John Monnette opened from under the gun with a raise. Next to act was James Chen, and he three-bet to 10,500. Action folded back around to Monnette, who called.
Monnette took one, while Chen stood pat. Both players then checked. Chen turned up , apparently signifying he had a ten-six low. Chen then turned up his whole hand and showed for a ten-seven low. Monnette then mucked.
"You can't be doing that," Frank Kasella said, who was seated a few spots over. Monnette said it didn't matter because he couldn't beat either hand.
"I really didn't mean to do that," Chen said. "I actually did think I had a ten-six."
"I noticed it right away," Hellmuth said. "But I know John. He wouldn't miss something like that."
Either way, Chen was pushed the pot, while Monnette was left with just under 20,000 chips.
Players are still registering, and one of the most recent additions to the field was Iraj Parvizi. He opened to 4,000, and Mike Leah in the big blind waved with his hand to see the stack of Parvizi, then called. Leah stood pat while Parvizi drew one. Both players checked, and Parvizi mucked an ace. Leah made a ten-nine and won the pot.
According to Bernard Lee, who is also seated at the table, Dan Smith open jammed for 20,450. Action folded around to Benny Glaser, who called.
Smith thought for a while, then took one. Glaser stood pat, then turned over his . Smith was already drawing dead. He showed his and started laughing, as did some of the other players at the table. His final card was a meaningless and that was it for Smith, who had already busted once from the event.
Mike Watson opened to 3,000, and Benny Glaser called before Ben Lamb moved all in for 6,050. Both called, and Watson stood pat, while Glaser and Lamb took one card each.
Watson then checked, Glaser bet 6,000, and Watson folded. Glaser turned over , and Lamb briefly showed a before grabbing his belongings and heading out of the tournament area. It was the second entry for Lamb, so he has been eliminated.
Nick Schulman was the initial raiser from early position and picked up two callers in Matthew Szymaszek in the cutoff and Ned Price in the small blind. All players drew one card apiece, and Price bet 3,000. Schulman called, as did Szymaszek, and Price rolled over . That won the pot.
David Benyamine added, "I was wrong, I thought he had an eight-seven-six."