The hijack raised to 800. Kevin Andriamahefa three-bet it to 3,500 from the button and the hijack came alone with the call.
The flop came down K♦Q♣4♥. Andriamahefa continued for 2,200 which got his opponent to fold fairly swiftly as the recent WSOP circuit Grand Victoria main event champion took the modest early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
Action was caught on the river with the board Q♥Q♠3♣J♣A♠.
Andre Luis Berlanda made an overbet of 10,000 into 6,000-chip pot on the river. Francisco Fragoso thought for a moment and called.
Berlanda flipped over J♠J♦ for the turned jacks full of queens. Fragoso hesitated a bit and showed K♣Q♣ for flopped trip queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Action was joined on a flop that showed 8♠3♠J♦. Cary Phillips bet 2,300 from the small blind and his opponent called.
The turn was the 4♥. Phillips bet 4,500 and was called again. They went to the river which came the 9♦. Phillips went for another bet, this time for 7,500.
His opponent considered it for some time before eventually folding. Phillips flashed the 3x3x to show that he had flopped bottom set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Action was caught on the river on the board 8♥3♣2♠Q♠9♦. Robert Reed had just put Nikolai Mamut all in for his last 18,000 chips.
According to the players, preflop action had started with an open from Reed, a three-bet from Mamut and a four-bet from Reed to 5,300, which Mamut called. Reed then bet every street: 3,700 on the flop, 11,500 on the turn and all in on the river.
The pot was already 40,000 chips before Reed’s river bet. Mamut seemed to seriously consider a call. He thought for a very long time, but eventually folded.
Players at the table asked for Reed to show the bluff and he turned over A♠J♦.
Mamut later said that the had AxKx.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Vanessa Kade was spotted in action as she was involved in a hand that was picked up on the turn with the board reading 5♠2♠4♦7♣. There was a pot of about 12,000 in the middle.
Vanessa Kade fired 4,000 from early position. Her opponent laid it down to send Kade the pot in Level 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
According to the players, action started with an open from Joseph Magnotti to 1,100 from the cutoff. Dinesh Alt called on the button. Andrew Montiano was in the big blind and decided to three-bet to 5,500. Magnotti folded, but Alt went all-in for 13,500. Montiano called.
Dinesh Alt: A♣Q♠
Andrew Montiano: K♦6♣
The flop was J♣10♣3♥, Alt was still ahead.
The turn K♥ gave Montiano top pair, but he was drawing dead as Alt made a straight. The river was the 5♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
The flop showed 5♣2♣3♦. Maurice Hawkins was all in and at risk.
Maurice Hawkins: A♦J♦ 
Covering opponent: QxQx
Right on the turn came the A♥ to send Hawkins ahead. The river was the K♦ and Hawkins gathered in a double up to avoid busting out early in the freezeout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
The field is now on their first 15-minute break of the day as the field has grown close to 800 players.
