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That doesn't mean there's nothing to see, however, even if the players' hole cards remain a mystery. For example, just now Nenad Medic raised to 300 preflop, button Nik Persaud reraised to 1,050, and then action passed through the small blind but encountered even further resistance from big blind Florian Langmann, who raised again - to a 3,200 which neither potential opponent was prepared to call.
The next table along experienced something similar when Sorel Mizzi raised to 350 preflop just as a camera crew took up positions encircling him. "I gotta raise for the cameras," he explained.
Then Stephen Baker calmly repopped him, prompting a wry, "He's gotta reraise for the cameras," and a fold.
flop, however, instead getting out of the way as Santeri Valikoski bet 1,800 and Persson made the call (after checking to the raiser). 
and a double check, but on the 
river it was Persson's turn to bet - just 1,250. Back to Valikoski, who provided the WSOPE Day 1b with its first intense dwell, to my knowledge, even counting out the call and looking like he was really going to make it, before suddenly thinking better of it and mucking his hand.
, bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard led out for 700 and Devilfish made a swift call. Both players checked the 
turn before Hougaard's bet of 3,250 on the 
was raised to an even 10,000.
to take the pot. As Hougaard shook his head, a smug Devilfish snapped up the pot and, with a railing audience witnessing his success, is now as happy as Hellmuth in a house of mirrors.
board with 
but our new 'Scrabbleman elect' Nicolas Zambakides was sitting pretty with 
. Cavanagh was left needing one of three aces for a chop, but it failed to materialize on the 
river.
and Mortensen check-called a 300 bet from Radoja.
came on the turn, Mortensen check-raised a 900 bet from his opponent, making it 2,300 to go. After some thought, Radoja made the call.
and Mortensen continued his aggressive assault, firing a 3,000 bullet on the end that made Radoja surrender.
flop, Lewis Pilkington bets 400 and Michiel Brummelhuis, mid-massage, calls. The turn is the 
and this time Pilkington bets 500, but now Brummelhuis throws out an additional 2,000 to go with it. 
board. At this point, Stephen Chidwick, holding 
being tossed into the muck.
, Daniel Negreanu checks to Michiel Brummelhuis who bets 2,800. Negreanu thinks for a moment before making the call with 
. Dalimore could only muster 
