Four players put in 200 before the flop including Maurice Hawkins from early position.
The flop fell and the small blind checked. Hawkins checked, the hijack checked, and the button bet 450. The small blind called, Hawkins called, and the hijack folded.
The turn brought the and all three players checked.
The river was the and they checked again. The button showed and the small blind flipped over , having each paired their king on the flop. Hawkins mucked and his opponents chopped the pot.
It was expected that today's number would be bigger than yesterday's flight, and that is certainly the case, as we have already surpassed yesterday's total here in the second level. Yesterday saw 687 players enter, and the clock shows that over 700 have already entered today. Registration will be open until 9:40 p.m., so that number will certainly be rising throughout the day still.
With about 1,000 chips already in the pot on a flop of , three players checked to Linglin Zeng on the button and she bet 600. She got one call from a player in early position.
The turn brought the and both players checked. The river was the and they checked again. Zeng's opponent tabled for a pair of aces and Zeng mucked.
A player under the gun limped in as did the player in middle position and the hijack. Zachariah Marchiondo was in the cutoff and raised to 200. William Kassouf was in the big blind and called as did all of the limpers.
The flop was and action checked to Marchiondo who bet 350. Kassouf called and the under-the-gun player did too.
The turn was the and Marchiondo bet 500. Kassouf called and the under-the-gun player raised to 2,000. Marchiondo called and Kassouf folded.
The river was the and the under-the-gun player moved all in for roughly 7,000. Marchiondo snap-called. His opponent tabled and Marchiondo showed , both having a full house, but Marchiondo's was better.
With about 1,400 chips already in the middle on a board reading , action checked to William Kassouf on the button and he bet 700, sending one opponent in middle position into the tank. After more than a little table chatter in which Kassouf repeatedly claimed to have a set, his opponent folded, and Kassouf showed the , saying he'd actually flopped top pair with top kicker as he took the pot.
With under 1,000 in the pot and the board reading , Frederico Ottenio got it all in for 5,525 against one other opponent. Ottenio tabled for top two pair and his opponent showed for a set of jacks. The turn was the , giving Ottenio a flush draw, and the river came through for him when the hit the board. Half the table was in disbelief as Ottenio's opponent just paid off the bet.
Guo Dong was heads up on the turn of a board showing when he checked to his opponent, who fired out a pot-sized bet of 1,100. Dong thought for just a few moments before he check-raised all in for about 6,300.
"Flush draw," his opponent seemingly joked, as there was no flush draw on board.
"There is no flush draw. You have one pair, right? Should be an easy fold," Dong said as the two talked back and forth for a bit. After about a minute in the tank, he released his hand, and Dong earned the pot, though he is still below his starting stack here in Level 2.
and the small blind checked. Hawkins checked, the hijack checked, and the button bet 450. The small blind called, Hawkins called, and the hijack folded.
and all three players checked.
and they checked again. The button showed 
and the small blind flipped over 
, having each paired their king on the flop. Hawkins mucked and his opponents chopped the pot.
, three players checked to Linglin Zeng on the button and she bet 600. She got one call from a player in early position.
and they checked again. Zeng's opponent tabled 
for a pair of aces and Zeng mucked.
and action checked to Marchiondo who bet 350. Kassouf called and the under-the-gun player did too.
and the under-the-gun player moved all in for roughly 7,000. Marchiondo snap-called. His opponent tabled 
and Marchiondo showed 
, both having a full house, but Marchiondo's was better.
, saying he'd actually flopped top pair with top kicker as he took the pot.
for top two pair and his opponent showed 
, giving Ottenio a flush draw, and the river came through for him when the 
hit the board. Half the table was in disbelief as Ottenio's opponent just paid off the bet.
