Brian Frasca opened to 1,200 under the gun. Anderson Ireland, in the hijack, was the only caller.
A flop reading 
was dealt and checked through to the 
turn. Frasca bet 1,500. His opponent called. The 
river completed the board. Both players checked. Frasca tabled 
. His opponent sent his hand to the muck.
Shawn Daniels raised to 1,200 from middle position and Romain Lewis called from the big blind. The flop was 
and both players checked.
Lewis fired out a bet of 2,000 on the and Daniels called to see the 
river complete the board. Lewis threw in a 5,000 chip and Daniels had to think about for a moment. After about a minute he called and Lewis opened up 
for the winning hand. Daniels mucked.
The board read 
and Govert Metaal bet 2,000 from the big-blind position into a pot of about 10,500. Chuck Myers made the call from the cutoff position.
The river came down the 
and Metaal fired out a massive bet of 22,650. Myers threw his cards in the muck and Metaal announced, "I don't have aces!" as he turned up 
for quad cowboys.
Down to his last 12,975, Jason Banfield got the remainder of his stack in after the 
flop and turned over , facing one overcard of his table neighbor with 
. The turn and 
river were no threat and Banfield doubled.
It has been all Chris Fraser and Matt Berkey here on Day 1 in the Amazon Gold section, but another player is chipping up. Truyen Nguyen has flown a bit under the radar but he has quietly amassed one of the largest stacks in the room.
Nguyen is now playing about 220,000 and will look to finish strong with less than one level of play left in the night.
A player raised to 1,000 and Marc Daubach raised to 2,500. When the action was on Corentin Schmauch, he pushed all in for 9,300. The initial raiser folded and Daubach called.
Marc Daubach:
Corentin Schmauch:
The board ran out 
and Schmauch was sent to the rail after he failed to win the coinflip against Daubach.
Romain Lewis opened to 1,100 from middle position. [Removed:153] three-bet to 3,700 in the hijack. Action folded back to Lewis who made the call.
The flop was 
and was checked around to the 
turn. Again, both players checked. The river brought the . Lewis checked again. Stenholm fired 3,200. Lewis went deep into the tank for a few minutes, but proceeded to give up his hand.
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