A player on the button bet 25,000 on a board reading 
. Maria Konnikova responded by moving all in and had her opponent easily covered. The player on the button only had 15,000 behind but did eventually find a fold.
Action was picked up as Nicholas Palma moved all in from the big blind with the effective stack of 30,200. He got one call, from Steve Hohn on the button.
Nicholas Palma: 
Steve Hohn: 
Hohn was not able to pair either of his overcards or pick up any diamonds as the board ran out 
. Palma's pocket eights held, giving him the pot and allowing him to double up his chip stack.
Patrick Leonard opened to 4,000 from the button and faced an all in from Pierce McKellar. Leonard, with the larger stack, made the call to put McKellar at risk.
Pierce McKellar: 
Patrick Leonard: 
Leonard had McKellar dominated and looked set to advance to round 2. The 
did, however, give McKellar a flush draw and he picked up additional outs on the 
turn. Unfortunately for him, he could not find a club, eight or six on the river and was sent to the rail short of the money. Leonard congratulated his opponent on his play before McKellar exited, saying "you were the last person I wanted to go heads-up against".
Nível: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
The remaining players have been sent on a mandatory 20-minute dinner break. If all players at a table reach a consensus, they can take an additional 40-minutes to fit with the scheduled 60-minute break.
Action was picked up after Espen Jorstad moved all in from the small blind. Berry Wheeler made the call from under the gun. With Jorstad the at-risk player, the two flipped their hands.
Espen Jorstad: 
Berry Wheeler: 
The flop came 
, giving both players a pair of ace, but with Wheeler ahead with his king kicker. The 
turn and river changed nothing for either player, meaning Wheeler's ace-king was good enough to scoop the pot and eliminate Jorstad.
On a flop reading 
Charlie Capobianco moved all in. Seth Berger, the effective stack, snap called for his tournament life.
Seth Berger:
Charlie Capobianco: 
Berger, though at risk, was way ahead and looked set to secure a crucial double up. That all changed on the turn, which flipped the tables entirely and left Berger drawing to just two outs. The did not bring the required ace for Berger and sent him to the rail with a bad beat story to tell.
Cole Ferraro opened from the button and faced a three-bet from his opponent in the big blind. Ferraro moved all in, covering his opponent, who called.
Big Blind Player:
Cole Ferraro: 
It was a race and one that Ferraro won following the 
runout, securing him a place in the second round.
Elsewhere, Chris Moorman was seen bagging up, having defeated George Danzer in heads-up play.
Action was picked up after James Cardle, the small blind, had moved all in with the effective stack of 56,500. He got a call from Eric Nelson in the big blind.
James Cardle: 
Eric Nelson:
Cardle was ahead, but that changed drastically as the flop gave Nelson top two. That changed quickly as the turn gave Cardle a set. The river helped neither player, and Cardle's set was good enough to scoop the pot and double up.
George Danzer was the short stack in a heads-up battle between himself and British poker pro Chris Moorman. Danzer limped from the button and Moorman checked his option out of the big blind.
On the 
flop Moorman checked to Danzer, who bet out 2,000. Moorman responded with a raise to 5,800, which Danzer called.
Moorman checked for a second time on the turn and promptly folded when Danzer threw out a bet of 6,500 to send a sizable pot the German's way and reduce the chip gap.
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