Igor Kurganov has jumped into the field for the first time. Meanwhile, four other players have opted to fire a second bullet including 2017 GPI Player of the Year Adrian Mateos.
Mateos, a three-time WSOP bracelet winner, busted his first bullet after shoving for 90,000 with ace-six in the small only to run into the pocket sixes of Scott Seiver. No ace came and Mateos headed for the registration desk.
Kevin Hart raised to 9,000 under the gun and Ben Tollerene, who recently re-entered, called from the button. Daniel Dvoress then three-bet to 45,000 from the small blind.
"Do we have a thing?" Hart asked, referencing the fact that Dvoress had three-bet him in the past. "Do you and I have a thing? Alright, I'm all in."
Tollerene quickly released.
"I guess we have a thing," Dvoress said before calling off for 181,500 total.
Dvoress:
Hart:
"Fair," Dvoress added upon seeing the race situation.
"Fair? No good job, Kevin?" Hart responded.
The dealer then put out the flop — .
Dvoress took the lead with a pair of kings, and it won him the double after the was run out on the turn followed by the on the river.
"Good job, Kevin," Dvoress said. Hart laughed before counting out the chips.
"I can't lay a better trap than that," he said as he sent them over.
Nick Petrangelo raised to 13,000 from the cutoff and Jason Koon defended his big blind to see an flop.
Both players checked, the dealer burned and turned the , and Koon check-called a bet of 25,000.
When the completed the board on the river, both players returned to checking and Koon tabled the for a pair of tens. It was good as Petrangelo mucked his cards.
We picked up the action with roughly 150,000 in the pot and a board reading . Christopher Kruk checked from the hijack and Bryn Kenney moved all in for 172,000 from the cutoff.
Kruk thought long and hard, even burning a time extension, and then made the call.
Kenney tabled the for a spade flush, which was good. Kruk flashed his cards, but unfortunately we didn't catch a glimpse of them before the dealer scoop them into the muck.
Kevin Hart is still in it, having rebought after suffering straight versus straight to get eliminated halfway through the day. Throughout the day, Hart has had some familiar faces as railbirds.
Early on today, Cary Katz was seen hanging around Hart's table. The PokerGo initiator didn't enter this event, telling the table he planned on registering at the start if Day 2 so he could watch the game tonight.
Maria Ho has been hanging around Hart's table as well, offering moral support for the majority of the day. Antonio Esfandiari was also seen talking to Hart, the two shared some laughs in the previous level.
Just now, Usain Bolt walked over to see how Hart was doing.
"I heard somebody's losing!" Bolt laughed as he shook hands with Hart.
Hart has indeed not been doing too well lately, but he's hanging in there with just under half a level to go for the day.
The preflop action escaped us, but we do know that Rainer Kempe got his stack of 99,000 all in and he was at risk against Poker Masters champ Steffen Sontheimer.
Sontheimer:
Kempe:
It was a flip, and Kempe was looking to hold to survive. That's what he did as the board ran out a clean .
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was run out on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
and O'Dywer bet 17,000. Dvoress called.
turn, Dvoress check-called another 42,000. 
completed the board, Dvoress checked a third time. O'Dywer shoved for 154,500 and Dvoress used two time bank cards before he folded his hand.
flop.
completed the board on the river, both players returned to checking and Koon tabled the 
for a pair of tens. It was good as Petrangelo mucked his cards.
for a spade flush, which was good. Kruk flashed his cards, but unfortunately we didn't catch a glimpse of them before the dealer scoop them into the muck.
flop and then both players checked the 
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