Hands #1-5: Good Start for Sandy Tayi
Hand #1: Nancy Nguyen raised from early position and took down the pot.
Hand #2: Nguyen raised from under the gun. Sandy Tayi three-bet from the button and Nguyen called. The flop came and Nguyen check-raised her opponent, who called. The turn was the and Nguyen check-called. The river was the and Nguyen checked.
Tayi checked behind, saying, "Bad river," before showing . It was good and he took down thepot.
Hand #3: Shane Buchwald raised from middle position and everyone folded.
Hand #4: Nguyen raised from the small blind and Tung Tran defended his big blind. Tran called a bet in position on a board, but folded to one on the turn.
Hand #5: Buchwald raised from under the gun and Mark Bassaly three-bet from the cutoff. Buchwald called. The flop was and Buchwald check-called a bet from Bassaly. The turn was the and Buchwald check-folded to a bet from Bassaly.