Action arrived at the river three handed with a pot of at least 15,000 on a board of . Frederic Hwang was in the big blind and bet 15,000. Andre Akkari then had action on him in early position and he found a fold rather quickly. A final player in middle position then became the only other player left in the pot and he confidently announced a call, getting ready to table his cards.
However, Hwang showed and the dealer announced a flush, causing the player in middle position to muck his hand in lieu of tabling it and the dealer shipped Hwang the pot.
As told to us by the man himself, Mike Holm was able to eliminate a foe with besting on an board to jump to 130,000, but has since faded back to his current count.
Kevin Buck, who had previously made a big bluff earlier in the day, jammed for 33,900 into a pot of 37,000 on a board, sending his opponent into the tank.
After about a minute, Beck's opponent threw in a call, only to quickly muck after Buck turned over for sevens full and the winner.
Action folded to the cutoff who opened to 1,100 and received calls from the players on the button and in the small blind.
Christoph Vogelsang three-bet to 6,500 and the cutoff went into the tank for about two minutes before folding. A few seconds later, the remaining two players had folded and Vogelsang was raking in the pot he had just taken down preflop.
The German native with just shy of $20 million in winnings throughout his career is off to a good start today and is a definite name to watch as the tournament progresses.
Dan Shak started the action off by raising to 1,100 under-the-gun and Bo Kostner three-bet to 3,300 next to act. The table folded around to Shak who made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of and both players checked to see the on the turn. Shak led out for 2,500 and Kostner called. The fell on the river, Shak checked, Kostner bet out 7,000 and Shak went into the tank. After about 30 seconds Shak let his hand go and Kostner was shipped the pot,
Picking up the action on the turn with 10,500 in the middle, Colton Blomberg made it 4,000 to go and Vanessa Kade raised to 11,000, which Blomberg called. They checked the on the river and Blomberg was first to show, tabling the . Kade had that beat with for a set and moved back to the starting stack.