In the first hand, Dash Dudley raised to 350,000 on the button and it folded to Christopher Back in the small blind who tanked for a minute before making a three-bet to 1,130,000. Dudley considered it for some time and let it go.

A few moments after, Denis Drobina raised in the cutoff to 375,000 and Back three-bet to 1,300,000 on the button. It came back to Drobina who tossed his cards into the muck.