Russell Thomas opened to 800 and it was called by Jonathan Pineda on the button and the small blind player.
The flop came 
and after the small blind checked, Thomas continued for 2,000. Pineda called once more and the small blind player raised it 7,500. Both Thomas and Pineda folded.
Thomas, who finished 4th in the Main Event in 2012, has now a stack of 26,500.
Michael Arage raised to 700 from the button and Samuel Tsehai re-raised to 2,600 from the small blind. With the action on Paul Zibits in the big blind he made it 7,400 and Arage folded.
Tsehai called and they went heads-up to the 
flop. Tsehai checked and Zibits tossed out a bet of 11,000. Tsehai called and the dealer burned and turned the 
.
Tsehai checked and Zibits moved all in covering Tsehai who had 38,600 behind. Tsehai thought it over for a bit and folded and Zibits took the pot.
We only caught the final outcome of the hand as the board of 
had been dealt and both hands were turned up face down, but it became apparent that Galen Hall (small blind) tangled with an opponent who was under the gun and managed to get all of his 15,175 chips in the middle.
Unfortunately for Hall, his 
was outrivered by 
and he had to match the price after the dealer verified the aforementioned amount. Despite losing the big pot, Hall is still sitting on a healthy 67,200.
With a pot already containing around 7,000, the board was showing 
when the player in the cutoff bet 3,100. Adrian Mateos thought about his move for a minute and opted for the call.
The river fell a 
and after some thinking, both players checked. Mateos turned over 
and it was enough to win the pot.
The board read 
, Javier Gomez checked from the small blind and an under the gun opponent bet 1,000 into a pot around 2,800. Gomez check-raised to 3,000 and his opponent made the call.
The 
hit on the turn, Gomez now fired out a bet of 11,500 and his opponent took a moment but made the fold.
The action folded to Alexandre Reard in the cutoff who opened for 800. Only Benjamin Pollak made the call from the button and the players went heads-up to see the 
flop. Reard continued for 700 and Pollak called.
The turn brought a 
and Reard check-folded Pollak's bet for 2,100.
Billy Chattaway is here representing Team U.K. in the 888poker 8-Team competition and he's off to a nice start. Just now, he played a pot that was at least four-bet. Veron Lammers put in 3,000 on the button and Chattaway, who looked to have opened early and gotten plenty of action, reraised to 8,500. Lammers called and they saw an 
flop.
Chattaway fired 13,500 and Lammers folded after thinking briefly.
Giuseppe Vassallo and Jeremy Menard saw a flop for 700 each, with Menard on the button. On the 
flop, Vassallo bet 1,100, Menard raised to 3,500 and Vassallo called.
The turn brought the and Vassallo check-folded to a 6,200 bet from Menard after minutes of thought.
A cheer came across the Amazon Orange section, and when we made our way to the table, all the chips were being moved to Joseph Umdenstock and in front of him were pocket aces.
Umdenstock now has a stack worth 85,000 in the early stages on level two.
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