We caught this hand on the flop between Steve Zolotow and another opponent. The flop came and Zolotow bet 450 and got a call. The turn came and both players checked. The river came and both players checked again.

"I'm not good enough to value bet this," his opponent said. Zolotow tabled .

"I heard there were a lot of eights in this deck," Zolotow said.

"How many eights are there?" his opponent asked.

Two players limped from middle position, and Alex Wice raised to 900 from the button. The blinds got out, and both of the limpers called.

The flop came and all three checked. The turn was the . It checked to Wice who bet 1,300, and only the initial limper called.

The river brought a fifth face card to the board -- . Wice's opponent paused a beat, then fired a single orange chip into the middle, declaring a bet of 2,500. Wise immediately mucked with a somewhat disgusted look on his face.

That hand culminates what has been a somewhat difficult first level for Wice. With about five minutes to go in Level 1, he's down to about 18,500.

Under the gun, Danny Suied opened with a raise, Constant Rijkenberg flatted in the middle, and a hatted lady squeezed in a reraise to 900. Both opponents called, and off they went.

The flop came out , and the table checked to the raiser. She continued out with 2,000, Suied check-raised to 5,100, and Rijkenberg made the cold-call. Undeterred, our female hero shoved all in for about 28,500, and Suied re-shoved for 29,000 flat. That finally squeezed Rijkenberg out of the way, and the cards were on their backs.

Showdown
Suied:
Opponent:

Suied had out-flopped the lady in a big way, and the turn and river did nothing to improve her plight. She looked a bit shocked and grumpy, but she didn't say a word as she slowly stood from the table, stared down as her chips taken away, and headed out the doors. That's another Main Event dream crushed, but Suied's is just getting started. He's up over 60,000 after dragging that double.

For the most part, the notable players in the Pavilion have been pretty spread out, but we did spot this table that is less than easy right now. At the table we have Team PokerStars Pro (USA) and former Main Event Runner-Up David Williams, Team PokerStars Pro (Italy) Pier Paolo Fabretti, and Russian Poker Pro Sergey Rybachenko.

We'll definitely be keeping an eye on these guys as they battle each other for poker pro supremacy.

Sergey Rybachenko	36,000
Pier Paolo Fabretti	28,000
David Williams	20,200	-9,800

In late position Todd Terry raised to 600 and got the limper in front of him to call. They went heads up to the flop of and they both checked. The turn came and they checked again. The river fell , the opponent checked and Terry bet 750. His opponent folded and Terry dragged the pot.

Terry is below the starting stack with about 23,000.

Time for the first round of chip counts from Amazon Blue!

Rayan Nathan	43,200	13,000
Phil Laak	32,900	2,900
James Van Alstyne	31,900	1,900
Shawn Buchanan	31,400	1,400
Jennifer Tilly	31,400	1,400
Rene Angelil	31,200	1,200
Waki Waki	30,700	700
Dwyte Pilgrim	29,500	-500
Beth Shak	29,100	-900
Toni Judet	28,700	-800
Terrence Chan	28,300	-1,700
Jeff Shulman	26,300	-3,700

Geographic Data (thru 57 events)

· # of countries entered: 98
· # of countries to cash: 73
· # of U.S. states entered: 50
· # of Canadian provinces entered: 10 + 2 territories

Top Five States to Cash: California (951 cashes totaling $16,183,498); Nevada (813 cashes totaling $16,875,736); Florida (360 cashes totaling $6,428,270); Texas (359 cashes totaling $6,406,274); and New York (301 cashes totaling $8,208,865).

Over at the secondary feature table, Glenn Galfond (Phil's father) is off to a terrific start.

We picked up the action on a flop where an opponent bet 250. Galfond raised to 500, forcing folds from two other players, one being Tom Dwan. The bettor called and the hit the turn. The bet was 200 to Galfond who came along to see the river card. This time the bet was 1,000 to Galfond. He called, turning over .

His opponent couldn't beat it, showing , propelling Galfond's stack to about 48,000.

Age Spets raised to 275 preflop from late position and was called by the big blind. The latter fired out an almost pot-sized bet of 550 on the flop only for Spets to raise to 1,800.

The big blind then responded by three-betting to 4,600 and Spets paused and rechecked his cards. "You hit the flop as well, huh?" declared the Norwegian, before he sighed and mucked his hand, as well as tapping the table in respect.

