Benny Glaser opened to 4,500 on the button and was called by Dustin Dirksen in the small blind.
"This is how you win tournaments," Dirksen said to Glaser. "You steal all the blinds."
Dirksen drew two and Glaser stood pat.
"Uh oh," Dirksen remarked.
Both players checked and Dirksen showed he held a pair of queens. Glaser showed down 
and scooped the pot.
Mike Wattel raised to 4,000 from middle position and Cary Katz shoved for 38,500 from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and Wattel called.
Cary Katz: 
Mike Wattel: 
Both players stood pat and Katz turned over the nine-seven to double through Wattel's ten-seven.
Tobias Schwecht got it all in for around 35,000 and Joao Vieira was the lone caller.
Tobias Schwecht: 
Joao Vieira:
Both players stood pat and Schwecht turned over the nine-seven to beat Vieira's ten-eight for the double.
Dan Shak raised to 6,000 from the hijack and was called by Paul Volpe in the big blind.
Both players drew one and Volpe led out for 11,000.
"I've gotta look," said Shak. "Pair."
Shak then revealed a hand containing a pair of fours and mucked — conceding the pot to Volpe.
Ryan Riess opened to 4,000 from the lojack and was three-bet by Yuri Dzivielevski in the cutoff. Action folded back around to Riess, who called.
Riess drew one and Dzivielevski stood pat.
Riess checked and Dzivielevski bet enough to put Riess all in for his last 18,000. Riess folded and Dzivielevski scooped the pot.
Erik Seidel raised to 13,000 from middle position and John Monnette was the lone caller.
Seidel stood pat and Monnette drew one card.
Both players checked after the draw and Seidel turned over 
. Monnette showed the losing 
and tossed it in the muck.
Niveau: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 2,400
Mike Gorodinsky opened to 3,000 and was called by Cary Katz in the small blind.
Both players drew one and Katz announced he checked blind.
Gorodinsky bet 6,000 and Katz checked his holding before calling.
Gorodinsky tabled and Katz mucked.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 2,400 from the small blind and Mike Wattel called from the big blind.
Both players drew one.
Negreanu fired 7,500 after the draw and Wattel threw his hand in the muck. Negreanu has crossed the 100K mark late in Day 1 action.
Todd Ivens opened to 3,500 under-the-gun and was called by Dustin Dirksen in the cutoff and Sam Soverel in the small blind.
Soverel drew two, Ivens stood pat and Dirksen drew one.
Action checked to Ivens, who bet, 7,500. Dirksen folded, but Soverel then check-raised to 50,000 — leaving himself just a couple thousand behind.
Ivens called and Soverel tabled . It was good and Soverel scooped the pot.
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