Ismael Bojang raised from the button, and Sergey Altbregin moved all in from the small blind. Bojang called.
Both players drew one, and Bojang showed . Altbrergin was drawing live with , but unfortunately for him, he drew another to pair and was eliminated in 13th place.
David "ODB" Baker opened with a raise to 8,000 from the cutoff. Action folded to Jerry Wong in the small blind, and he put in a big re-raise to 30,000. Baker called.
Wong stood pat while Baker took one. Then Wong led out for 22,000. Baker tanked for nearly five minutes, counting his chips over and over again before he finally released his hand into the muck and awarded the pot to Wong.
Steven Friedlander moved all in from the button for 32,400, and Kenneth Fitzgerald called his shove from the small blind.
Friedlander:
Fitzgerald:
The board ran out , keeping Fitzgerald ahead the whole way with no sign of a sweat. That did it for Friedlander, who was eliminated in 14th place, collecting $5,657 for his run.
On a board, Steven Friedlander moved all in, and Andrew Kelsall and Kenneth Fitzgerald both called. The remaining two players checked the river.
Kelsall:
Friedlander:
Fitzgerald:
Both Friedlander and Fitzgerald had flopped straights, and Kelsall had the nut low. Kelsall took half the pot, with the high pot split between the other two players.
Daniel Negreanu limped from under the gun. Jason Stockfish called, as did Iraj Parvizi before Ryan Hughes raised to 7,400 from the big blind and got three callers.
The flop came , and Parvizi potted for 31,600. Hughes moved all in, then Negreanu moved all in. Stockfish covered all other players and thought for a while before folding.
"I was just trying to steal," said Parvizi, but he put the rest of his stack into the middle.
Negreanu:
Hughes:
Parvizi:
The turn was the and the river the . Hughes took the side pot with his deuce-three making a better low, and Negreanu's trip nines held off the straight and flush draws of his opponents.
Day 1 chipleader Parvizi was eliminated in 15th place, taking home $5,657.
A short-stacked Brandon Cantu moved all in from the small blind before the flop and was called by David Baker in the big blind.
Cantu:
Baker:
The flop came down , giving Baker a commanding lead, and completed with the turn and the river. That made Baker's ace-king high with the trips on the board the best hand, and Cantu was eliminated from the tournament.
After the first draw, Tuan Le moved all in for 22,900, and he was called by Steven Friedlander and Kenneth Fitzgerald.
On the second draw, Friedlander took one, Fitzgerald took two, and Le took two as well.
Friedlander checked over to Fitzgerald, who bet pot. Friedlander thought for a second before folding.
On the last draw, Fitzgerald stood pat, and Le took two again.
Fitzgerald turned over , and that meant Le was already drawing dead, because he had held . Le's last two cards were a and a , and he was eliminated from the tournament in 17th place, collecting $5,657 for his run.