Paraskevas Tsokaridis bet 3,500 from the small blind on a flop of 5♥2♥3♠ and Samuel Bifarella called in the big blind. Ken Oberlieben then raised to 9,000 in early position and only Bifarella called.
Both players checked the A♦ turn. The 4♣ river put a straight on board, and Bifarella led out for 23,000. Oberlieben tanked for several minutes until folding as Bifarella took the pot.
Samyo Bounlom open-raised preflop from the cutoff, and Kristen Deardorff made it 2,000 on the button. Bounloom four-bet to 8,000, which Deardorff called.
Bounlom continued for 7,000 on the 5♥Q♦J♦ flop, and Deardorff called to the 8♥ turn. Bounlom slowed down and checked, seeing Deardorff fire a bet of 21,000.
Bounlom tossed in a calling chip for the 5♣ river to complete the board. Bounlom checked, and Deardorff shoved in her remaining 18,600. Bounlom's tank lasted for several minutes, but eventually he called off.
Deardorff tabled J♠J♥ for jacks-full, leaving the K♥K♣ of Bounlom in the dust. Deardorff doubled to a six-figure stack, while Bounloom still had over 100 big blinds to play with.
Ahmed Edali bet 5,000 from the big blind on a board of 10♠J♥K♥J♠ and David Dauajare raised to 15,000 under the gun. Edali called, and the 7♣ fell on the river.
Dauajare then moved all in for 29,000.
"Man, oh man. I'm going to need three minutes," Edali sighed.
"We'll give you four," tablemate Zi Long Zhang replied.
"This is really, really sick. You seem comfortable," Edali said, spending several minutes muttering to himself the various possibilities of what Dauajare held. He eventually called.
"Ace-queen is no good," Zhang said to Edali, who indeed turned over A♠Q♣ for a straight. Dauajare could only show Q♠9♥ for a smaller straight as he wished the table luck before making his exit.
"I fold ace-queen on the turn there," Zhang added after the hand.
Huck Seed opened to 500 from under the gun before Andreas Putz three-bet to 1,600 next to act, and Seed called.
"First pot I raise all day and I get reraised," Seed joked, "We must both have aces."
On the Q♣J♣7♥ flop, Seed check-called a bet of 2,000 from Putz as Seed further commented, "Must be a chop."
Seed checked once more on the 5♠ turn before Putz placed out a bet of 6,000. Seed took some time before he put in a massive raise to 50,000, almost enough to put Putz all-in, but he laid it down after a short tank.
Adil Morkos kicked things off from the button with a raise to 700 and picked up calls from both blinds.
The flop came Q♥6♠J♦ and all three players checked.
When the K♣ landed on the turn, both blinds checked again and Morkos fired out 1,200. Sergio Aguero and Matthew Rogers both came along.
The river brought the 2♣, and this time the action checked through. Rogers revealed K♥10♦ for top pair, but Aguero showed K♠J♥ for two pair to take the pot, while Morkos quietly mucked his hand.
With 4,100 in the pot, Nenad Cvetkovic, in the hijack, raised small blind Anthony Mattera's bet of 8,000 to 16,000 on the 8♥3♦7♣ flop. After a long tank, Mattera called.
Mattera took a couple of minutes on the 10♠ turn as well, eventually check-calling the 18,000 Cvetkovic put over the line. Mattera continued checking on the 8♣ river, after which Cvetkovic put his opponent all-in for 26,000.
Mattera acted quickly this time, almost instantly folding his cards. He complimented Cvetkovic's play as he saw the pot being awarded to his opponent.
The players are going on their first 25-minute break of the day, with the clock reading 4,096 entries and 4,060 remaining.
Play resumes in Level 2 with blinds of 200/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
Here are some highlights from the first level of play:
With about 40,000 already in the pot and the board showing 8♣5♥3♠Q♣4♠, Ichiro Izutsu checked from the big blind over to Martin Finger in the cutoff. Finger moved all in for around 46,800, applying maximum pressure and putting Izutsu’s tournament life at risk.
Izutsu went deep into the tank, weighing his options, but in the end, he decided to fold, sending the sizable pot over to Finger without a showdown.
There was a loud celebration in the Horseshoe Blue section and when the live reporting team arrived, With some 15,000 chips in the middle to the J♣9♠3♣Q♥ turn, Kyle Bowker clashed with Brian Leblanc and his K♣10♣ had flopped the flush draw and turned the nut straight.
Leblanc was involved with Q♠Q♦ for the nut straight and the reason for his very vivid outburst was the 9♥ on the river which paired the board and knocked out Bowker in the second level of the day.
Tanupat Punjarojanakul made it 700 from under the gun before Natalie Teh three-bet out of the cutoff to 2,500. Punjarojanakul called to see a flop.
Punjarojanakul check-called a bet of 2,000 from Teh on the 5♣K♥J♥ flop.
The turn came the 6♠ and Punjarojanakul check-called another bet from Teh, this time for 6,500.
When the 4♥ hit the river, Punjarojanakul led out for 11,000. Teh reluctantly called and then mucked after seeing Punjarojanakul's rivered flush holding A♥8♥.
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