From the button, Antonio Esfandiari raised, making it 2,000 to play. Kevin Schulz called him from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Schulz checked to Esfandiari who put out a bet of 2,300. Schulz called.
On the 
turn, Schulz decided to lead out, betting 6,500. Esfandiari called.
The river was the 
and Schulz checked, slowing down. Esfandiari put out a bet of 15,800 and Schulz folded before Esfandiari's chips even hit the felt.
Gus Hansen opened from first position for 1,600 and got one call from the player on his left before it got to Caufman Talley in the small blind who raised to 6,600.
Hansen called and the other player folded.
The flop was 
.
Talley checked and Hansen deployed some of his famous facial expressions and a few looks back at his cards before betting 5,100. Talley quickly folded and Hansen took the pot without revealing his hand.
Sofia Lovgren raised to 1,400 from mid-position and was called by Hunter Moss in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Moss check-called the 2,000 bet of Lovgren.
The turn brought them the 
, Moss checked, Lovgren bet 3,100, Moss raised to 9,500. Lovgren called.
The river completed the board with the 
, Moss checked, Lovgren bet 12,400. Moss folded.
The higher numbers in the Pavilion green section are the first to break, and among those seated over there are Francois Evard, Max Silver, Kevin Martin, Pascal Hartmann and Georgios Sotiropoulos. This section will break from low to high and Bruno Politano was moved to a new table in the same section right away.
One table over from Silver, Colin Kim defended his big blind and flopped two pair with 
on 
when the chips went in against Craig Cockburn. The latter held 
and the 
turn and river blanked to leave Cockburn with some spare change.
Our access to the feature tables are limited, but we'll provide updates on Phil Hellmuth when we can.
Most recently, Dario Minieri raised to 1,300 from the cutoff and Hellmuth called from the small blind.
They checked to the turn of a 
board where Hellmuth bet 2,100. Minieri folded, and Hellmuth won the pot.
David Wells opened in middle position to 1,400 and got three callers before it was on Haralabos Voulgaris in the big blind. The sports betting legend put in a three-bet to 7,300. Wells wasted little time before moving all in, getting three fast folds. Voulgaris would have to call off his last 34,900 if he wanted to continue. After cutting down his stack twice, he shook his head and slid his cards muckward.
A player in early position limped before Josh Brikis raised to 2,700 from middle position. Daniel Negreanu called in late position, as did the original limper.
The flop came 
. It checked to Brikis who continued for 2,700. Negreanu called and the limper folded.
The turn was the 
and Brikis checked to Negreanu who bet 3,700. Brikis called.
The river was the and Brikis bet 25,000, enough to put Negreanu, who only had 13,200, all in.
"This is an interesting one guys," said Negreanu, "I hit my best card but I think I might be out.
"Why did I have to hit! Gotta figure out if you have any bluffs here. I just don't think I'm there to just throw this in.
"Sorry guys, it's a big one. I got a big hand," he continued. "You're not bluffing right?"
Eventually he called and slammed 
decisively down on the table and watched as Brikis slid his hole cards into the muck and Negreanu secured an early double up.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier started the day short with just 5,300 and got shorter when he called a raise form the big blind then folded flop.
Next hand Grospellier was all in from the small blind for 3,100 and had one caller.
Grospellier: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
A set for Grospellier to get over a double up. “He’s back.” another player at the table said.
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