Xixiang Luo opened the action from under the gun to 900 and it folded around to Simeon Spasov who made the call in the big blind.
The flop came Q♣J♦7♣ and Spasov check-called a bet of 700 from Luo. On the 3♠ turn Spasov checked again and Luo kept up the aggression with a bet of 2,400. Spasov took some time, but in the end made the fold and Luo took down the pot off last year's champion.
Action began after the flop of 10♦9♠A♣ with the big blind player having checked to Tim Rutherford. Rutherford led out from the cutoff for 1,100 with the player on the button calling.
The turn was the 10♥ and Rutherford bet for 3,500. His opponent found a call as both players went to the river.
Rutherford bet 9,500, as the Q♥ peeled off on the river. His opponent called and Rutherford revealed J♠10♣ for trip tens to scoop the pot.
Action folded to Gordon Wilcox in late position who raised to 800. The button put in a three-bet to 2,600 and with action back on Wilcox, he grabbed chips and tossed them into the pot intending to call.
When the chips hit the felt, though, it quickly became apparent that he had accidentally grabbed 5,000 denomination chips to make a call that ended up being an accidental four-bet to 12,600.
Wilcox made the table aware of his accident and as everyone got a kick out of the mistake, the player on the button five-bet jammed.
Wilcox lifted his cards up and said, "Well, we're dead, but I'll take a shot," before tossing in calling chips and sending the two players to a runout with the button player at risk.
Button: A♥K♠
Gordon Wilcox: A♦3♦
The dealer knocked the table and burned a card before dealing three and flipping them over to reveal the K♣ in the window, but much to the dismay of the button player, the 3♥ and 3♣ were hiding right behind it and jumped out onto the board as the dealer fanned out the flop.
The turn and river came the A♠ and 4♦ and with that, Wilcox sent his opponent to the rail with a very fortunately timed misclick.
The action folded to David Pham in the cutoff who opened for 900 and the player on the button made the call. Jason Wheeler elected on a three-bet from the small blind to 4,200 and only the button came along.
On the flop of 9♠7♥4♥, Wheeler continued for 6,200, which was enough to fold out his opponent and take down the three-bet pot.
Action began preflop with an early position player calling and the middle position player raising to 1,800. Humberto Galindo raised to 6,100 with Austin Srur jamming all in for about 30,000. Galindo made the call as both players revealed their hands.
Austin Srur: A♣K♣
Humberto Galindo: A♥K♦
The board ran out 5♥4♣9♣J♠9♦ with the players splitting the pot.
On a flop of 10♥8♦3♦ with three active players and about 7,000 already in the middle, both the big blind and cutoff players checked to John Reading on the button.
Reading thought briefly before deciding on a jam. The big blind got out of the way, but the player in the cutoff called off for less and sent the duo to a run out with the cards on the backs.
Cutoff: Q♦10♦
John Reading: K♥K♠
The cutoff was drawing very live, but when the turn and river came down the 6♠ and 8♣, he was left unimproved as the kings of Reading held up to take down the pot and send his opponent to the rail.
