Hands #1-5: First Blood For Vayo
Hand #1: The action folded around to John Andress on the button and he raised to 52,000, Zachary Korik folded from the small blind, but Gordon Vayo three-bet to 151,000 from the big blind. Andress folded and Vayo wins the first hand of the final table.
Hand #2: Tony Ruberto raised to 60,000 from under the gun only to see Andress move all-in for 491,000 from the cutoff. Both blinds folded as did Ruberto after 90 second of deliberation.
Hand #3: Davidi Kitai opened with a raise to 52,000 and Ruberto made the call. The flop came down , the first flop of the final table. Ruberto checked, Kitai tested the water with a 66,000 bet, which Ruberto wasn’t prepared to pay and Kitai added to his big stack.
Hand #4: Ruberto raised to 55,000 from the small blinds and Kitai relinquished his hand.
Hand #5: Mark Derner open-shoved from early position for 281,000 and although Kitai asked for a count, he ended up folding.