Allen Kessler was all in when he completed on third street, and Joseph Cappello and Andre Akkari were heads-up on the side.
Akkari folded when Cappello bet on seventh street, and Cappello showed for two pair, aces and jacks. Kessler's was no good.
Cappello indicated that he had aces in the hole while Kessler had buried tens to start the hand. Kessler was eliminated, and Cappello is now sitting with the chip lead.
Tablemate Andrew Barber joked after the hand about Cappello's chip stack, "I've never seen anyone win the tournament on Day 1 before."
On fourth street, Yuval Bronshtein's opponent bet his ace-king, and Bronshtein called. Bronshtein was showing a pair of sevens on fifth street, and he bet. His opponent called. On sixth street, Bronshtein bet, and his opponent called.
The dealer gave them their final cards face-up in error, and the floorperson told them the cards would stay and betting would continue as usual, with Bronshtein acting first. Bronshtein checked, and his opponent checked back.
Bronshtein's opponent showed in the hole for two pair, kings and deuces, and Bronshtein mucked his hand. He was left with just 250 chips after the hand.
In an already sizable three-way pot, Zhenfeng He bet on sixth street and received two calls. On seventh street, all players decided to check.
"Two pair," said He, who showed . Charles Balistreri couldn't match that; he showed for just a pair of nines. The third player also mucked his hand, and He raked in a nice pot.
Andrew Barber was the bring-in. A player completed with the , Andre Akkari called with the , Joseph Cappello called with the , and Barber folded.
Cappello caught a second ace on fourth street and opted for the double bet. The initial raiser folded, but Akkari stuck around and called. On fifth street, Cappello checked, Akkari bet, and Cappello decided to lay down his pair of aces.
Cappello still holds the chip lead, while Akkari now sits in second place.
Brandon Cantu was down to a few chips and got the last of his stack in on fourth street against Jonathan Opas. Cantu's buried tens were good until sixth street, where Opas hit a third nine to take the lead.
"Open ended! Low draw!" cheered Cantu, who needed to hit a straight to stay around. The river wasn't the seven or deuce he needed and he was eliminated.
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for two pair, aces and jacks. Kessler's 
was no good. 
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. Charles Balistreri couldn't match that; he showed 
- fold
