Defending champion Jason Koon has just taken his seat. Besides Koon, a small battalion of strong American players and German player Stefan Schillhabel have signed up.
With approximately 10,000 in the pot and a flop of , Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu bet 7,000 from under the gun and Koray Aldemir, who was to his direct left, made the call.
Both players then checked the turn and the completed the board on the river.
Negreanu dropped in four yellow T25,000 chips for a big bet of 100,000, and Aldemir hit the tank. He burned through a time extension before making the call with the , and it was good as Negreanu flashed the .
Ben Tollerene opened the hijack for 2,500 and both Timothy Adams in the small blind and Jason Koon in the big blind called.
The blinds checked on and Tollerene bet 2,500. Adams check-raised to 8,000 and Koon and Tollerene called.
Adams fired 25,000 on the turn and Koon folded. Tollerene called.
As the completed the board, Adams had a little under pot behind and checked. Tollerene tanked for a bit before checking behind. Tollerene showed and Adams mucked.
With roughly 10,000 in the pot and a flop of , Bryn Kenney, who last year finished seventh in this event, checked from the big blind and Kevin Hart bet 6,000 from the cutoff.
Kenney called and then action went check-check on the turn. When the double paired the board on the river, Kenney checked and Hart bet 10,000.
Kenney called with the for aces and jacks, and it was good as Hart flicked his cards to the muck.
Justin Bonomo, while discussing the room service options with one of the waitresses, opened for 3,000 from middle position. Sam Greenwood called from the cutoff, Orpen Kisacikoglu called from the small blind, and big blind Stefan Schillhabel came along to see a flop as well.
The blinds and initial raiser Bonomo checked on . Greenwood bet 4,500 and just Kisacikoglu called. Kisacikoglu check-called another 15,000 on the turn and 60,000 on the river.