The registration has officially closed, however, there may still be one or two players trickling in that bought in before the level had started. The screens currently show 278 entries and the following players jumped in at the last minute with 30 big blinds.
Quan Zhou raised to 11,500 in the hijack and Gavin Cochrane called on the button. Gjergj Sinishtaj in the small blind three-bet to 50,000 with 26,500 behind and Zhou called, as did Cochrane. On the flop, Sinishtaj checked, Zhou bet 13,500 and Cochrane called.
Sinishtaj folded with a dry smile on the face, grinned and said "the cash games here are really good." On the turn, Zhou bet 95,000 and Cochrane raised the pot to force a fold from Zhou.
"I had ten, nine, eight, seven double," Sinishtaj said.
He then raised the button the next hand and Dominykas Karmazinas reraised in the big blind to see Sinishtaj call all in.
On a board a player checked to Matthew Schreiber who bet 20,000. Daniel Negreanu quickly announced pot and raised to 105,000. The third player in the hand folded and action was back on Schreiber.
Brian Rast reached out to check the pot - probably one of the few players in the field permitted to do so - and clarified that a pot-sized bet is 106,500.
Schreiber tanked. "Twenty seconds," he said.
"Take your time," replied Negreanu. Schreiber eventually folded.
Negreanu flashed him the .
"I had king-high clubs," said Schreiber as Negreanu showed
"I thought had two pair!" said Negreanu. "I thought I had queen-jack!"
With 55,000 in the middle and the turn reading , Kahle Burns checked out of the big blind and Keith Lehr in the hijack made it 40,000 to go. Burns check-raised to 185,000 with 37,000 behind and Lehr moved all in to receive an instant call from Burns.
"Two pair and a flush draw," Burns announced and tabled his . Lehr had outs with , but the on the river only improved Burns to kings and queens instead.