Calvin Anderson raised to 9,000 from the cutoff with Frank Kassela calling from the small blind, and Patrick Stacey defending the big blind.
Kassela drew one, Stacey two, while Anderson patted.
When it checked to Anderson, he bet 16,000, which got Kassela to fold. Stacey eventually called and Anderson showed AxQx10x6x3x.
Stacey tabled a 10x8x7x5x3x for a T-8 to pick up the pot.
Ren Lin moved all in for 17,000 in the hijack and Jesse Lonis called in the cutoff. Both players then drew one.
Ren Lin: 10x8x6x2x 
Jesse Lonis: 9x7x6x3x
"What me to go first?" Lonis asked as he flipped over an 8x.
"Your dead," tablemate Chino Rheem told Lin, who ended up with a Qx. Lin then took out his phone to reenter on the WSOP Live app.
"Please, God, let Ren stay at this table. If there is a God at the World Series of Poker, let Ren stay at this table," Rheem shouted out, but Lin instead drew table #107 one over.
Nick Schulman just fired another bullet and opened to 6,000 in middle position. Ray Dehkharghani called in the hijack, while Benny Glaser three-bet to 25,000 in the cutoff. Both opponents called.
Schulman and Dehkharghani drew one, while Glaser stood pat. Dehkharghani then moved all in for 58,000, and only Glaser called.
Glaser turned over 9x8x5x4x3x, and Dehkharghani mucked a 9-8-7 and headed to the rail.
Ryan Hoenig raised to 8,000 from the small blind and Phil Hellmuth called from the big blind.
Hoenig drew two and Hellmuth took one.
Hoenig checked and then called the 12,000 bet from Hellmuth.
Hellmuth showed a J-9 with Jx9x8x6x3x and Hoenig returned his cards to the dealer.
Action was picked up after the draw between David Stamm in the blinds and Daniel Negreanu from the cutoff.
Stamm bet 14,000, and Negreanu thought for a few moments before calling.
Stamm showed the winner with 10x9x5x3x2x as Negreanu mucked.
More than 150,000 was already in the middle as Yueqi Zhu and David Stamm went heads-up to the draw. Stamm then stood pat, while Zhu took one.
Stamm then moved all in from the hijack, and Zhu called for his last 14,500 on the button. "8-6," Stamm announced, but Zhu turned over 7x6x4x3x2x to win the massive pot and double up.
"What a start," Zhu, who only took his seat at the start of the day, said as he doubled up to nearly 200,000 already.
Both Phil Hellmuth and Gus Hansen recently joined the field.
Nick Schulman moved all in for 35,000 from the small blind and was up against Ray Dehkharghani in the cutoff.
Nick Schulman: 8x7x6x2x
Ray Dehkharghani: 8x7x5x4x
Both players drew one, and Schulman caught a 3x to make his 8-7-6. Dehkharghani then peeled his card, turning over a 2x to make an 8-7-5 and send the defending champion to the rail.
Matthew Schreiber was on the button with a raise of 17,000 in front of him before Aaron Kupin moved all in from the big blind. Schreiber took a minute and eventually called for 114,000.
Matthew Schreiber: 7x5x3x2x
Aaron Kupin: 10x9x8x3x2x
Schreiber drew one, while Kupin patted his 10-9. "50-50," Schreiber said as he slowly peeled his last card, and he ended up with a 4x to make a wheel and earn the double up.
Ren Lin raised the button to 7,000 with Jesse Lonis and Chino Rheem calling from the blinds.
Lonis and Lin drew two while Rheem drew one.
Lonis checked, and Rheem bet out for 10,000 from the big blind. Lin folded, but Lonis called and tabled Ax10x9x5x2x, which caused Rheem to muck.
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