Fatima Moreira de Melo limped in the small blind and Jason Wheeler checked in the big blind.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Wheeler check-called a bet of 200. The river was the 
and both players checked.
Moreira de Melo showed 
and took down the pot.
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The player in the cutoff opened with a raise to 400, the button called, and Matthias De Meulder called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and De Meulder bet out 450. The preflop raiser in the cutoff folded and the button took a few moments before raising to 1,350. After brief contemplation, De Meulder folded and the button took the pot.
After an early position raise to 375, Dylan Hortin bumped it up to 1,300. It folded back around to the original raiser, who made the call. The flop came down 
, and it checked to Hortin, who fired out 1,100. His opponent didn't take long to call, and the 
hit the turn. Another check saw a larger bet from Hortin, 3,800, and his opponent thought it over for just a few moments before releasing his hand.
The board read 
.
"I bet 10k blind," said Firas Kashat as the river came the 
. John Smith, runner-up in back-to-back $10,000 Heads-up Championships called.
Kashat tabled 
while Smith showed 
.
"It's me, it's the cards," said Kashat to a tablemate who had congratulated him, "I'm gonna have a lot of chips at the end of the day. Something like 300,000."
On a 
flop, Daniel Negreanu bet 600 holding 
, his opponent check-called with 
.
Negreanu bet again when the 
hit on the turn and his opponent check-called the bet of 1,600.
The 
completed the board and Negreanu's full house and his opponent paid Negreanu's 4,500 river bet.
With about 7,500 chips already in the middle and the completed board reading 
, Brian Rast was in the cutoff and facing a decision for 9,000 against the player in the big blind. Rast went into the tank briefly, rechecked his hole cards, and said "I'm gonna go with my gut" just before he tossed his cards into the muck. His opponent showed the 
and Rast nodded, saying he'd folded a pretty strong hand. Although this pot didn't have Rast's name on it, the three-time bracelet winner is off to quite a strong start in this first level of play.
With about 8,000 in the middle of a 
board, Giuseppe Zarbo bet 7,175 holding . His opponent went into the tank and eventually called with 
, mucking when Zarbo tabled the straight.
There was an open to 400 and a call from the button and Tony Dunst made it three with a call from the big blind.
The flop was 
and it checked to the player on the button who bet 1,200. Dunst called and the other player folded.
The turn card was the 
with no action, and on the river Dunst went for a modest bet of 600. His opponent gave it a little thought and called.
“I’ve got a queen,” Dunst said as he turned over his and his opponent mucked.
“Top pairing my way through,” Dunst added of his hit on the flop for this early pot.
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