Richard Dubini opened to 2,200 and only Frank Mariani made the call from the button.
The flop fell 
and Mariani called Dubini's continuation bet for 3,500. Things then heated up a bit after the turn brought the 
. After a first check from Dubini, Mariani bet for 8,000. Dubini thought about his next move and tossed a stack of 1,000 chips for a raise worth more than 20,000. Mariani ended up folding his hand and Dubini grabbed the pot.
A first player opened to 2,200 and it was raised by David Liu. Samantha Abernathy announced all in and only David Liu made the call.
With 
, Abernathy was in bad shape against 
for Liu. The 
runout didn't change anything, and Abernathy made her way to the cashier.
Maria Konnikova opened to 2,200 and Mike Puskarich moved all in for 5,600. The action folded to the big blind player who made a raise and Konnikova announced all in. After some thought, the big blind player folded his hand to create the following showdown:
Mike Puskarich: 
Maria Konnikova:
It was a classic flip, and the board 
came gave the pot to Puskarich who tripled up his stack.
James Mann moved his last chips in the middle for 5,900 with 
and Ray Medlin made the call, holding . The board 
gave the flip and the double up to Mann.
David Fair moved all in for around 8,000, then Joshua Carson reraised all in for his 30,000-chip stack. The players then flipped over their hands with Fair at risk.
Joshua Carson:
David Fair: 
The board ran out 
and Carson's set of jacks took down the pot, as well as added a bounty chip to his stack.
Armando Armendariz pushed his last 4,100 chips in the middle and the action folded to Jay Faber who made a raise. Everyone else folded, and the two players tabled their cards:
Armando Armendariz:
Jay Farber:
The board 
gave the winning hand to Farber with trip aces, and Armendariz made his way to the exit.
Daniel Tang moved all in for around 17,500 and Zhiqiang Ou made the call. Both players then turned over their hands.
Daniel Tang:
Zhiqiang Ou: 
The board ran out 
and Tang took down the pot with his aces up.
In a blind-versus-blind situation, Samantha Abernathy opened from the small blind for 2,500 and Ralph Massey made the call.
The flop went 
and Massey called Abernathy's continuation bet for 2,800. Both players checked the on the turn, and the dealer revealed the on the river. Abernathy made a bet worth 8,000, and after some thought Massey called.
Abernathy quickly mucked her hand — 
— and Massey won the pot with .
There had been a raise of 2,500 from an under-the-gun opponent when the cutoff moved all in for 8,900. James Mackey then moved all in over that for 17,200 from the big blind and the initial raiser folded. The two remaining players then tabled their hands.
James Mackey:
Opponent: 
The board ran out and Mackey's pair of jacks took down the pot while earning a bounty.
The tournament director has announced the ceremonial “shuffle up and deal” and cards are in the air for Day 2 in Event #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty.
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