After a player in Seat 9 had limped in early position, our defending champ, Elio Fox, raised to 825 from the button. Both blinds got out of the way, the limper called, and it was heads-up action to the 
flop. Seat 9 proceeded to check-call a bet of 700 and then do the same for 2,200 on the 
turn.
When the 
peeled off on the river, Seat 9 checked for a third time and Fox fired out 4,500. Seat 9 thought for a bit before tossing out three grey T5,000 chips for a raise to 15,000, and Fox called with 
. Seat 9 then slowly turned over 
for the same hand. Chop it up!
Despite chopping that pot, Fox is off to a good start and is already up to 55,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
, and action checked around. The turn was the 
, and action checked to Tafer. He fired 1,100 with only Biechel making the call. The river completed the board with the 
for a straight to the jack. Tafer held his hand for a few moments, staring back at it, but looking upset. He then mucked, and Biechel scooped in the pot.
flop saw the latter lead out for 500 and say, "Friendly bet," to which Metaal raised to 1,200. Masquelier made the call and then both players checked the 
turn.
and then sent his hand to the muck.
and Mizrachi had his remaining chips in front of him. From what we could piece together, Konstantinos Mamaliadis had bet the from the big blind, how much we're not sure, and Mizrachi pushed for 12,850 more. Mamaliadis thought for about 30 seconds and then made the call.
blanked on the river. With that, Mizrachi doubled to 56,000 while Mamaliadis was knocked down to 2,000 or so.
flop.
. This time [Removed:288] slowed down with a check and ended up folding when Guiho bet 6,500.
