Players were all in preflop with a jam from the button and Michael Wang calling form the hijack.
Button: K♠K♣
Michael Wang: A♣Q♥
The button was holding strong on the 7x4♥Qx flop, despite Wang hitting a queen, but the A♥ turn broke the button's kings as Wang sat comfortably with two pair.
The 9♥ river sealed the pot for Wang as the button stood and walked away from the table.
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Action folded to Kai Wang who raised to 1,600 from the small blind into Olga Iermolcheva in the big blind, who found a call.
The flop came 9♥8♥10♣ and Wang checked, Iermolcheva raised to around 500. Wang re-raised to 1,500 and Iermolcheva responded with a jam, which got a quick call from Wang.
Kai Wang: 8♦10♦
Olga Iermolcheva: 10♥J♥
Wang had hit two pair on the flop, which was ahead of Iermolcheva's top pair, but Iermolcheva had plenty of outs.
The A♣ turn and 2♣ river didn't sway things in Iermolcheva's favour, and Wang got the double.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
As retold by the players Katie Kopp three-bet Chad Himmelspach preflop and received a call. The flop arrived with KxQx10x and Kopp bet out 5,000 and received the call.
The turn brought the 4x and Himmelspach checked and Kopp moved all in for about 25,000 effective. Himmelspach made the call.
Chad Himmelspach: KxQx
Katie Kopp: AxJx
The river was the 2x and Kopp won a substantial pot and achieved the knockout with the straight.
Jaskaran Brar beat every player at their table and was the first to advance to Day 2. He bagged 250,000 chips and will come back to play the next round tomorrow.
An opponent was all in for around 7,500 when they got a call from Aaron Duczak on their direct right.
Opponent: Ax4x
Aaron Duczak: Q♥K♣
Duczak hit the KxJx9x flop well and when the remaining two 7x Kx cards were dealt, Duczak claimed the pot, taking him back to just over starting stack.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Marc Ruffalo limped in early position and the player in the middle position three-bet for all the chips 11,900 and Ruffalo made the call.
Middle position: A♦K♦
Marc Ruffalo: 9♦10♦
The board came out with a pair for Ruffalo immediately with the 7♣9♠8♦ and then continued to improve with the 10♥K♣.
Ruffalo eliminated the player and amassed some more chips with his two pair.
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