The players are taking it slow at the moment, probably waiting for some of those late entries. We overheard Holz say he is planning on playing but will probably leave it until the last minute to enter.
There have been a few walks and the rest of the pots have either been taken down preflop or on the flop.
The first hand that bucked this trend came when Sam Greenwood opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 500 with Charlie Carrel calling from the button before Stephen Chidwick re-raised to 2,200 from the small blind.
Ben Tollerene folded the big blind and Greenwood also gave it up but Carrel opted to make the call to take play heads-up to a flop of .
Chidwick checked it over to Carrel, who decided the right amount to bet was 2,200, which was enough to get Chidwick to give it up.
After a pretty slow start to the level, the first big hand to take place happened between Stephen Chidwick and Ben Tollerene.
Tollerene opened the action with a raise to 475 from under the gun and Chidwick made the call from the big blind to take play heads-up to a flop.
Tollerene continuation bet 350 after a Chidwick check, only to see Chidwick check raise to 900. Tollerene thought it over but did make the call bringing the action to the turn.
Now with the initiative, Chidwick led out for 2,200 and Tollerene called to bring in the river.
Chidwick nearly burned through the allotted 30-seconds before moving all in and while he did not look too thrilled about it Tollerene made the fold.
Ben Tollerene opened under the gun for 450 and Sam Greenwood called from the button. Small blind Charlie Carrel squeezed to 2,200 which send big blind Stephen Chidwick in the tank. He needed some more time so tossed in a time breaker chip, but eventually decided to fold. Tollerene and Greenwood both called but gave up as Carrel bet 3,500 on .
Stephen Chidwick opened to 425 from the cutoff and Charlie Carrel three-bet to 1,400 from the big blind. Chidwick called taking play heads-up to a flop.
Carrel continuation bet 1,800 and Chidwick thought it over but did call and the turn came .
Carrel now checked and Chidwick moved all in bringing a quick fold from Carrel.
Stephen Chidwick limped in from the small blind and big blind Ben Tollerene raised to 700. Chidwick called and both of them checked on . Chidwick lead for 800 on the turn and Tollerene called. Chidwick bet 1,000 on the river and action was on Tollerene. The high stakes regular raised to 4,000 and Chidwick laid it down.
This hand occurred just seconds before the level went up so blinds were still 75/150.
Stephen Chidwick min-raised the button and Sam Greenwood called from the big blind to take play heads-up to a flop.
Greenwood checked it over to Chidwick who led out for 350 before Greenwood check-raised to 800 in total. Chidwick made the call and the dealer burned and turned the .
Now with the initiative Greenwood led out for 525 and Chidwick made the call to take play to the river.
Greenwood quickly led out for 5,050 and Chickwick called instantly, pitching his cards into the muck when Greenwood rolled over for a rivered full house.