In the last hand of the first level. Yuliyan Kolev was heads-up in a hand on the turn.
The board read , and following a check, Kolev bet 2,000. After a short pause, the bet secured a fold from his opponent. It is a nice early start for Kolev.
Former bracelet winners Michael Gagliano and Jennifer Tilly are in the house. Serial casher — 130 and counting in WSOP, WSOP Europe, and WSOP Circuit events — Allen Kessler has also entered.
Table #82 has Simon Deadman and Annette Obrestad placed on the same table.
Mikhail Semin, Dylan Linde, and Taylor Paur are seated together on Table #83.
Table #85 features 2009 Main Event Champion Joe Cada, Manig Loeser, and Thomas Lutz.
On Table #89 the board read and Ari Engel bet 400. Luigi Knoppers called. The river completed the board with the and Engel continued with a bet of 650. Knoppers called again. Engel showed and Knoppers mucked his hand.
On Table #90, Vladimir Burstein just folded his hand on the board when his opponent bet 1,800 into a pot of around 1,400.
Phil Hellmuth has joined the tournament. He is seated on Table #605 in the Miranda room, with Heidi May on his left. They are also joined by Muskan Sethi, who is to the left of May.
Aylar Lie, Scott Stewart, and Mark Kroon are seated together at Table #2.
Just now at that table, the board read and there was about 4,000 in the middle already. Yosuke Takagi in mid-position had checked. Scott Stewart was sitting in the cutoff and bet 3,750. Takagi considered for a while but ended up folding.
A hand later, Stewart limped from the hijack and Mark Kroon raised to 650 in the big blind. Stewart called. When Kroon continued with a bet on the flop, Stewart folded immediately.