Players were already on the 9♠5♣10♣ flop with a pot of around 2,000 when Benjamin Lamb bet 1,200 and Darren Elias called from the hijack.
The J♠ was turned and both checked to the 4♥ river.
Lamb bet 9,000 on the river which saw Elias fold, handing the pot to Lamb.
There are a number of other notables at the table, making it an interesting Day 1 battle for the players.
Benjamin Luber and Mike Allen arrived on the Q♠A♣2♣5♥9♦ river with about 25,000 in the pot. Luber checked in middle position, prompting Allen to move all in from the cutoff.
Luber's stack of 37,300 was covered, and he spent about five minutes in the tank. After several apologies for taking his time, he found a fold.
"Do you want to see it?" Allen asked as he was handed the pot. Luber gave an affirmative answer, and Allen tabled K♦J♥ for a stone-cold bluff.
Alex Gelinski opened the cutoff to 600 before James Chen three-bet to 1,800 on the button. Gelinski then put in a four-bet to 6,600, utilizing one of each chip denomination, and Chen called.
On the 9♠7♦6♠ flop, Gelinski continued for 3,500 before Chen raised to 9,500, and Gelinski called.
Gelinski then checked the K♣ turn to Chen who bet 13,000 but Gelinski was not going anywhere as he put in the call.
The J♦ river quickly checked through as Gelinski tabled A♠K♠ for the winner and Chen mucked.
With an already large pot of around 19,000 brewing to the K♣7♦5♥8♣ turn, Sam Chartier checked in the cutoff and Arkadiy Tsinis checked behind on the button. The river brought the 4♠ for a four card straight on the board and Chartier checked again.
Tsinis opted to check back and Chartier revealed the A♦2♦ for air, while Tsinis won the pot with the A♥K♥ for the top pair and top kicker.
Heads-up on a flop of 4♦K♣9♣, Barry Remmel bet 4,000 from the button and Benjamin Gros called in middle position.
The turn was the 2♣ and Remmel bet another 10,000. Gros again called and the 2♦ fell on the river.
Gros checked over to Remmel once more. "You win," Remmel finally said, surrendering the pot and tossing A♣10♦ into the muck. Gros showed him 9♥9♦ for a full house, as he took the pot.
Three ways to the Q♣Q♦J♠3♠ turn with 6,500 in the middle, Birger Ohl bet 2,500 out of the blinds. David Wells called and Maria Konnikova folded which led them to the 2♦ on the river. Ohl bet 6,000 off a shorter stack and Wells then raised big to 40,000, forcing an instant fold from his opponent.
Lucas Aleandri from the hijack and Robert Councell in the cutoff each put in 5,000 preflop, but the action slowed after the flop hit 6♠J♥8♦.
They each checked on the flop and the turn of 10♥.
When the 8♣ landed on the river, Aleandri led out with a bet of 17,000. Councell considered the call for some time before making it.
He turned over K♣K♦ to win a nice-sized pot.
With around 7,000 in the middle on a completed board of 10♣A♠2♥2♠8♠. Bryce Yockey checked from the cutoff and Marshall Brenden bet 2,500 from the button. Yockey paused a few moments before making the call.
Brenden revealed 6♠6♥ for a pair of sixes and lost the pot to Yockey's 10♦9♥ for a pair of tens.
With about 3,100 in the middle and four players seeing the 8♥9♦K♦ flop, action checked to Sean Jazayeri, who fired a bet of 1,500. Daniel Wirgau didn’t waste much time and shoved for his last 17,200. Orion Gallagher and Nikola Gunchev got out of the way, but Jazayeri quickly made the call.
Daniel Wirgau: K♠9♠
Sean Jazayeri: 10♦8♦
Wirgau had flopped top two pair, while Jazayeri held a pair of eights with a flush draw and some straight possibilities.
The K♥ on the turn gave Wirgau a full house, locking up the hand, and the A♥ river changed nothing.
Wirgau secured the double-up and chipped back up to a healthier stack.
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