According to some of the members of his table, Kevin Song opened with a raise. He was three-bet by Minh Ly to 85,000. Barry Schmiess was just a few seats over from Ly and he put in a four-bet, which was enough to put Ly all in. Song folded, and Ly made the call for the rest of his chips.
Ly was holding while Schmiess held . The board ran out and Schmiess made a set while Ly did not improve and he was sent to the payout desk.
Ben Lamb opened to 47,000 under the gun and was called by Guy Taylor in middle position. They got a flop of and Lamb checked. Taylor bet 80,000 and Lamb called. The turn was the and Lamb check-called a bet from Taylor.
On the river, Lamb bet out 350,000. Taylor thought for a little while, looked at Lamb, and eventually just called the bet.
Lamb tabled for a set on the river, but Taylor had pocket queens for a higher set to win the pot.
Ihar Soika raised from early position to 45,000 and Fabio Sousa re-raised to 130,000 from late position. Soika called and the flop came .
Soika checked to Sousa who bet 116,000, which was called rather quickly. The turn brought the and Soika checked again. Sousa bet 245,000 this time and Soika stuck around to see the river.
The river brought the and Soika checked for the third time. Sousa checked behind and Soika tabled . Sousa knuckled the table and pushed his cards toward the muck.
Ruslan Gazaev raised to 50,000 from the hijack and Valentin Messina three-bet to 150,000 from one seat over in the cutoff. Gazaev called and the flop fell . Gazaev checked, Messina bet 105,000, and faced a quick check-raise to 305,000. The Frenchman called and Gazaev bet the turn for 500,000.
Messina took one minute of consideration and moved all in, ultimately forcing a fold from Gazaev.
Alexander Arsenault came into the day with just over 200,000 and had clearly doubled already when he raised to 40,000 from the cutoff. It folded to Martin Finger who asked how many chips Arsenault was playing. Around 400,000 was the answer. Finger slid a stack of purple T$100,000 chips forward and action was back on Arsenault who, if he called, would be all in.
"OK, then," he said after a couple of minutes of thinking before calling. Finger showed and Arsenault .
The flop came with no help for Finger. The on the turn gave him additional outs to a straight, and he made that straight on the river to eliminate his opponent and boost his stack over two million.
The live streams have kicked off and will be running throughout the day until roughly 6 p.m. local time. Here's a look at the lineup for the first part of the day: