A player in the hijack raised to 800 preflop and Daniel Negreanu defended from the big blind. Negreanu then checked the 
flop, the cutoff bet 1,500, and Negreanu check-raised to 3,700. The cutoff thought for around 90 second before three-betting to 7,400.
"Kid Poker" insta-mucked, collected his change, and continued to enjoy his massage.
Jennifer Tilly more than doubled her starting stack in the early going today, pushing up over 60,000. But she lost about half that rather quickly, and has found herself enduring short-stacked status here in Level 5.
Just now a player in the cutoff opened for 700, and Tilly reraised all in for her last 4,150 from the button. Praz Bansi called from the big blind, and the original raiser folded. Cards on their backs...
Tilly 
Bansi 
The flop came 
, pairing Bansi but giving Tilly a set. The turn was the 
, meaning Bansi could still catch up. But the river was the 
and Tilly survived.
She has 9,150 at the moment, while Bansi is sitting with 31,000.
With registration having closed, the big board is showing we have a total of 474 entrants for this event, a larger than anticipated field. Just counting on our fingers here, but that sounds like we're looking at a prize of over $1.1 million for the winner -- the biggest first prize thus far in this year's WSOP.
Full details regarding payouts coming soon.
With 1,600 in the pot and a flop of 
, Ben Lamb bet 1,000 and was called by none other than Maria Ho. It was heads up as the dealer burned and turned the 
, which Lamb checked. Ho was deliberate in her bet of 2,100, Lamb called, and the 
spiked on the river.
Again Lamb checked, but this time Ho checked right behind. A good thing too, as Lamb rolled over 
for the nuts.
We came upon this hand with about 6,000 already in the center and the board reading 
. Looking at calling 3,500 to stay in the hand, Ryan Fair made the choice to do so. The turn then came the , prompting Fair's opponent to push all in. Fair, who was covered, quickly called with the 25,350 he had left.
Fair's opponent tabled 
for turned trips, but Fair held 
for a full house. The river was the 
, and Fair took the pot, pushing his stack up to 63,000.
Greg Dyer opened for 900 from the hijack, then the player on the button reraised to 2,600. The blinds got out, and Dyer made the call.
The flop came all spades -- 
-- and Dyer checked. His opponent bet 2,200, and Dyer called. Both then checked the 
turn and river.
Dyer showed for kings, and his opponent mucked. Dyer has about 40,000 right now.
A UTG player raised to 750 and it folded around to the small blind who called. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier then made it 2,250 to go from the big blind. The original raiser folded, but the small blind then reraised once more to 5,250 total. Grospellier considered for a moment, then made the call.
The flop came 
and the small blind quickly bet 5,800. Grospellier thought for about a half-minute, then made the call. The turn was the 
. Again the small blind acted quickly, this time betting 8,800. Grospellier popped his knuckles, then went deep into the tank. A couple of minutes later, shaking his head and exhaling loudly, he let his hand go.
Grospellier still has about 39,000.
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