Action was picked up on a 5♦8♥J♥ board with 3,500 in the middle.
Players checked the flop before Jamie Robbins fired 1,300 on the A♦ turn from the cutoff. Clayton Olvera made the call from the big blind.
The river A♠ peeled off and Robbins bet 1,700 this time. After a short tank, Olvera called and was shown the bad news. Robbins flipped over A♣10♣ for the winner.
Parker Talbot raised to 800 first-to-act and was three-bet to 2,500 by Harlan Karnofsky in middle position. The player in the big blind called cold and Talbot came along as well.
Both players checked to Karnofsky on the J♣2♥8♦ flop and he continued for 4,500. Both the big blind and Talbot folded in turn and Karnofsky dragged the pot without showing.
David Cabrera raised to 800 from early position, the hijack called and Joshua Eisenberg three-bet to 3,200 from the button. Cabrera called and the hijack folded.
The 10♣5♠6♥ flop saw the action check to Eisenberg, who bet out 2,000. Cabrera called.
The K♦ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Eisenberg sized up to 5,000.
The 5♦ river checked to a showdown. Cabrera tabled 5♥4♥ for rivered trips, winning him this pot.
Action was caught on the flop of K♣K♥9♠, in a hand between Eric Afriat, in the cutoff and Bruce Knee, in early position.
With over 3,000 in the pot, Knee bet 1,200 and Afriat raised to 3,500. Knee then came over the top and reraised to 27,000.
Afriat contemplated for a moment before showing the K♦ and folding his hand. Knee flashed the K♠ as he dragged in the pot.
Heads-up on a flop of 6♠8♣5♠, Joohyun Park bet 3,800 from the big blind before Jacob Sachs raised to 11,000 on the button. Park called.
Both players checked the A♣ turn and Park also checked the 5♥ river. Sachs then bet 5,000 and Park called.
Sachs showed 7♦5♦ for rivered trips and Park mucked.
Brad Owen was recently eliminated during Level 2 of the Main Event.
According to his former tablemates, a player in middle position opened and was called by Alvaro Vasquez in the next seat over. Brad Owen then three-bet to 3,500 in position, folding out the original raiser while Vasquez made the call.
On the rainbow 8♣7x5x flop Vasquez checked, Owen bet 4,500, Vasquez raised to 11,000 and Owen called.
Vasquez moved all in on the 4♣ turn and Owen, who had about 40,000 behind and was covered, made the call and was at risk.
Brad Owen: K♣9♣ 
Alvaro Vasquez: 9♥9♦
Vasquez was ahead with his overpair but Owen still had several outs in the form of any club or king while a six would chop the pot. The 2♥ river was a brick and Owen was sent to the rail early in the day while Vasquez picked up a sizable early pot.
Thai Yong Wong opened the action with a raise to 800 from the button. Vincent Dong called from the small blind and the big blind completed.
Wong continued for 1,200 on Q♣5♣10♠ and only Dong made the call.
Action went check-check on the K♥ turn before Dong fired 2,000 on the 6♣ river. Wong snap called as Dong rolled over 8♣7♣ for a rivered flush, earning him the pot.
The player in the hijack opened to 800 and was called by Esther Taylor in the small blind.
Taylor check-called a 700 bet from her opponent on the A♥8♦A♠ flop and then a 2,200 bet from her opponent on the 6♦ turn.
Both players checked on the 4♥ river and Taylor turned over A♣K♣ for trip aces. Her opponent mucked and Taylor was sent the pot.
The player on the button raised to 800 and Jonathan Little defended in the big blind.
The flop came J♦8♠7♠ and Little check-called a bet of 1,000.
On the 8♣ turn, Little led out with a bet of about 1,400 and the big blind quickly folded.
Little is off to a quick start, having already accumulated double the starting stack.
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