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We didn't catch the action, but one of the TD's let us know that James Bord has just busted at the hands of Wang Qiang. The TD was not exactly sure of the action, but we "think" Xiang flopped two pair with 
and Bord possibly had 
.
Qiang's got well over 400,000 at this moment.
On a board reading 
Dwan tossed out a bet of 40,000. Alexander Kostritsyn raised to 125,000.
Dwan used his first 30 seconds to think about the action and as the clock was winding down, he tossed in his first extra time chip. He took the entire extra 30 seconds and then tossed out his second and final extra time chip. As the clock was winding down, he moved all in for a little more than the 125,000 bet.
Kostritsyn made the call and tabled 
for a set to Dwan's 
. Dwan still had hope though, as he needed a diamond to make a flush or a ten for a bigger boat.
The dealer burned and turned the river, which happened to be the 
and Dwan raked in the chips from Kostritsyn to keep his tournament alive.
James Bord raised it up from early position, making it 8,000 to go. Sam Trickett, whose been seeing a lot of flops early on made the call, as did Paul Phua who is also in almost every hand so far.
The flop came 
and the action was checked over to Bord, who threw out one brown 25k chip, and announced "22,000." Trickett folded, and Phua didn't hesitate making the quick call.
The turn brought the 
, and this time both players checked. The river was the 
, and Phua led out for 36,000. James Bord thought, counted and shuffled his chips while deciding the best course of action. The dealer began letting him know he had twenty-seconds, than ten, than began a countdown from five to zero. Bord folded as the clock hit zero.
Two more players want to enter. All the players have to agree, but we'd be 10 handed at the feature and nine handed at the secondary.
They've agreed and Andrew Feldman is joining the feature table and Eugene Katchalov will be joining the secondary.
*Update*
Feldman and Katchalov have joined the secondary. We're still nine-handed on the feature.
Phil Ivey opened for 6,000 and found callers in Richard Yong, John Juanda, Tony Bloom, and Tom Dwan.
The flop fell 
. Dwan checked to Ivey who tossed out a bet of 25,000. Yong folded, Juanda made the call and Dwan got out of the way.
Ivey and Juanda checked the 
turn.
The fell on the river and Ivey threw out a bet of 75,000. Juanda used all of his first 30 seconds to think about the bet before making the call.
Ivey turned over for a full house to take the pot.
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
In what was clearly a "vomit-in-mouth" moment, James Obst just ran his pocket kings into the pocket aces of Erik Seidel.
James Obst opened the action, making it 9,000 preflop and Sam Trickett made the call. Erik Seidel than bumped it up to 30,000, and Obst decided to jack it up even further to 66,000. This got Trickett to fold, but Seidel quickly tossed out more brown chips making it 105,000 total. Being the players only have thirty seconds to act, Obst didn't waste any time announcing he was all in. Seidel called almost as quickly, and the cards were revealed.
It was for Seidel, and 
for Obst. The flop, turn and river would bring Obst no miracles, as the board was dealt out 
. Trickett had a bit of a laugh saying he should have called with his pocket fours.
Obst was all smiles on the outside as he walked off, but we'd guess he was crying on the inside, being the first to bust from this, the largest buy-in poker tournament in history.
Seidel on the other hand was all business as he raked in the 500,000 pot.
Play was stopped for a few minutes to discuss adding three players (we're not sure who). They would have to add another table and then redraw the seats and essentially start all over. As of now, we don't think that's going to happen.
Phil Ivey opened to 6,000 and both Richard Yong and Roland de Wolfe made the call.
The flop came down 
and Ivey checked to Yong who bet 20,000. De Wolfe made the call and Ivey folded.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
They also checked the on the river, and Yong tabled 
for a straight to take the pot.
The early action at the side table has been dominated by the two Chinese businessmen.
We saw Paul Phua take the first pot from Annette Obrestad, and Wang Qiang grabbing the second pot with no action, after his preflop raise.
Phil Ivey then walked through the room, and upon seeing the two full tables he said "They got a lot of people for this thing, a lot of big time gamblers here."
The next hand saw Qiang limp, and Phua make it 8,000 to go. Qiang made the call, and the two saw a 
flop. Qiang checked, Phua bet 12,000 and Qiang folded.
Phua was active again on the next hand, calling a 6,000 preflop raise from Sam Trickett. The two saw a 
flop, and after Trickett checked, Phua tossed out 13,000 getting a quick fold from Trickett.
