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Cliff Josephy raised to 1,400 from early position and Kelly Minkin called from the hijack. Darren Elias came along from the cutoff and after the button and blinds all folded, the flop came down .

Two checks saw Elias bet 2,000 and Josephy folded. Minkin sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to 13,500 and Elias quickly folded. With that, both players fell to right around the starting stack.

Kelly Minkin – 20,000 (33 bb)
Darren Elias – 20,000 ( 33 bb)

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Elio Fox, who last week won the $50K SHRPO Super High Roller, raised to 1,500 and Hyon Kim called from the button. WPT champ James Romero came along from the big blind and it was three-way action to the flop.

Romero checked, Fox continued for 1,400, and only Kim called to see the turn.

Fox check-called a bet of 1,500 and then checked again on the river. Kim bet 7,000 and Fox paid it off. Kim revealed the for a rivered pair of kings and Fox mucked.

Hyon Kim – 33,000 (66 bb)
Elio Fox – 35,000 (70 bb)

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Paul Domb opened for 1,300 from early position and Kristen Bicknell defended her big blind to see a flop.

Bicknell checked and Domb continued for 1,900. Bicknell paused for a few beats before waking up with a check-raise to 4,800 and that did the trick as Domb released his hand.

Kristen Bicknell – 33,000 (83 bb)
Paul Domb – 35,000 (88 bb)

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Entries: 58

Stephen Chidwick opened for 1,000 under the gun and Cliff Josephy called from middle position. The player in the hijack came along before Sam Soverel three-bet jammed for 13,500 from the small blind.

Chidwick folded, Josephy moved all in over the top, and the hijack got out of the way.

Josephy:
Soverel:

It was a flip and Soverel was just looking to hold to stay alive. That’s exactly what he did as the board ran out a safe .

Sam Soverel – 30,000 (75 bb)
Cliff Josephy – 14,000 (35 bb)

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Gui Socarras opened for 1,000 and the player to his direct left moved all in for 3,900. Action folded back to Socarras and he called.

Socarras:
Opponent:

Socarras had the better pocket pair and flopped his opponent dead when the gave him quads. Just to rub salt in the wound, the dealer burned and turned the to give the other player losing quad jacks.

The meaningless was run out on the river and Socarras was pushed the pot.

Gui Socarras – 50,000 (125 bb)

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A throng of new players jumped into action after the first break of the day. They include:

Jeff Gross – 20,000
Bryn Kenney – 20,000
Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen – 20,000
Joey Weissman – 20,000
Tim Reilly – 20,000
Joe McKeehen – 20,000
Dan Shak – 20,000
Darryll Fish – 20,000
Paul Volpe – 20,000
Patrick Eskandar – 20,000
Kelly Minkin – 20,000

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Dylan Linde raised to 700 from early position and picked up callers in the cutoff and big blind. When the flop fell , the big blind checked and Linde continued for 900. Both his opponents folded.

Not the most exciting hand but indicative of most hands we see in the early stages of a tournament.

Dylan Linde – 17,000 (57 bb)

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Alan Schein raised to 800 from early position and both Aaron Mermelstein and Sam Soverel, who were on the button and in the big blind respectively, called to see a flop.

All three players checked and then Soverel checked for the second time on the   turn. Schein bet 1,100, Mermelstein called, and Soverel thought for a bit before check-raising to 5,400.

Schein released but Mermelstein wasn’t so easy to shake. He called and the completed the board on the river.

Soverel slowed down with a check and Mermelstein bet 11,000, which left him just 200 back. Soverel shook his head and folded his cards.

Aaron Mermelstein – 27,500 (92 bb)
Sam Soverel – 13,000 (43 bb)

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Kyle Keranen opened the action for 500 in the hijack and Paul Domb called on the button. Jerry Robinson then called from the small blind, the player in the big came along, and four players went to a flop.

Two checks saw Keranen continue for 2,000 and only Robinson called to see the turn, which both players checked.

Action repeated itself on the river and Robinson rolled over the for top two pair. It was good as Keranen mucked.

Jerry Robinson – 25,000 (125 bb)
Kyle Keranen – 28,000 (140 bb)

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Right now five tables are in action here in the $10K with 40 players registered on the clock. Here’s a look at some early stacks:

Cliff Josephy – 30,000
Sam Soverel – 22,000
Dylan Linde – 21,500
Michael Tureniec – 21,500
Matt Glantz – 21,000
Stephen Chidwick – 20,000
Mike Leah – 20,000
Shannon Shorr – 20,000
Stanley Lee – 20,000
Ankush Mandavia – 19,500
Alan Schein – 18,400
Ryan Riess – 17,500
Kristen Bicknell – 12,000
Jonathan Little – 10,700