Under the gun opened the action with a raise to 500. The hijack player called before the cutoff three-bet to 2,200. Kinesh Pather four-bet to 9,000 from the button before the hijack five-bet to 26,000. Pather moved all in for his last 36,400 and his opponent snap called.
Kinesh Pather: 10♥10♣ 
Cutoff: A♠A♣
The board ran out 6♦4♣10♦3♦2♦ and Pather found a little help from the deck to double up and extend his tournament life.
Bob Mather opened to 500 from the hijack and was called by Thomas Chiodetti in the big blind.
The flop came 10♠2♣8♠ and Chiodetti check-called a 1,000 bet from Mather.
Chiodetti check-called another bet from Mather on the Q♦ turn, this time for 2,000.
Both players checked the 7♣ river. Chiodetti announced that he only had a two before showing K♠2♠. Mather tabled Q♥10♥ for two pair and took the pot.
After he finished 32nd of the Main Event last year, Mark Teltscher is in Day 1b and defended from the big blind to find a flop of 10♦Q♣A♦ where the button bet 1,000. The small blind folded, but Teltscher check-called.
Both players checked the J♣ turn, but on the 6♥ river, Teltscher led out for 1,500.
The button called with Q♠10♣ for two pair, but saw the pot go in Teltscher's direction as he had Q♦J♥.
Small blind called and Jose Anochea raised to 800 from the big blind. Small blind made the call.
The flop came 10♦2♣9♥ and the small blind was quick to check. Anochea continued for 900 and received a call from the small blind.
While the turn came the 9♠ both players were quick to check.
The river was the 10♣ and the small blind fired for 2,000. Anochea raised to 12,000 and the small blind was quick to fold.
Gabriel Schroeder raised to 600 on the button and David Einhorn called in the small blind.
The flop rolled out 8♦3♦2♠, prompting a check from Einhorn over to Schroeder who bet 900 which Einhorn called.
On the turn 7♠, both players checked and the river 5♠ saw Einhorn bet out to the tune of 2,100, eliciting a quick fold.
In a blind versus blind battle, Nicholas Marchington bet 2,700 on a board of A♣6♥K♣3♦ and Bryan Wutke called.
The river was the 10♦ and Marchington bet 6,000. Wutke quickly called and Marchington showed A♣10♠ for two pair. Wutke tossed A♥3♥ into the muck as the 2019 Main Event finalist took the pot.
Gabriel Nastasa raised to 500 from the hijack and Christopher George defended out of the big blind.
The flop of 6♦Q♣8♦ got checked through for the 10♦ to come on the turn. George led out for 700, and Nastasa called.
The J♣ on the river got checked through. George turned over 10♣6♣ for two pair to take down the pot.
On a board of K♥3♦Q♠6♠A♥, Feliciano Hernandez under the gun and Kevin Kernan in the cutoff raised each other and ended up moving all in, with Kernan at risk.
Kevin Kernan: J♠10♠
Feliciano Hernandez: J♥10♣
Both players had the best straight possible, so they split the pot.
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