With a flop already in the middle of the felt a player in the big blind fired out 1,625 into Jeff Madsen in the cut-off. Madsen quickly and quietly made the call and was allowed to see the fall on the turn. It was here that the big blind again bet, this time 2,600. Madsen calmly contemplated for a few moments before again putting the appropriate amount of chips in the middle.

The on the river wasn't going to slow down the big blind as he again bet out, and made it 3,600. Madsen then slowly and deliberately grabbed a handful of chips and raised, making it 8,800. Madsen's opponent clearly did not like this turn of events, however he eventually threw in the call, begrudgingly. Madsen turned over for a full house, and was awarded the pot after his opponent dropped his cards in the muck.

Jeff Madsen

43,000

13,000

When the magical words of, "All in" and "call" are heard ringing throughout the Main Event, everyone flocks to that table, including us!

We came in with board reading and James Mackey had another player at his table all in. Mackey had and his opponent had Mackey seemed primed for an early double, but the river was not so kind as the dealer peeled off the to give the other player a better two pair.

Mackey nearly fell out of his chair as he grabbed his head and showed his frustration. Luckily for Mackey, he still has some chips left but will need to pick his spots well if he wants to get out of this ealry hole he has fallen into.

We missed the initial raises, walking up preflop as a player reraised to 4,500 (probably a four-bet, possibly a five-bet). Ivan Demidov reraised right back to 8,800, and his opponent shoved in for 16,900. Demidov probably knew his was in trouble by now, but he called the extra amount to put his man at risk. Sure enough, the appeared on his side of the felt.

The board ran out , and Demidov was forced to ship the double, parting with more than half his stack. He's got about 14,000 left.

An early-position player limped and was followed by Kelly Kim in middle position. The small blind came along for the ride and Prahlad Friedman checked his option in the big. When the flop fell , action checked to the early-position player and he bet 500, which Kim quickly raised to 1,300.

Both blinds folded, EP made it 3,500, and Kim just called behind. Both players then checked the turn, leading to the river. EP led out for 5,000 and Kim made the call after a moment's thought; however, the former November Niner mucked when EP rolled over for a turned set.

Kelly Kim	16,350	-15,650
Prahlad Friedman	2,900	-250

Nichoel Jurgens was in the big blind and saw a late position limper followed by the player in the hijack who raised to 800. Jurgens and the limper called and the flop came . Jurgens checked, the limper checked and the hijack player bet 1,625. Jurgens raised to 3,625 and limper got out of the way.

The hijack three bet to 7,625 and after a few seconds of thought Jurgens called. The turn came , Jurgens checked and the hijack bet 7,000. Jurgens thought for a bit again and then tossed her cards away.

"Aces?" she asked.

The hijack nodded.

"You sure?" Jurgens pressed.

The hijack nodded again.

The board read and about 3,500 sat in the middle. Ylon Schwartz -- the chess master and poker player who finished fourth in the WSOP Main Event in 2008 -- paused for several seconds, then checked, and his opponent checked behind. The river brought the , putting a fourth diamond on board, and quick checks from both.

Schwartz tabled , for the small flush, and his opponent mucked. Schwartz has about 35,000 to start.

An player in early position raised to 250 and was called by Jamie Gold in the small blind. John Juanda was in the big blind and put in a three-bet to 1,000. The original raiser folded while Gold made the call, making it heads up to the flop.

Gold check-called a bet of 1,500 from Juanda, leading to the turn. This time Gold to the initiative and led out for 2,000, which Juanda called. Both players ended up checking the river and the cards were turned up.

Showdown
Gold:
Juanda:

Given the players' big pocket pairs and small cards on the flop and turn, Gold must have felt fortunate to have lost less than 5,000.

John Juanda	34,200	4,200
Jamie Gold	24,450	-5,550

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Prahlad Friedman raised to 250 from middle position and found callers in the cutoff and Kelly Kim in the big blind. All three players proceeded to check the flop, leading to the on the turn. Kim was first to act and led out for 400, which only the cutoff called.

The river brought the and again Kim bet, this time 1,150. The cutoff made the call, but mucked when Kim rolled over for tens with an ace kicker.

Kelly Kim

32,000

2,000