Erik Seidel raised pot to 700,000. Robert Mizrachi three-bet to 1,300,000 from the cutoff. The blinds both folded and Seidel got the rest of his chips in.
Erik Seidel: 
Robert Mizrachi: 
The flop was 
with both players still holding aces. The turn was the 
giving Seidel a gutshot and the river was the 
and the two chopped it up
Matthew Gonzales raised to 400,000 and Alex Epstein three-bet the pot to 1,200,000 from one seat over. Once the action folded back to Gonzales, he spent some time in the think tank and eventually made the call for nearly half of his stack to see the 
flop. Gonzales checked and Epstein bet 450,000 to force a fold from Gonzales, who dropped to seven big blinds.
James Chen min-raised to 400,000 from under the gun and Erik Seidel called out of the big blind to see a flop of 
. A check by Seidel was followed by a bet of 450,000 of Chen and Seidel folded to be left with five and a half big blinds.
Alex Epstein then raised to 550,000 in the cutoff and scooped the blinds. Epstein remained active and raised to 550,000 once more, but this time Robert Mizrachi stuck around from the big blind. The flop brought 
and both players checked to the turn. No betting action followed and the 
river saw Mizrachi lead for 650,000.
Erik Seidel opened the action with a raise to 450,000 and he was called two ways by Alex Epstein and Wasim Korkis in the blinds. The 
flop was checked through and the 
turn triggered a bet of 550,000 by Epstein. Korkis sent his cards into the muck and Seidel stuck around to see the river.
Epstein made it 1,250,000 to go and Seidel, who had 3,700,000 behind, called after some reflection and was shown the 
for the ten-high straight to scoop the first big pot of the final table. Epstein also came within two big blinds of Stephen Chidwick at the top of the counts.
Robert Mizrachi min-raised the button to 400,000 and Stephen Chidwick came along from the small blind to see a 
. Chidwick checked his option and Mizrachi continued for 525,000. Chidwick gave it some consideration and elected to fold.
Matthew Gonzales had to forfeit his big blind in that hand and raised to 600,000 from the small blind the next hand, which Alex Epstein called. On a flop of , Gonzales led for 200,000 and Epstein called to see the appear on the turn. A second barrel by Gonzales for 300,000 followed and Epstein quickly let go,
Stephen Chidwick raised to 450,000 from the hijack and Erik Seidel called in the big blind. The flop brought 
and Seidel checked. Chidwick made it 750,000 to go and Seidel released his cards into the muck.
Alex Epstein then made it 550,000 from the cutoff and James Chen three-bet the pot to 1.75 million in order to force a quick fold from Epstein.
In the second hand of the day, Matthew Gonzales raised the pot to 700,000 first to act and called all in for 1,100,000 when Stephen Chidwick in the big blind put him to the test.
Matthew Gonzales: 
Stephen Chidwick: 
Gonzales flopped top set on 
and Chidwick had a gutshot. Neither the turn nor the 
river changed anything and Gonzales doubled to 11 big blinds.
Alex Epstein raised to 500,000 in the hijack and was called by Wasim Korkis in the cutoff and Erik Seidel on the button. The flop came 
and all three players checked through to the 
turn. Action checked to Seidel and his bet of 800,000 won the pot right there.
Nível: 29
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 0
The remaining seven players are in their seats in the Thunderdome and the action is expected to kick off shortly.
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