The flop was 
and both Erik Seidel and David Olson had put in two bets on the flop. The turn was the 
and both players checked.
The 
river completed the board and Olson put in another bet. Seidel called, but when Oldon tabled 
for a flush, Seidel folded his hand.
The action folded to the player in the cutoff and he raised. Ray Henson reraised from the small blind and the cutoff player called. They went heads up to the 
flop and Henson bet.
His opponent called and both players checked the 
turn. The river was the 
and Henson led out with a bet. His opponent folded and Henson scooped the pot.
Michael Moore raised preflop from the cutoff and Eli Elezra put in a third bet from the button. Todd Witteles called from the small blind and Kyle Ray did the same from the big blind. The action was back on Moore and he also called to see a four-way flop.
The flop came down 
and Eli Elezra jokingly said he can't possibly have the best hand if this is the flop they're seeing with four players. Witteles checked to Ray and he put out a bet. Moore, Elezra, and Witteles called and the turn was the 
.
Witteles checked again to Ray and he put in another bet. Moore folded, but Elezra called. Witteles also threw his hand in the muck and the river was the 
. Ray bet out once again and Elezera started talking about how his hand is never good here, before folding and showing the .
Ray took down a nice pot, but is still below the starting stack, while Witteles already has about 1.5 times the starting stack.
Daniel Negreanu retuned from the break and he is now sharing the felt with two new players on Table #440. Negreanu looked to his left to see Andre Akkari sitting in the six seat.
"Why hello! Are you going to be all action today or are you playing your A-game?" Negreanu asked.
"Let's do it all action," responded Akkari with a smile.
Negreanu then looked to the new player in the eight seat and it was his old friend Kevin Song. "Why hello, Kevin Song!" Negreanu said and the two exchanged some friendly banter.
Song is fresh off a runner-up finish in Event #41 $1,500 Limit Hold'em. He fell just short of winning his second WSOP bracelet but earned $107,242 and is right back it looking to make another deep WSOP run here in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship.
Niveau: 3
Blinds: 40/800
Limits: 800/1,600
The Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day. PokerNews will pick right back up on all of the live Day 1 action when play resumes.
Kahle Burns and his opponent both had four bets in the middle when the dealer put out a 
flop.
Burns bet and got raised, but he called. Both players checked on the turn and Burns led out again on the river. His opponent threw his cards in the muck and Burns won the hand without showdown.
Chris Hunichen raised from early position and David Olson called from the big blind. They went heads up to the 
flop and both players checked. The turn was the and again both players knuckled the felt.
The river was the and Olson checked for a third time. Hunichen tossed out a bet and that was enough to get a fold from Olson.
With Eli Elezra, Kahle Burns, and Shawn Buchanan joining the tournament, the field has grown to 51 entries. The late registration for the event is still open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow.
Last year, the tournament had 120 entries, but late registration was only open for the first eight levels of the day. We'll keep an eye on the official number of entrants to see if it could break last year's field size.
David Benyamine raised from middle position and that was enough to take down a small pot, as every single one of his opponents folded their hand.
On one of the other tables, Juha Helppi raised. The player in the big blind defended his hand, but a continuation bet from Helppi on the 
flop was enough to take down a small pot.
Helppi has been chipping up nicely in the first level of the day and is at 58,000 right now. We also checked for some other notables in the field and how their stacks are doing after the first level.
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