After taking a large chunk of chips from Sharman Olshan sitting directly to her right, Katie Lindsay found herself in another pot with Lucas Blanco. The board read and Blanco led out for 5,500 from middle position. Lindsay called on the button and the landed on the river.
Blanco fired another 12,000 and Lindsay quickly paid him off. Blanco showed for two pair and Lindsay nodded her head as she sent her cards flying. It was just another small dent in the new chip leader's stack.
There was another pot brewing between Mitchell Heidt and his opponent in seat 1. With a little over 15,000 in the middle and the board reading , Heidt checked from the hijack. His opponent made a bet of 5,500 on the button and Heidt called.
The river was the and Heidt quickly checked. His opponent carefully put together another bet of 13,500, only to have Heidt instantly check-raise all in for 38,000. His opponent thought for a minute and then pushed his cards to the muck.
Sylvain Loosli opened to 2,600 from early position and was called by the big blind. The flop came and the action was checked to Loosli who continued for 2,500. His opponent called and the paired the board on the turn.
The big blind checked again and Loosli bet another 4,000. His opponent still called and the completed the board. The big blind checked for the third time and Loosli emptied the clip with a third bullet for 10,000. His opponent finally mucked his cards and Loosli dragged in the pot.
After losing the chip lead and scattering chips throughout the table, Lindsay got back on track in a hurry. She opened to 2,800 from early position and was called by the hijack along with the Sharman Olshan in the big blind.
The flop came and Olshan checked to Lindsay who continued for 3,500. Her opponent in the middle position raised to 9,500 and Olshan folded. Lindsay eyed up her opponent's stack of around 60,000 and then announced all in. Her opponent thought for a brief moment and then elected to fold.
The remaining 76 players are taking their last 15-minute break of the night. There is still one more level left to play, at which point players will begin to bag and tag to return tomorrow for Day 2 action.
James Stewart opened from the cutoff and Barry Greenstein pushed all in for his last 29,000 out of the big blind. Stewart quickly called and the cards were tabled. It was a classic race situation with Stewart holding pocket queens and Greenstein having the ace-king.
The flop brought a king, giving Greenstein some hope of staying alive, but it was quickly followed by a queen. Stewart's set of queens held on to eliminate Greenstein in the last level of Day 1.
The action folded around to Steven Rinaldi on the button who raised to 3,600. Ari Engel defended his big blind and the flop came . Engel checked to Rinaldi who continued for 3,000 and Engel called.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Engel checked again and Rinaldi fired out a bet of 7,000. Engel put in a small check-raise to 18,500, only to have Rinaldi re-raise to 42,000.
Engel looked back at his cards and went into the tank for a couple of minutes. Playing with his chips while he thought over a tough decision, Engel eventually rolled his chips into the pot. Rinaldi inevitably tabled for a straight and Engel's cards went to the muck.