Edward Tan limped in the small blind before Scott Hempel checked his option in the big blind.
Tan checked on the 2♦8♣K♦ flop and then called after Hempel led out for 800.
Action checked through the 2♥ turn to the Q♥ river at which point Tan announced a bet of 1,200. Hempel wasted little time in folding to keep Tan, a WSOP circuit ring winner, chipping up.
Ari Engel opened the action to 2,000 from under the gun and it folded to Felipe Espitia who three-bet to 6,400 on the button. The blinds folded and Engel made the call.
The flop came 9♣6♠4♣ and Engel check-called a bet of 5,600 from Espitia. On the K♥ turn Engel checked a second time and Espitia sized to 13,000, which Engel called.
The 5♠ completed the board and Engel checked again. Espitia took a few seconds before announcing all in for 36,400 and Engel went deep in the tank. After close to two minutes, Engel folded and the pot was sent to Espitia without showdown.
A player in early position raised to 2,000 and was called by Francisco Pinho Correia and Brandon Shack-Harris before Takumi Odani, in the cutoff, three-bet to 7,200.
The original raiser tanked for nearly a minute before folding, but Correia and Shack-Harris came along to the 8♥7♠A♠ flop. Both players checked to Odani.
Odani fired out another 5,200 and Correia tanked for several minutes before emerging with a raise to 14,500. Shack-Harris quickly got out of the way, but then Odani began tanking.
Nearly five minutes went off the clock as Odani sat back in his seat, his hands in his pockets, as he considered the decision before mucking.
James Vecchio was already all in and at risk for his last 10,900 from the button on a 8♥4♣8♣ flop against one opponent in the small blind.
James Vecchio: J♣9♣
Small blind: A♦J♦
The A♠ was of no help to Vecchio, but the K♣ river gave him a flush and he doubled up through his opponent.
The pot stood at approximately 20,000 as the full board read K♠9♦4♦6♥8♣, with two players remaining in the hand.
Orson Young in middle position bet out for 10,500 only to be faced with a raise from Senthuran Vijayaratnam on the button. Vijayaratnam moved all in putting Young to the test for his tournament life.
Young remained in the tank for nearly three minutes before finally relinquishing his cards and the pot.
James Hartigan was battling his namesake James Lim in a pot worth around 12,500 chips. The players had already arrived on the turn on a board of A♦9♠8♠5♦ and Lim bet out another 4,500. Hartigan made the call and the 2♥ river was dealt.
Lim knuckled the table and Hartigan tabled A♥8♥ in response. His two pair took the pot, providing a profitable first level for Hartigan so far.
On a table with Chris Hunichen and Jesse Lonis, Fedor Holz also sat down after late registering earlier today.
Seun Oluwole raised from an early position and Shiina Okamoto called on the button.The A♣A♥K♥ flop was checked by both players and Oluwole then check-called the 3♠ turn as well as the 7♦ river for 2,500 and 4,500 respectively. Okamoto tabled the Q♥10♥ for a busted straight and flush draw, which Oluwole had beat with the K♣Q♣.
Despite losing this pot, Okamoto has already chipped up significantly.
The pot stood at approximately 27,000 as the full board read 8♦7♣4♥6♣A♣, with two players remaining in the hand.
In early position was Michael McCarthy who checked the action over to Miguel Carvajal in middle position. Carvajal bet out for 10,900 and McCarthy went into the tank.
After considering his options for some time, McCarthy called.
Miguel Carvajal: 9♣9♦
Michael McCarthy: J♠J♦
McCarthy's pocket jacks bested the pocket nines of Carvajal to take down this pot.
Four players went to the flop on a board 7♥10♦5♦ and all checked to the 10♣ turn.
Punnat Punsri bet 3,200 from early position and only Brittney Stout called in the cutoff.
The river came the K♥ and Punsri fired out another 18,000. Stout cut the chips to call out of her massive stack and tanked for a moment before committing them to the pot.
Punsri quickly mucked his QxJx for a bluff, while Stout showed 7♣4♣ as she took the pot.
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