Carter Newhof raised to 1,700 from middle position, and was called by the hijack. Lou "AP" Garza three-bet to 8,000 on the button, and only Newhof called.
Action checked down to the river of a board, and Newhof checked again. Garza flicked a single T$5,000 chip into the pot, and Newhof folded.
With 22,600 in the pot on a flop of , Jim Bechtel had check-raised all in for a total of 75,400 from the small blind over his opponent's bet of 30,200 from early position.
Bechtel's opponent quickly asked for the dealer to rake in the 30,200 from each player in order to see the amount left to call. After about a minute, he asked the dealer again how much it was to call. The dealer confirmed the remaining amount was 45,200.
Three more minutes passed by and eventually another player at the table called for a clock. A member of the floor happened to be walking by at that exact moment and carried out the process. As the countdown neared the end, the floor's "five, four, three . . . " was audible.
With two seconds left, Bechtel's opponent flicked forward his cards and the pot was shipped Bechtel's way.
The tables have turned for Sasha Liu and Robert Slezak. Liu started the day with less than 40,000 in chips and is now over the starting stack of 60,000 while Slezak lost about half his stack already today. Slezak is trying to recover and he just won a small pot.
He raised to 2,000 from early position and Liu called from the hijack. The player in the cutoff called as well and the flop was dealt. Slezak continued with a bet of 3,000 and Liu got out of the way. The player in the cutoff called.
The turn was the and he bet another 4,000 which was enough to make his opponent fold.
Mathijs Hagenouw raised to 2,000 over on the secondary feature table and he was called by Martin Vega from one seat over in the hijack and Pedro Padilha in the big blind. On the flop, Padilha check-folded when facing a bet of 3,000 by Hagenouw and a call from Vega.
Hagenouw also bet the turn for 8,000 and picked up a call before firing a bet of 26,000 on the river. Vega moved all in for 56,400 and Hagenouw sent his cards into th muck.
The player on the cutoff raised to 1,600 and Martin Huk called from the small blind along with the player in the big blind.
The flop was and was checked around to the turn. Huk checked again and the big blind bet 3,000. The cutoff raised to 8,100 and Huk called. The big blind folded.
The filled up the river and was checked around. Huk tabled for trip eights and his opponent tossed his cards in the muck.
Phil Laak started the day with just over 50,000 and that is where he remains as the first level draws to a close.
Laak raised to 2,300 and called a three-bet from Keyavash Hemyari to 6,800. The flop was but Laak check-folded to a continuation bet from Hemyari of 7,300.
Chrysi Phiniotis bet 2,300 into 6,000 from under the gun on and Adrian Mateos called on the button. The turn was an and checked through, bringing a river. Phiniotis checked and Mateos bet 3,400. Phiniotis called in short order and Mateos could only muster for a missed straight.
On a flop with over 35,000 in the middle, Alexander Kostritsyn checked out of the small blind and Rotem Chen bet 9,400.
Kostritsyn called and checked the turn to his opponent who moved all in for 30,100. Kostritsyn made the quick call with but was behind the of his opponent.