and was called by both Chad McMahon on the button and small blind Alexander Burkart.
All three players checked the 9♥8♣Q♦ flop before Burkart led out for 3,200 on the J♦ turn.
Stout quickly got out of the way, but McMahon stuck around to see the 2♣ river. Burkart then fired out another 10,000 and McMahon called.
Burkart turned over 10♠10♥ for a turned straight and McMahon mucked.
The hijack raised to 3,000, finding Michael Holmes in the cutoff who three-bet to 8,000. The original raiser called.
The flop of K♥8♦4♦ checked through to the 8♣ on the turn. The hijack now took the lead for 12,000 and Holmes made the call.
The 6♥ fell on the river and the hand checked to a showdown.
Hijack: A♠J♠
Michael Holmes: K♦9♠
Homles' preflop aggression earned him a bigger pot.
When walking by Maurice Hawkins' table, he was raking in a huge pot and sitting on a stack of nearly 400,000. A spectator was kind enough to relay the action that had happened to PokerNews.
Apparently, someone at the table had raised to 2,400 and Jose Ortiz called from middle position. Maurice Hawkins was on the button and made a big three-bet to 15,300, which only Ortiz called.
The flop was then spread 5♠3♣2♦ and Ortiz checked to Hawkins, who made a continuation-bet of 16,000. Ortiz then raised to 40,000 and Hawkins called.
Ortiz fired another bet in on the 8♣ turn, this time of 50,000 chips. Again, Hawkins made the call and the pair saw the 5x river. Ortiz slowed down and checked to Hawkins, and the latter went all-in, covering his opponent.
Ortiz quickly made the call and was shown the AxAx by Hawkins. Ortiz also played an overpair, but the smallest one with 9x9x. Ortiz was eliminated and Hawkins shot up to a stack of almost 400,000.
Not much later, Jose Paz-Gutierrez's seat was also seen empty and Hawkins played an even bigger stack. He is now the far-and-away chip leader in Red with more than 500,000 chips.
Michael Casey opened to 2,200 from early position and both the player in the hijack and Leo Lombardozzi in the big blind made the call.
The flop came 8♦4♣2♣ and Lombardozzi checked to Casey who continued for 2,400, which only Lombardozzi came along. The 10♥ hit the turn and Lombardozzi check-called another bet from Casey, this time for 4,200.
On the 5♣ river both players checked their options to a showdown. Lombardozzi announced "eight" and rolled over J♠8♣. Casey double-checked his cards, but eventually sent them to the muck and the pot was sent to Lombardozzi.
At the end of the previous level, the UK's Alexandra O'Brien scored a double in the most classic of setups.
In a preflop raising war, she was all-in with the A♦A♠ versus K♣K♦ and the board ran out J♦6♠5♣10♣6♣.
A player in middle position opened to 2,500 and was called by Kevin Pollak on the button and the player in the big blind.
Action checked to Pollak on the 5♠10♦J♥ flop and he bet 5,000. Only the initial raiser called.
The 4♦ came on the turn and Pollak's opponent checked again. This time Pollak announced he was all in for 17,400 total and his opponent folded after a bit of thought.
The American actor hasn't had the best start, but he still has 34,000 to work with as Day 2d rolls on.
Evangelos Tsoutsas opened 2,600 under the gun and Christina Renz called in the small blind before Rodrigo Motoki came along in the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of 10♣5♦5♠ and the action checked to Tsoutsas who continued for 3,200. Only Motoki called.
The 2♠ turn and 9♣ river received checks from both players and Tsoutsas rolled over A♣K♠ before seeing the 6♣6♥ of Motoki.
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