The hand was discovered on a flop of 
with Zachary VanKeuren who had called the all-in bet by his opponent.
The hands were tabled and it was the sickening sight of 
held by VanKeuren which dominated the 
held by his opponent.
Neither the turn 
nor the river 
changed anything, and VanKeuren secured a near-double up and eliminated his opponent.
Phil Hellmuth opened to 2,400 on the button and was called by Raj Singh in the small blind.
Both players checked on the 
flop and then Singh led out for 2,500 on the 
turn. Hellmuth called.
The 
completed the board and Singh bet 2,200. Hellmuth paused and then raised to 10,000. Singh called after a bit of thought.
"Trips," Hellmuth said as he tabled 
. Singh mucked without showing — conceding the pot to Hellmuth.
Tony Miles opened to 1,700 from middle position and David Mccaw called in the hijack, as did the cutoff.
The flop came 
and Miles check-called after Mccaw bet 3,200, while the cutoff folded.
On the turn, Miles led for 5,000 and Mccaw called.
The 
completed the board and Miles bet 17,000. Mccaw called.
Miles showed 
for a rivered straight, while Mccaw turned over 
for two pair which was sent into the muck.
Mccaw wanted it clear that he was ahead on each street, while Miles pointed out it was he who received the most chips from the hand.
Sergei Kislinskii raised to 1,800 in early position and Artem Tymoshenko called in the small blind.
On the 
flop, Tymoshenko check-called a bet of 1,200.
The 
hit the turn and both players checked to see the 
on the river. Tymoshenko checked to Kislinskii once more and he fired out a bet of 4,600. Tymoshenko made the call and Kislinskii tabled for a flush before Tymoshenko mucked his hand.
On the following hand, Kislinskii raised under the gun to 1,700 and Tymoshenko defended the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and Kislinskii check-raised a bet of 4,000 to 11,700. Tymoshenko made the call.
When the 
hit the turn, Kislinskii checked to Tymoshenko and he fired a bet of 12,000, which was enough to make Kislinskii surrender the pot.
Nine-time Circuit ring winner Daniel Lowery was just seen raking in a pot while Kane Churko was standing up and taking his belonging's.
The board read 
and Churko held a made hand of 
but Lowery held the nuts to collect Churko's 60,000 stack.
Picking up the action on the turn with the board showing 
, Sam Greenwood bet 6,300 from middle position and Abbas Moradi raised enough to put Greenwood all in. Greenwood called for around 20,000 with 
for trip tens, but Moradi had him beat with .
The river came the and Greenwood was eliminated a few minutes into Day 2cef.
In one of the first hands in Amazon Tan, Thao Le was all-in preflop with a stack of approximately 83,000 against Antonino Bartolone.
Thao Le: 
Antonino Bartolone: 
Bartolone was on the losing end of the cooler and was left with around 12,000 when the board ran out , while Le secured a double-up to start off the day.
Chris Hunichen raised to 1,600 from under the gun before Sarah Lee, next to act, three-bet to 4,300. Hunichen called and the flop came 
.
Hunichen checked to Lee, who bet 3,200. Hunichen once again called, then check-called another bet of 13,600 on the 
turn. On the river, Lee put out a bet of 17,500. Hunichen asked the dealer how much the bet was before picking up his cards and slamming them into the muck.
Scott Blumstein, 2017 Main Event champion, is seated directly to Hunichen's right.
Dan Heimiller had moved all-in preflop and was called by one opponent.
The hands were tabled and it was the 
held by Heimiller versus the held by his opponent.
The dealer spread the flop of 
and Heimiller remained in the lead with his pocket nines.
The turn card was the and changed nothing.
The river card sealed the deal for Heimiller with his pair of nines and he secured an early double up.
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