There was around 1,700 in the pot as the dealer was turning over a flop of 
. A player in middle position bet 500 and Lee Markholt, the only other player in the hand, called from the cutoff.
The turn came 
and the player in middle position checked. Markholt bet 1,300 and was called. The river was 
and both players checked.
Upon checking behind, Markholt turned over 
and his opponent mucked as he took down the small pot.
On a board of 
with 4,500 in the middle, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Phillip Hui bet out 2,100 from late position.
His opponent Todd Hansen was in the hijack, and he called.
Hui tabled his 
for top pair, and Hansen mucked.
Kevin Buck bet 11,000 from the hijack into a pot of 12,300 on a 
board, and Justin Pechie went into the tank on the button.
"Sorry...never take this long." Pechie told the table.
"No worries. First five-figure bet," Benjamin McCabe told Pechie.
Pechie counted up his stack, then plucked calling chips up and tossed them in the pot to call. Buck quickly rolled over for ace-high, and Pechie tabled 
for a full house and the winner.
"Was a good play, man," Pechie told Buck, and McCade chimed in with, "I'd be worried about queen-ten, too."
Jonathan Little has added almost a third to his stack in the first hour and the latest chips came via Michael Rees, who hasn't had as good a start to the day. The board was completed and read 
and Rees checked to Little who made it 3,200 to get to showdown but Rees decided to let it go.
Loren Klein, in the big blind, check-called Zarik Megerdichian's 1,200 bet from under the gun, with the board showing 
. The river brought the 
, Megerdichian bet again for 2,800, and the four-time WSOP bracelet winner Klein folded. Both players have accumulated more chips than their starting stack in the opening minutes of Day 1b.
Cameron Hamilton bet 900 on a 
board from the small blind, and the big blind called. James McGonagle raised to 3,000 on the button, Hamilton called and the small blind folded.
Hamilton led out for 6,000 on the river, and McGonagle quickly called. Hamilton turned over for Broadway.
"Ah, you hit it!" McGonagle said before revealing .
Shizi Xiao raised to 500 in the cutoff and Joshua Dahlstrom called on the button, as did Kenny Hallaert from the big blind.
The flop landed and Hallaert checked to Xiao who bet 500.
Dahlstrom and Hallaert folded, and Xiao collected the pot.
The name Luca Vivaldi may ring a bell for all European poker players, as the Italian has been a tournament director on international tournaments for years and recently hosted the Triton Poker events with millions of dollars at stake.
This time, Vivaldi is among the participants of the $10,000 Main Event and has just been spotted in the field in three-way action. On the flop, Cambis Gesseljay and Jeffrey Primm in the blinds checked to Vivaldi and he bet 900, which just Gesseljay called. After the 
turn, Gesseljay checked and called a bet of 2,200 before they checked the on the river.
Gesseljay turned over and Vivaldi chopped it up with the .
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