In a three-bet pot to the 10♣9♥7♦ flop, Samuel Bauchert faced a bet of 16,000 by Chih-Wei Fan and called to then see Fan fire another bet of 27,500 on the 3♥ turn. This time, Bauchert opted to fold and Fan claimed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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410,000
24,500
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24,500 |
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205,000
83,500
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83,500 |
Eder Murata raised to 5,500 from early position, and Melanie Weisner in the cutoff, Douglas Lopes on the button, and Carlton Taylor in the small blind all called.
The flop rolled out 8♠K♣6♥ and Taylor checked to Murata, who bet 7,000 to see only Lopes call.
On the turn 10♠, Murata bet to the tune of 28,000 and Lopes raised to 63,000. Murata contemplated his decision for a bit, but decided to let his hand go and cede the pot to Lopes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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263,000
165,500
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165,500 |
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198,000
93,000
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93,000 |
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195,000
86,500
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86,500 |
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36,500
26,500
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26,500 |
Robert Ashelm from the small blind and Lok Chan from the cutoff were heads-up to the completed board of Q♣8♥6♥2♥5♥ with around 135,000 in the middle already.
Ashelm would lead all-in for 73,000, sending Chan into the tank. He was clearly pained by the decision as he apologized to the table for taking so much time. In actuality, he took just over a minute before he stuck in the call.
Robert Ashelm: 5♦5♣ 
Lok Chan: 3♠3♥
Ashelm had rivered a set but had no heart in his hand as Chan made an impressive hero-call with just the three of hearts to drag a massive one and eliminate Ashelm.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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660,000
61,500
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61,500 |
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Phil Hellmuth opened to 5,000 from early position with A♥K♠ and Michael Ginn three-bet to 15,000 from middle position with K♥K♦. Hellmuth quickly mucked his ace-king and the pot was pushed to Ginn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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153,500
34,500
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34,500 |
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93,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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The action started with a raise in middle position to 5,000. Gary McCoy then three-bet to 13,000 on the button. When the action got to Aaron Barone in the big blind, he then put in a four-bet to 33,000.
The original raiser folded, but McCoy made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of 3♥10♥10♦ and Barone continued for 18,000. McCoy responded with a raise to 50,000, which Barone called.
The turn 5♣ saw both players check, and the dealer provided the 7♣ river.
Barone took a few moments before deciding to move all in, covering his opponent's stack. McCoy wasted no time in getting out of the way, returning his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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358,000
159,500
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159,500 |
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90,000
33,000
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33,000 |
Picking up the action on the Q♦4♣2♠7♦ turn, Jamie Nixon checked and then called a bet by his table neighbor Alejandro Rodriguez. They headed to the 8♣ on the river on which both players checked. Nixon revealed the A♦J♦ but Rodriguez had that pipped with the Q♣J♣ for a pair of queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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275,000
115,500
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115,500 |
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185,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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Andrew Hulme raised from under the gun to 5,000 and got a call from Michael Reisman on the button & Samantha Cohen in the big blind.
All three checked the K♦6♦5♣ flop and when it checked to Reisman on the 10♦ turn, he bet 7,000. Both of his opponents folded, and he took down the pot.
Elsewhere, Maxwell McCurdy raised from under the gun to 5,500 and Yingge Yan called in the hijack. John Barr also called from the big blind.
They saw a flop of J♠8♣2♦, where it checked to Yan, who fired 8,000. He also took down the pot as both of his opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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440,000
28,500
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28,500 |
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190,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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185,000
27,500
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27,500 |
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75,000
71,500
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71,500 |
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65,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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60,000
1,500
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1,500 |
"Are they listening?" Doug Polk asked tablemate Ryan Depaulo during a conversation about the so-called 'Poker Gods'
"I hope," replied Depaulo. "You can have your own conception of the Poker Gods."
"Jeez Ryan," said Polk. "We're half-way through level one!"
"What is God?" said Depaulo jokingly.
Getting back to the poker, Polk raised to 5,000 from under the gun and got two callers including Mario Rodriguez. The three players checked the J♠9♥7♥ flop and the turn was the K♦. Rodriguez check-called a 7,000 bet from Polk, with the third player folding.
The river J♥ also went check-check. Rodriguez tabled A♠10♣ but was pipped by the A♦Q♥ of Polk whose queen played and he took down the pot.
"You don't like to fold," Polk said to Rodriguez as he chipped up above 130,000.
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130,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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90,000
116,000
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116,000 |
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70,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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The cards of Sylvain Naets were just mucked by the dealer while the chips were sent over two spots to Juan Pablo Nuno Sanchez on the button. Jordan Mazer mentioned "ace nine versus ace-queen, twenty six thousand five hundred" to recap the action.
Sanchez's A♦Q♥ were still exposed and they ended up best on the K♣6♦2♣7♥7♦ board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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270,000
81,000
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81,000 |
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