Hans Winzeler opened to 250 from the cutoff and Scott Fischman defended his big blind to see a flop fall.
Fischman checked and Winzeler continued for 250 with Fischman calling as the landed on the turn. Fischman quickly tossed in 550, and after a slight pause, Winzeler slid his cards to the muck as Fischman was awarded the pot.
Actor and impressionist Kevin Pollak opened to 750 before the flop and received a call from a player in the cutoff.
On the flop, Pollak continued with a bet of 700, and after his opponent flatted the turn came .
Pollak slowed down on fourth street, and when he tapped the table for a check, the cutoff fired out a bet of 1,200 to force the fold.
After making a deep run in last year's Main Event, finishing in 134th place and drawing the attention of the cameras as he's done for three decades in Hollywood, Pollak is hoping to recapture that magic here today.
Tony Dunst opened to 300 from under the gun, two players called in position, and a third player three-bet to 1,525 in the small blind. Dunst and a player in the hijack called.
The flop fell , the three-bettor checked, and Dunst fired out 2,400. Only the three-bettor called.
The turn was the , the three-bettor check-called another 4,200, and the completed the board. The player checked, Dunst fired 8,300, and the player folded.
Following a limp under the gun, Mike Sexton limped also next to act along with the button and small blind before the big blind tapped the table.
The flop landed and Sexton tossed in a chip while announcing a bet of 200. The table swiftly folded and Sexton collected another pot to add to his growing stack of 35,675.
One of today's players is actor Robert Iler, famous for his portrayal of A. J. Soprano in the mob drama The Sopranos. Early in the Main Event, Iler is living up to the infamy of his character's fictional family, virtually bumping off opponents. We haven’t seen him felt anyone yet, but he’s off to a good start.
In a recent hand, on a flop of , Iler bet out for 250, and the button and the big blind both called. The turn was the , and action checked to Iler, who bet again, this time for 450. The button folded, but the blind called. The dealer then completed the board with the . The blind checked again, and Iler bet 1,000. His opponent tanked for about a minute, then tossed forward a chip to call. Iler turned over . His opponent mucked, and Iler won the pot with his set.
We caught our PokerNews colleague, and recent bracelet winner Chad Holloway involved in a confrontation with his friend and fellow Wisconsin native Eddie Blumenthal.
The board read by the river with nearly 7,000 in the pot already, and Holloway had two orange T5000 tournament chips in front of his cards, having check-raised Blumenthal's bet of 3,100.
Blumenthal tanked for a solid minute, while Holloway did his best impression of a statue, but eventually Blumenthal tossed out his own pair of orange chips for the call.
Holloway's sigh told the story, and Blumenthal rolled over for top pair on the turn. After flopping the nut flush draw, Blumenthal had found a red card that worked just as well as a diamond, and with this win he is off to a great start here at the Main Event.