After defending his big blind against a button raise by Ali Reza Fatehi, Daniel Negreanu checked the 
flop and Fatehi checked behind. Negreanu bet the 
turn for 5,000 and Fatehi called before the 
on the river brought a bet of 10,000 by Negreanu.
Fatehi gave it some thought and called two seconds before his shot clock ran out, got shown the 
by Negreanu and mucked.
Dario Sammartino made it 5,000 to go and Orpen Kisacikoglu in the hijack three-bet to 15,500, which Sammartino called. On a 
flop, Sammartino checked and called a bet of 9,500 before doing so again on the 
turn for 35,000. Sammartino checked the 
on the river and Kisacikoglu checked behind to get shown the 
by the Italian.
Kisacikoglu double-checked his cards and sent them into the muck.
While the hand was going on, the latest arrival in the field carefully checked the action and that happens to be none other than Patrik Antonius.
Bryn Kenney bet 9,500 out of the big blind on a 
board and opponent Sean Winter called.
The river was the 
. Kenney bet 14,500 and Winter called.
Kenney showed 
and a seemingly confused Winter studied the board carefully, flipping the .
"Jack plays," says Kenney, pointing out the small cards on the board. "I had a flush draw, a better kicker; all we needed was another nine for fireworks!"
A big pot was brewing over on table four with bets of 12,500 and 35,000 set aside next to the board of 
and Nick Petrangelo checked out of the big blind. Luc Greenwood on the button made it 100,000 to go and Petrangelo called.
Greenwood nodded and tapped the table, rolling over 
for a busted straight and flush draw. Petrangelo claimed the big pot with 
and started well into his second bullet.
Orpen Kisacikoglu raised to 4,500 and got a call from Jean-Noel Thorel on the button. Dario Sammartino was in the big blind and three-bet to 26,000. Kisacikoglu called and Thorel folded.
The flop, turn and river of 
was checked down by the two remaining players and Sammartino won with 
.
On another table, late entrants Stanley Choi and Jean Ferreira were involved in a hand on the turn with the board reading . Ferreira check-called 15,000 from his opponent and the pair checked the river.
Ferreira showed 
but Choi won with 
for trip kings.
Seth Davies raised to 5,000 and Stanley Choi came along out of the big blind to check through a 
flop. On the 
turn, both players invested 8,000 each and the river completed the board. Both checked and Choi announced a seven-high, then mucked when he was shown the 
by Davies.
Shortly after, Jean Ferreira raised to 5,000 and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind. On the 
flop, Kenney check-raised from 3,500 to 13,000 to pick up a call from Ferreira. Kenney then led the 
turn for 43,000, which was enough to force a fold from his opponent.
Ahadpur Khangah recently won a big pot off of Christoph Vogelsang and then tangled with David Peters.
Peters opened to 4,500 and Khangah defended his big blind. He check-called 4,000 on the flop, and the pair checked the turn. The river was the and Khangah used a time bank before betting 35,000. Peters called.
Khangah turned over 
for a full house and took down the pot.
The very next hand the two saw a flop again, and both checked . Khangah bet 17,000 on the 
turn and Peters called. The two checked the river and Khangah won with 
for top pair.
Almost 100,000 chips were in the middle with the turn reading 
and Linus Loeliger announced all in from the hijack. Jean-Noel Thorel was his only remaining opponent on the button and called all in for 101,500.
Jean-Noel Thorel:
Linus Loeliger: 
The on the river was a blank and Thorel successfully faded the gutshot and flush draw of Loeliger.
Jean-Noel Thorel check-called a bet of 3,500 on the flop from Orpen Kisacikoglu, and the turn was the 
. Thorel bet 6,500 and Kisacikoglu called.
The river was the . Kisacikoglu bet 20,000 and Kisacikoglu quickly called. Thorel showed for king-high but his opponent had flopped a flush with .
Joining the action on the 
turn, Jean Ferreira checked and faced a bet of 37,000 by Seth Davies from one seat over, which he called. The on the river was checked and Ferreira tabled the for two pair, tens and nines, which won the pot after a muck of Davies.
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