Action folded around to the button player who opened for 12,000 and the small blind player made the call.
Johnny Chan who sat from the big blind, three-bet to 36,000 and was called by the small blind player.
The 
flop was checked to Chan who took down the pot after he fired out 52,000 and the back-to-back Main Event Champion looks to start building his stack.
Allen Kessler raised to 13,000 from the hijack and Jordan Kaplan three-bet to 33,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Kessler who made the call.
The flop came 
, Kessler check-called the 33,000 continuation-bet of Kaplan.
The turn was the 
, Kessler checked again and Kaplan shoved for 121,500. Kessler dived into the tank for a while. In the meantime on the other side of the table, a conversation about Chad Power's sequined jacket was going on. Kessler tanked for a bit longer but opted to fold in the end.
Konstantin Puchkov opened in middle position, Jeff Madsen called to his left and Mike Holm made up the difference from the blinds, taking the trio to a flop.
On a 
flop, it was checked all round. On the 
turn, Puchkov checked again and Madsen bet 18,500 into the pot. Holm folded immediately but Puchkov needed a few seconds to decide what to do. He gave it up and Madsen took the chips.
Action on the table folded around to Dan Heimiller who opened for 14,000 on the button. Action was on the big blind player who took a few minutes, counted out his chips and made the call.
The flop came 
and the big blind player checked his option to Heimiller who instantly moved all in.
The big blind player looked down at his hand once more before tossing them into the muck and Heimiller showed the 
.
Eric Baldwin raised to 11,000 from mid-position and was called by the player on the button and Max Steinberg in the big blind.
The flop came , Steinberg checked and Baldwin continued with a bet of 12,000. The player on the button took a few seconds to fold and so did Steinberg in the end.
Mike McDonald defended his big blind from a 10,000 open and check-called 18,000 on a 
flop.
The turn was the 
and both players checked. McDonald checked the 
river and his opponent bet 24,000. McDonald folded.
Former English Premier League footballer Jimmy Kebe has lost a huge chunk of his chips of late and was spotted shaking his head after losing another pot.
He called 12,500 on the 
flop before folding to a further bet of 25,000 on the 
river.
He sits on 128,000 which is currently less than half the tournament average.
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