Elton Tsang raised to 2,500 from the hijack and Cary Katz called from the button. The flop came and Katz checked. Tsang continued for 3,000 and Katz check-raised to 7,000. Tsang called.
Both players checked the on the turn and the river was the . Katz checked again, and Tsang bet 15,000. Katz thought a few moments, but then mucked his cards.
Dan Shak had barely sat down before he got embroiled in a big pot against Talal Shakechi. The American raised to 3,000 from under-the-gun, Yaqi Sun called, Talal Shakerchi three-bet to 21,500 from under-the-gun+2 and Shak was the only caller. This was only the second hand Shak had been seated for and he was still getting to grips with the chip denominations.
On the flop Shak check-called a bet of 18,000 and the fell on the turn. Far from being an action card, this slowed both players down and they got a free look at the river card. Shak took a look back at his cards and then bet 15,000. After thinking for about 30 seconds Shakerchi elected to call. "Set of jacks," announced Shak and he rolled over . Shakerchi couldn't beat it and he mucked face down. Some post-hand discussion revealed that Shak actually meant to bet 75,000 on the river but threw out the wrong colour chips, Shakerchi intimated that he'd have folded to a bet of that size so it was a 'good mistake' by Shak.
Not much action to report here as the players are still feeling their way into the tournament. We have seen an all-in though as Cary Katz three-bet shoved for about 80,000 and got it through.
Haralabos Voulgaris is on the sidelines and debating if he's going to play or not.
Talal Shakerchi raised to 5,200 from under the gun. Elton Tsang called from middle position and Yaqi Sun called fomr the big blind.
The flop came and Sun checked. Shakerchi continued for 8,600 and Tsang quickly folded. Sun called, bringing the on the turn. Both players checked, and they checked again on the river.
Sun tabled for a pair of kings, and Shakerchi mucked.
Mikita Badziakouski has elected to enter and he takes the total number of entrants to ten. That means that play will now be spread across two tables, with five players on each. The tournament staff is currently conducting the random re-draw and we'll bring you the details shortly.
and Katz checked. Tsang continued for 3,000 and Katz check-raised to 7,000. Tsang called.
on the turn and the river was the 
. Katz checked again, and Tsang bet 15,000. Katz thought a few moments, but then mucked his cards.
flop Shak check-called a bet of 18,000 and the 
fell on the turn. Far from being an action card, this slowed both players down and they got a free look at the 
river card. Shak took a look back at his cards and then bet 15,000. After thinking for about 30 seconds Shakerchi elected to call. "Set of jacks," announced Shak and he rolled over 
. Shakerchi couldn't beat it and he mucked face down. Some post-hand discussion revealed that Shak actually meant to bet 75,000 on the river but threw out the wrong colour chips, Shakerchi intimated that he'd have folded to a bet of that size so it was a 'good mistake' by Shak.
and Sun checked. Shakerchi continued for 8,600 and Tsang quickly folded. Sun called, bringing the 
on the turn. Both players checked, and they checked again on the 
river. 
